Today, Argentine President Mauricio Macri talked on the phone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who offered to assist in the search for the ARA San Juan.
The Presidents agreed that the Russian and Argentine Defence Ministers would today discuss the implementation of Russia's cooperation.
The Argentine President thanked his Russian counterpart for the offer of cooperation and Putin said Russia would immediately send a high-tech oceanographic ship, which is of great help in this kind of operations.
There are thus 13 countries cooperating with Argentina in this humanitarian search to find the Argentine submarine and its crew of 44 Argentines.
Press release No. 534/17
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