Tag: RIMPAC naval exercises

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

  US Defense secretary pledges closer ties with Argentina; condemns China's “predatory economics”

  

  United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday pledged closer defense cooperation with Argentina. Standing beside his Argentine counterpart, Oscar Aguad, Mattis said the military partnership can be strengthened and alluded to the help the U.S. Navy provided Argentina last November when one of its submarines went missing with 44 sailors aboard.