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"We continue to call on the Argentine government to return our equipment," he said, adding the United States regretted the training exercise was canceled. He said Assistant US Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela at the weekend called Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman and other officials to register "our great concern" about the incident. The Argentine foreign ministry statement said Valenzuela "refused to explain why they tried to pass this material." Argentine officials said Valenzuela had contacted Timerman hopes of resolving the situation, and was said to have expressed "concern on behalf of the US Defense Department over the seizure of items related to the security of the United States." The incident comes amid a chill in US-Argentine bilateral relations, and follows US President Barack Obama's decision to exclude Argentina from his first scheduled trip in March to Latin America. Obama will travel to El Salvador, Brazil and Chile. Timerman reacted to this decision by saying that the United States has "more interests than friends." He said Obama would not visit Argentina because "it won't buy arms or even sign a defense agreement." ol-ial/jm-sg/jm SOURCE: http://wires.univision.com/english/article/2011-02-14/argentina-seizes-illicit-cargo-on?refPath=/noticias/americalatina/argentina/ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mu67c7pQSI
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