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Rubio publicly expressed thanks for Argentina's continued cooperation on narcoterrorism and regional security.
Independent republications of the U.S. State Department readout of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s January 6, 2026 call with Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno state that Rubio "thanked Foreign Minister Quirno for Argentina’s continued cooperation to confront narcoterrorism and strengthen security in our region." This language matches the claim verbatim apart from the minor omission of the word "our" before "region." The readout is an official U.S. government communication, and no credible sources report a different description of what Rubio said.
The verdict is True because multiple credible outlets reproducing the official readout confirm that Rubio thanked Quirno for Argentina’s continued cooperation against narcoterrorism and for strengthening regional security, which is substantively identical to the claim.