Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The White House on Thursday announced that President Barack Obama, spoke with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on the positive outcome of rescue operations in his country.

The WH communique said, the U.S. president called the Chilean president, “to congratulate him and the Chilean government on the historic rescue of the 33 miners trapped under more than 2,000 feet of rock in northern Chile since August 5.”

“The President hailed the rescue as a tribute not only to the determination of the rescue workers and the Chilean government, but also the miners and the Chilean people who have inspired the world,” Obama said.

President Pinera thanked,”the President, the United States government, and the American companies and individuals who provided support for the rescue efforts.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Obama, called the rescue operation a tremendous inspirational story.

“I talked to [President Obama] about this, this morning. He was watching last night. I asked him what he was thinking about when he watched it. He said obviously this was a tremendously inspirational story, a story with a happy ending,” Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs told journalists at a press gaggle on Wednesday.

“The President is enormously proud of their efforts, of the efforts of the government of Chile, and hopefully will be in contact with some of the CEOs of those companies and the government shortly,” Gibbs added.

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