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France summons US ambassador over spying reports

Paris: France summoned the US ambassador on Monday over newspaper claims that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on millions of phone calls in the country.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that he summoned

IANS IANS Updated on: October 21, 2013 19:16 IST
france summons us ambassador over spying reports
france summons us ambassador over spying reports

Paris: France summoned the US ambassador on Monday over newspaper claims that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on millions of phone calls in the country.






French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that he summoned the US ambassador to discuss the claims "immediately", reports a news channel.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls said the allegations were "shocking", and added: "If an allied country spies on France, this is totally unacceptable."

Le Monde, a newspaper, says the data, based on leaks from Edward Snowden, a former intelligence analyst, suggest that the NSA monitored businesses and officials in France.

The paper says the NSA spied on 70.3 million phone calls in only 30 days between Dec 10, 2012, and Jan 8, 2013, in France. The agency also apparently captured millions of text messages.

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