Emmanuel Thomas, Lagos
June 24, 2015 – France President Francois Hollande today held a meeting with United States ambassador to Paris, Jane Hartley over claims by Wikileaks that the US spied on successive French presidents in the last 10 years.
Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said Hollande is also sending France’s top intelligence coordinator to the United States shortly, to ensure that promises made after earlier NSA spying revelations in 2013 and 2014 have been kept.
She added that France does not spy on its allies. Hollande was quoted to have told the US ambassador that it would “not tolerate” acts that threaten its security.
So far the US said it will not comment on “specific intelligence allegations”.
A spokesman for the US National Security Council, Ned Price said the US was “not targeting and will not target the communications of Mr. Hollande”.
