France tells US to stop spying on allied governments

Washington

THE US must stick to its commitments not to spy on allied governments, President Francois Hollande's office said, after an emergency meeting discussed a WikiLeaks report that the US had spied on French leaders as they fought to contain the Greek debt crisis.

In a statement after the one-hour meeting with the defence, interior, foreign and justice ministers, Mr Hollande's office said the spying was "unacceptable" and the US must "strictly respect" commitments it made after an earlier round of spying allegations in 2013. US Ambassador Jane Hartley has been summoned to the foreign ministry, a French official said.