White House: Washington Will Not Sign NoSpy Agreement

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Shington july 04 (qna) -the united states says it will not sign a no-spy agreement with germany amid the ongoing row over washington's controversial surveillance activities according to media reports.



"we‘re not going to have a no-spy agreement" ben rhodes obama's deputy national security adviser for strategic communications told reporters in a press conference.

"we don‘t have no-spy agreements with any country" rhodes stated.

rhodes said more time is needed to overcome differences between washington and berlin over the spying issue.



relations between the two transatlantic partners turned sour after it was revealed that the us national security agency had been snooping on german chancellor angela merkel.(qna)