" Both presidents agreed that this issue will continue to be discussed through diplomatic relations in the future "
WASHINGTON (AFP ) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with French President Francois Hollande by telephone on Monday when relations between the two allies is fueled by reports that the agency National Security Agency ( NSA ) has been spying on citizens of France .
Obama to action taken after the White House expressed protest over news related activity NSA spy who assessed " distorted . "
" President Obama and President Hollande discuss spying program revealed by the media recently . "
" Some of the news is actually distort what we are doing , while others report raises legitimate questions regarding the application for our allies spy activity , " the White House said in a statement .
" President Obama explained that the United States has begun to review the ways we gather intelligence , so that we can balance the issue of citizen security and privacy issues with friendly countries with which the rights of every person , " wrote White House .
" The two presidents agreed that this issue will continue to be discussed through diplomatic relations in the future , " the statement read .
Meanwhile, on the side of France , Hollande has expressed " deep denial " for acts of espionage by the United States .
French Prime Minister Jean - Marc Ayraut previously said that he was " very surprised " by the news agency said U.S. spy secret NSA oversees millions of French citizens telephone conversation . Ayraut asked for an explanation regarding this matter .
U.S. Ambassador to France , Charles Rivkin , also called by the French Foreign Ministry to explain the news that appeared in the weekly newspaper Le Monde and Der Spiegel , a leaked document written by a former security analyst Edward Snowden .
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