Germany's top diplomat said Friday he would urge a revived US partnership based on "trust and mutual respect" in talks with his American counterpart after Berlin's expulsion of a CIA station chief in a spying row. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he would tackle the diplomatic fallout from the latest twist in a more than year-long rift with the US over surveillance when he meets US Secretary of State John Kerry for weekend talks on Iran. The shock move to kick out the US embassy intelligence chief Thursday followed the emergence of two alleged United States spying cases within days of each other, re-igniting German fury already on a low boil from last year's NSA scandal.
07-15-2014, 05:11 PM
Germany eyes overhauled US partnership in talks on spy row
Germany's top diplomat said Friday he would urge a revived US partnership based on "trust and mutual respect" in talks with his American counterpart after Berlin's expulsion of a CIA station chief in a spying row. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he would tackle the diplomatic fallout from the latest twist in a more than year-long rift with the US over surveillance when he meets US Secretary of State John Kerry for weekend talks on Iran. The shock move to kick out the US embassy intelligence chief Thursday followed the emergence of two alleged United States spying cases within days of each other, re-igniting German fury already on a low boil from last year's NSA scandal.
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