Brazil demands explanations from US over espionage
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E-mail Xinhua, July 8, 2013
Brazil's Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said Sunday the Brazilian government has asked the United States to give explanations for espionage against Brazilian citizens and institutions in its global surveillance program.
"The Brazilian government asked, through Brazil's embassy in Washington, as well as the U.S. Ambassador in Brazil, the U.S. government to give explanations," Patriota said in a statement.
The minister said the news about U.S. intelligence agencies committing espionage against electronic and telephone communications of Brazilian citizens was received with "serious concern".
The Brazilian government will promote the development of multilateral rules on telecommunication security in the framework of the International Telecommunication Union.
The government will also launch, within the United Nations, initiatives to forbid abuse and to prevent invasion of privacy or virtual communication network users, Patriota said.
According to the statement, the South American country will demand the setting of "clear behavior rules for the countries on information and telecommunication area to guarantee cyber-security for the protection of the citizens' rights and the guard of all the countries' sovereignty."
Local daily O Globo Sunday published information about espionage against Brazilian citizens and companies according to data released by Snowden, who disclosed the NSA's espionage program called PRISM.
According to O Globo, the number of Brazilian communications spied in January was nearly 2.3 billion.
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