U.S. says it stopped spying on allies in 2014, says Norway PM


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  • Friday, 04 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits troops of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Pabrade, Lithuania September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday the United States had given assurances it had stopped spying on its allies in 2014, after Oslo launched a protest against the practice.

Norway called in the U.S. ambassador, she said, after a report that the U.S. National Security Agency had used a partnership with Denmark's foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials, including herself.

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