AlHijjah 20, 1434, Oct 25, 2013, SPA -- Germany will send its top intelligence chiefs to Washington next week to seek answers from the White House on allegations that U.S. security officials tapped the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Reuters reported. Merkel has demanded action from President Barack Obama, not just apologetic words, following the accusations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) accessed tens of thousands of French phone records as well as monitoring her own private phone. "We are talking to the Americans to clear things up as quickly as possible," the German government's deputy spokesman Georg Streiter said. "A high level delegation will travel for talks with the White House and National Security Agency to push forward the investigation into the recent allegations," he told a news conference. Berlin will dispatch the heads of its foreign intelligence agency BND and of its domestic counterpart, the BfV. Merkel's chief of staff Ronald Pofalla, who is responsible for the intelligence services, may also join them. -- SPA 18:38 LOCAL TIME 15:38 GMT تغريد
