Britain declines comment on report of listening post in Germany

Reuters

Updated 7 November 2013 at 2:44 pm

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague declined on Thursday to contradict a news report that Britain has a listening post in Germany, news that prompted Berlin to summon the British ambassador for an explanation.

"I do not confirm or deny allegations, things that are said about our intelligence agencies. That's for very, very good reasons even when there are things that are not true at all," Hague said in an interview on Channel 4 News.

(Reporting By Costas Pitas; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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