Spying on Petrobras economically motivated: Brazilianpresident( Xinhua) 08:20, September 10, 2013 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 9-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff issued an officialstatement Monday specially on the latest news that U.S. Security Agency (NSA) spied onBrazil's state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras, demanding again explanations fromthe U.S. government.
Rousseff said in the statement that if the latest news are indeed proven, they will confirmthat the U.S. motivation has nothing to do with self-protection, but everything to do witheconomic and strategic interests.
"Petrobras does not represent a threat to the security of any country. It represents,however, one of the world's largest oil assets and a patrimony of the Brazilian people," saidRousseff.
She said her administration has already demanded explanations from the U.S. governmenton the violations and also demanded concrete actions to end what she claimed as"espionage offensive to human rights, Brazil's sovereignty and economic interests."
The president said the espionage was incompatible with democratic coexistence betweenfriendly countries, promising to take action to protect Brazil, its government andcompanies.
The news on U.S. spying on Petrobras, the latest development on the scandal of the U.S.'sglobal surveillance program, was aired Sunday night on TV news show "Fantastico", thesame program that a week earlier revealed the U.S. NSA spied on the privatecommunications of Brazilian president and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Before the news on Petrobras surfaced, Rousseff met with U.S. President Barack Obamalast week to demand full explanations on the espionage, which Obama promised to deliverby Wednesday. （Editor：LiangJun、Yao Chun） Related reading
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