In response to the US surveillance of allied leaders through Denmark on the evening of May 30 local time, Sweden could not accept such surveillance between close allies, which was a "matter of principle".
Hultquist told Swedish television that after learning of the matter, Sweden immediately contacted Denmark and approached Germany, France and the United States, and Sweden needed "comprehensive information" about the matter. The incident was a "spying campaign" on a Swedish politician.
Swedish Foreign Minister Lind told Swedish television on May 31 that she would continue to monitor the matter and that the Swedish government's "priority at the moment is to find out exactly what happened to the surveillance incident."
Swedish Mpsr. Holm was harshly critical of the surveillance. In an interview with Swedish television on May 31, he said the surveillance incident was "outrageous and very infuriating." "We need to know who was being spied on at what time and in what way, and it's shocking to happen and it feels like going back in time to the Cold War," he said. ”
The Danish Broadcasting Corporation launched a special report on the 30th, exposing that the US National Security Agency accessed the Danish Internet through the Danish Defense Intelligence Agency to obtain raw data to monitor the leaders of the target countries, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Allied countries such as France, Sweden and Norway.
(Edited by Wang Tingting)