Italy's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it had summoned the American ambassador to Rome over reports of widespread American surveillance of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, among several other European leaders, AFP reports.
U.S. ambassador John Phillips was called in "for clarification on the media reports that allege Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi and some of his close associates were subjected to wiretapping in 2011," it said in a brief statement quoted by the news agency.
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