By Jaime Ortega.
“The Russian government has no problems in allowing Berlin to get more information from Snowden about the latest wiretapping scandal. The Kremlin believes that the former agent of the U.S. intelligence services , Edward Snowden , is free to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in Germany in the case of telephone eavesdropping conducted by the U.S. National Security Agency to German Chancellor Angela Merkel .”
This is the message I received last night from the German government from Moscow to a first diplomatic score on the last episode of the spying scandal.
German Green MEP , Hans Christian Ströbele , re-met in Moscow along with two journalists to bring back Snowden to the German capital.
Snowden was offered a letter to testify before the General Attorney and against the very German Bundestag , the German parliament.
The Berlin Foreign Ministry has confirmed that this meeting took place with the knowledge and permission of the Russian authorities, which have informed Berlin what Snowden can do as he harbors temporarily with the asylum offered by Russia which is “damaging to the U.S. ” , but otherwise ” is free to meet with anyone ,anytime . ”
Extradition Agreement
On a possible collaboration with German authorities, Snowden’s knowledge is necessary to explain in greater detail the U.S. illegal spying on German soil.
Russia’s opinion is that ” Germany is a friend that whenever possible we want to facilitate collaborations. ”
After consulting the opinion of President Putin’s spokesman , Dmitri Peskov , from Berlin he is perceived that Russia seems even willing to pass the “hot potato” as they call Snowden in Russia to Germany.
The only drawback that stands between the former agent and German investigators is a preventive extradition order , as requested by Washington , if it happens that Snowden sets foot in Germany that Berlin would have to meet under the extradition agreement signed with the U.S. in 1978.
