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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff calls off US trip
Ms Rousseff will speak about surveillance at the United Nations General Assembly next week
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has called off a state visit to Washington next month over allegations of US espionage.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been accused of intercepting emails and messages from Ms Rousseff, her aides and state oil company, Petrobras.
The allegations were based on documents leaked by fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
President Barack Obama had promised to investigate the incident.
The White House said Mr Obama had telephoned Ms Rousseff on Monday to discuss the matter.
"The president has said that he understands and regrets the concerns [that] disclosures of alleged US intelligence activities have generated in Brazil and made clear that he is committed to working together with President Rousseff and her government in diplomatic channels to move beyond this issue as a source of tension in our bilateral relationship," the White House said in a statement.
This was to be the first state visit by a Brazilian president to the US since 1995. It was due to begin on 23 October.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that the US-Brazil relationship was so important, President Obama "agrees with this decision that they made together to postpone this visit".
"This relationship should not be overshadowed by any bilateral issue," he said.
The Brazilian government said it hoped the state visit would take place "as soon as possible", once the issue had been "resolved properly".
- Brazil is rising in global influence and is the biggest state in the Americas after the USA.
- Brazil's influence can counter the negative influence of the American regime with the American regime going through an extremely radical phase of sponsoring and aiding terrorists, invading countries, using depleted uranium and generally being a threat to global peace and stability.
- Brazil will join Russia, China, India and others in the international community that will rein in the highly aggressive bully and thug that is the USA.
Ms Rousseff will speak about surveillance at the United Nations General Assembly next week
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has called off a state visit to Washington next month over allegations of US espionage.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been accused of intercepting emails and messages from Ms Rousseff, her aides and state oil company, Petrobras.
The allegations were based on documents leaked by fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
President Barack Obama had promised to investigate the incident.
The White House said Mr Obama had telephoned Ms Rousseff on Monday to discuss the matter.
"The president has said that he understands and regrets the concerns [that] disclosures of alleged US intelligence activities have generated in Brazil and made clear that he is committed to working together with President Rousseff and her government in diplomatic channels to move beyond this issue as a source of tension in our bilateral relationship," the White House said in a statement.
This was to be the first state visit by a Brazilian president to the US since 1995. It was due to begin on 23 October.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that the US-Brazil relationship was so important, President Obama "agrees with this decision that they made together to postpone this visit".
"This relationship should not be overshadowed by any bilateral issue," he said.
The Brazilian government said it hoped the state visit would take place "as soon as possible", once the issue had been "resolved properly".
- Brazil is rising in global influence and is the biggest state in the Americas after the USA.
- Brazil's influence can counter the negative influence of the American regime with the American regime going through an extremely radical phase of sponsoring and aiding terrorists, invading countries, using depleted uranium and generally being a threat to global peace and stability.
- Brazil will join Russia, China, India and others in the international community that will rein in the highly aggressive bully and thug that is the USA.