Senior German officials are set to travel to the U.S. 'shortly' for talks about allegations the NSA bugged Angela Merkel's phone. The heads of Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies will participate in high-level discussions with the White House and National Security Agency, government spokesman Georg Streiter said. He did not give a specific date for the trip, saying it was being arranged on 'relatively short notice'. Scroll down for video . Unhappy: Merkel suggested at an EU gathering that she was not placated by talks with President Obama . News of the talks signals an escalation in the diplomatic tensions between America and her allies after it was claimed the NSA had monitored the calls of 35 world leaders. Brazil and Germany earlier announced that they have joined forces in an attempt to pile pressure on the United Nations to rein in the snooping activities of American spies. The two nations want a UN General Resolution that promotes the right to privacy on the . internet in the first major international response to the National Security Agency's infiltration of the online communications of foreigners. The step comes after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the recent US espionage scandal has shattered international trust in Barack Obama following claims her phone may have been tapped by American agents. A month earlier Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff branded the NSA's clandestine activities 'a breach . of international law' in a speech to the UN General Assembly and demanded steps be made to stop 'cyberspace from being used as a weapon . of war'. Anger: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff (right) have both voiced concerns over the NSA's infiltration of the online communications of foreigners . Not hacked: The White House has denied that David Cameron's communications were ever monitored . Brazilian and German diplomats met in . New York yesterday to thrash out a draft resolution that demands the . strengthening of privacy rights in the International . Covenant Civil and Political Rights. While . the UN has no real power to reign in the NSA, there are fears among . security experts that the effort alone could signal a growing consensus . to freeze the US out of future international security dialogues. 'The . worst case scenario I think would be having our European allies saying . they will no longer share signals intelligence because of a concern that . our SigInt is being derived from mechanisms that violate their privacy . rules,' Ray Kimball, an army strategist with policy experience on . European issues, told The Cable. The International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights was written in 1966 and came into force in 1976, long before the internet was invented. Article 17, says 'no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honor and reputation.' Demands: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, . left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, yesterday during a . round-table meeting at an European Union summit in Brussels . Under fire: President Barack Obama, standing next to Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the White House yesterday . World leaders: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) checks her mobile phone in May 2012. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (right) is pictured arriving at the an EU summit yesterday . It also says that 'everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.' Germany and Brazil want the UN to apply those protections to online activities as well. Meanwhile, . Mrs Merkel's stern remarks at the EU gathering indicated she was not . placated by talks yesterday with President Obama, or his personal . assurances that the US is not listening in on her calls now. ‘We need trust among allies and . partners,’ she told reporters in Brussels, Belgium. ‘Such trust now has . to be built anew. This is what we have to think about.’ 'The . United States of America and Europe face common challenges. We are . allies. But such an alliance can only be built on trust. That's why I . repeat again: spying among friends, that cannot be . Long day: British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel look tired as they participate in a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit . 'It's . become clear that for the future, something must change - and . significantly. We will put all efforts into forging a joint . understanding by the end of the year for the cooperation of the . (intelligence) agencies between Germany and the U.S., and France and the . U.S., to create a framework for the cooperation.' The . White House may soon face other irked heads of state and government. The Guardian said it saw a confidential memo suggesting the NSA . monitored 35 world leaders' communications in 2006.
Top German government official to hold crunch talks with US counterparts .
Diplomatic row over allegations U.S. spied on world leaders escalates .
German Chancellor not placated by talks yesterday with Barack Obama .
Merkel says allegations have shattered trust in Obama administration .
Claims that NSA swept up more than 70million phone records in France .
Senior German officials are set to travel to the U.S. 'shortly' for talks about allegations the NSA bugged Angela Merkel's phone. The heads of Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies will participate in high-level discussions with the White House and National Security Agency, government spokesman Georg Streiter said. He did not give a specific date for the trip, saying it was being arranged on 'relatively short notice'. Scroll down for video . Unhappy: Merkel suggested at an EU gathering that she was not placated by talks with President Obama . News of the talks signals an escalation in the diplomatic tensions between America and her allies after it was claimed the NSA had monitored the calls of 35 world leaders. Brazil and Germany earlier announced that they have joined forces in an attempt to pile pressure on the United Nations to rein in the snooping activities of American spies. The two nations want a UN General Resolution that promotes the right to privacy on the . internet in the first major international response to the National Security Agency's infiltration of the online communications of foreigners. The step comes after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the recent US espionage scandal has shattered international trust in Barack Obama following claims her phone may have been tapped by American agents. A month earlier Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff branded the NSA's clandestine activities 'a breach . of international law' in a speech to the UN General Assembly and demanded steps be made to stop 'cyberspace from being used as a weapon . of war'. Anger: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff (right) have both voiced concerns over the NSA's infiltration of the online communications of foreigners . Not hacked: The White House has denied that David Cameron's communications were ever monitored . Brazilian and German diplomats met in . New York yesterday to thrash out a draft resolution that demands the . strengthening of privacy rights in the International . Covenant Civil and Political Rights. While . the UN has no real power to reign in the NSA, there are fears among . security experts that the effort alone could signal a growing consensus . to freeze the US out of future international security dialogues. 'The . worst case scenario I think would be having our European allies saying . they will no longer share signals intelligence because of a concern that . our SigInt is being derived from mechanisms that violate their privacy . rules,' Ray Kimball, an army strategist with policy experience on . European issues, told The Cable. The International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights was written in 1966 and came into force in 1976, long before the internet was invented. Article 17, says 'no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honor and reputation.' Demands: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, . left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, yesterday during a . round-table meeting at an European Union summit in Brussels . Under fire: President Barack Obama, standing next to Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the White House yesterday . World leaders: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) checks her mobile phone in May 2012. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (right) is pictured arriving at the an EU summit yesterday . It also says that 'everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.' Germany and Brazil want the UN to apply those protections to online activities as well. Meanwhile, . Mrs Merkel's stern remarks at the EU gathering indicated she was not . placated by talks yesterday with President Obama, or his personal . assurances that the US is not listening in on her calls now. ‘We need trust among allies and . partners,’ she told reporters in Brussels, Belgium. ‘Such trust now has . to be built anew. This is what we have to think about.’ 'The . United States of America and Europe face common challenges. We are . allies. But such an alliance can only be built on trust. That's why I . repeat again: spying among friends, that cannot be . Long day: British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel look tired as they participate in a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit . 'It's . become clear that for the future, something must change - and . significantly. We will put all efforts into forging a joint . understanding by the end of the year for the cooperation of the . (intelligence) agencies between Germany and the U.S., and France and the . U.S., to create a framework for the cooperation.' The . White House may soon face other irked heads of state and government. The Guardian said it saw a confidential memo suggesting the NSA . monitored 35 world leaders' communications in 2006.
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