The Washington Post first reported late Monday on two new documents that appear to confirm the U.S. invasion of Guterres’ private communications, piling on to similar revelations last week. The leaked documents appear to contain a series of quotations by Guterres expressing skepticism about traveling to Ukraine to meet with Zelenskyy and “outrage” over being denied permission to visit Ethiopia, two countries that have been ravaged by war. A spokesman for Guterres condemned the activities detailed in the documents. The surveillance operations targeting Guterres appear to have been conducted under authorities granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, many of which expire this year without a clear path to renewal. Guterres has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year as a violation of the U.N. Charter.

Source: Ethiopian News April 19, 2023 09:15 UTC