German foreign minister hopeful on US surveillance

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says he hopes Washington has understood that surveillance of political partners “can have a political price” and is confident it will end monitoring of allied countries’ leaderships.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier was quoted as saying in an interview with the weekly Der Spiegel published Sunday that the task of overcoming differences over U.S. surveillance activities “should not be underestimated.”