NATO’s Rasmussen says WikiLeaks damages diplomacy

09/12/10 14:01 CET

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NATO’S chief has renewed his criticisms of WikiLeaks.

Anders Fogh Rassmussen believes the release of classified documents could endanger lives. He told euronews the disclosures are also bad for diplomacy.

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“The WikiLeaks action is damaging for international diplomacy, because international diplomacy is also about having confidential talks with other countries, even with adversaries with a view to achieving peaceful solutions to conflicts,” he said. “And if there is a risk that confidential talks are made public, then this channel will be destroyed or damaged and this is, of course, the reason why we condemn this action.”

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