U.S. accused of spying on French presidents

France has summoned the U.S. ambassador for a meeting Wednesday in the wake of reports that the United States spied on French President François Hollande and his two predecessors -- despite France being a close ally.

WikiLeaks has published what it said were U.S. National Security Agency reports about secret communications of the last three French presidents between 2006 and 2012.

France won't tolerate "any action jeopardizing its security and the protection of its interests," the country's Defense Council said in a statement Wednesday. But it suggested it was already well aware of the spying allegations.

"These unacceptable facts already resulted in clarifications between France and the United States" in 2013 and 2014, the Defense Council said.

"Commitments were made by the American authorities," the council said. "They must be recalled and strictly respected."

Hollande had convened a meeting of the council after reports appeared in the French press about the information released by WikiLeaks.

Amid French anger over the latest revelations, the U.S. ambassador to France, Jane Hartley, has been summoned to appear at the French Foreign Ministry at 6 p.m. local time (noon ET).

Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama also will speak by telephone about the spying claims at some point Wednesday, Claude Bartolone, president of France's National Assembly, told CNN affiliate BFMTV.


'Indispensable partners'

Responding to the reports late Tuesday, the White House's National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said: "We are not targeting and will not target the communications of President Hollande.