After meetings in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Poland where he faced immediate questions over U.S. spying. Kerry is the most senior U.S. official to visit Europe since Edward Snowden revealed extensive National Security Agency spying on European leaders, diplomats and ordinary citizens. Kerry said the NSA spying controversy shouldn’t cloud ongoing trade talks.

Secretary of State John Kerry: “Now that should not be confused with whatever legitimate questions exist with respect to NSA or other activities. And as I have said previously, we want to hear from our allies. We want to have this conversation. President Obama welcomes this opportunity to work with our allies. And ultimately, if we get it right, which we will, we can not only alleviate concerns, but we can actually strengthen our intelligence relationships going forward. And we can all be more secure and safer as a result, as well as protecting the privacy of citizens.”