The U.S. has told France it’s no longer spying on its leaders following disclosures by the group WikiLeaks. Documents published this week show the National Security Agency spied on President François Hollande and his two predecessors from 2006 to 2012, including listening to and recording cellphone conversations. At the White House, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said President Obama has assured French counterpart François Hollande the spying is no more.

Josh Earnest: “The president was very clear about the fact that the United States does not target and will not target the communications of the president of France, and this is consistent with the conversation that President Obama had with President Hollande during President Hollande’s visit to Washington, D.C., last year, a little over a year ago. You know, we’ve been very clear that foreign intelligence activities are only conducted when there is a specific, validated national security interest involved.”

France has denounced the spying, calling it “unacceptable.” Hollande held an emergency meeting with his ministers on Wednesday as his government summoned the U.S. ambassador. At a news conference, Secretary of State John Kerry said the spying revelation is based on an “old document.”

Secretary of State John Kerry: “This is an old WikiLeaks document. I don’t even know what the date is specifically that it starts out or refers to. I’m just telling you point blank we are not and will not target the conversations of any friendly president, anybody that I know of, and certainly not President Hollande or the French ministry. That is not happening.”