The former contractor of the US National Security Agency Edward Snowden, which leaked classified information on government espionage programs, asked the president of France on Monday, Emmanuel Macron, to give him asylum.
Snowden, who now lives in Russia to avoid persecution in the United States, He insisted in an interview issued on Monday at the French radio station Inter that "protecting informants is not a hostile act" and that he believes he meets the requirements to obtain a protected status in France.
Snowden requested unsuccessful asylum in France in 2013, during the government of Macron's predecessor, François Hollande. He has also requested asylum in other countries.
Snowden's biography, in which he tells the story of his life for the first time, will be published on Tuesday in about 20 countries, including France.
The French presidency did not comment.
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