MOSCOW. Nov 15 (Interfax) - Electronic surveillance causes a lack of trust in international relations, Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said while opening the second international parliamentary forum entitled Constitution. Democracy. Parliamentarism in Moscow on Thursday.
"Attention to international law is especially important now because the number of areas where there is a lack of trust is increasing," Naryshkin said.
The new information on the scale of electronic surveillance "destroys trust, it doesn't built it," he said.
Naryshkin pointed out that such surveillance has affected even the leaders of countries, adding that it violates the rights of millions of citizens.
The Russian speaker has called on his colleagues from different countries of the world not to forget what unites them all and makes different countries and peoples an international community.
"I am now talking about the universally recognized norms of international law and institutions such as the United Nations and its Security Council. Defending peaceful solutions to international problems, Russia defends these universally recognized values and institutions, which we all need," Naryshkin said.
Few countries dare to directly deny international laws and values, although some countries are "trying to reconsider" decisions associated with the outcome of WWII, he said. "Such activities - and I point that out again and again - are not meeting appropriate resistance yet," Naryshkin said.