MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that Moscow’s relations with Washington outweighed the “squabbles” over a spying scandal revealed by United States (US) fugitive Edward Snowden, who has applied for asylum in Russia.

“Relations between states are much more important than squabbles surrounding the work of security services,” Putin was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.

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