Story highlights French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira stresses it's not her decision

"I wouldn't be surprised. It's a possibility," she says

France recently summoned U.S. ambassador after reports U.S. spied on Presidents

(CNN) French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said Thursday she "wouldn't be surprised" if France decided to offer asylum to Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.

Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been holed up in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for more than two years to avoid extradition to Sweden, where prosecutors want to question him about 2010 allegations that he raped one woman and sexually molested another.

Snowden, a former U.S. government contractor, has remained in Russia since exposing widespread federal surveillance programs.

"If France decides to offer asylum to Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, I wouldn't be surprised. It's a possibility," Taubira told CNN affiliate BFMTV.

She stressed it wasn't her decision, but that of the French Prime Minister and President.

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