'I regret that president Macron seeks to take advantage of what is a domestic Brazilian issue and of other Amazonian countries for personal political gain,' Bolsonaro tweeted.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron, after the European leader called on world leaders to push the issue of fires in the Amazon rainforest to the top of the agenda ahead of the upcoming G7 summit.
Recently released figures from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research showed an 83 percent increase in fire outbreaks in Brazil in comparison to the same period in 2018, representing the highest number of blazes since the agency began collecting such data in 2013,In fact, INPE says it has identified more than 72,000 fires in Brazil between January and August this year—more than half of which occurred in the Amazon region.
Yesterday, Macron posted a tweet that described the fires as an"international crisis," as concern grew around the world over the apparentOur house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which produces 20% of our planetâs oxygen - is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let's discuss this emergency first order in two days!
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