Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have agreed to release more than $...
BIARRITZ, France - Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have agreed to release more than $20 million of emergency aid to help countries battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
“We will straightaway offer Amazonian countries that signal to us their needs, financial support of at least up to 20 million euros ,” said Macron, who is locked in a war of words with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro.The Brazilian president hit back, accusing Western countries of interfering in his country’s affairs and mocking the looks of the French leader’s 66-year-old wife on Facebook.
“The second phase is to protect these forests, protect the biodiversity they contain and reforest this region of the world,” he added.
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