The French President told reporters that G-7 leaders agreed to take action to fight fires in Brazil.
BIARRITZ, FRANCE - AUGUST 25: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump meet for the first working session of the G7 Summit on August 25, 2019 in Biarritz, France.
"There is a real convergence to say 'we all agree to help the countries harmed by these fires as quickly as possible'" the host of the G-7 summit told reporters in French from the conference venue in BiarritzHe went on, listing all of the contacts being made"with all the countries of the Amazon... so that we can finalize very concrete technical and financial commitments.
On Friday, Macron threatened to block an important EU trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries, claiming that Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro had lied aboutHours before the beginning of the annual meeting of world leaders on Friday, Macron released a video outlining his plan to mobilize all of the powers gathered in Biarritz to partner with Amazon countries"to invest first in fighting the fires and helping Brazil and the other impacted countries.
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