Amazon fires: South American countries to meet to discuss response
Source: BBC
Amazon fires: South American countries to meet to discuss response
28 August 2019
South American countries will meet to discuss a coordinated response to the fires ravaging the Amazon basin next week, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has announced.
It comes after he refused a G7 offer of $22m (£18m) following a spat with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Governors of the nine most affected regions have urged him to reconsider.
Mr Bolsonaro has now accepted Chile's offer of four planes to fight the fires, the worst in Brazil since 2010.
He revealed all countries in the Amazon region, apart from Venezuela, will meet on 6 September to further discuss a common policy.
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