Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he will only accept an offer of international aid to fight Amazon fires if French leader Emmanuel Macron retracts comments that he finds offensive.
Mr Bolsonaro said his French counterpart had called him a liar, and accused him of questioning Brazil’s sovereignty amid tensions over devastating fires sweeping the Amazon region.
The Brazilian leader said Mr Macron must retract some of his comments, “and then we can speak”.
The G7 nations have pledged 20 million dollars (£16.3 million) to help fight the flames in the Amazon and protect the rainforest, in addition to a separate 12 million dollars (£9.8 million) from Britain and 11 million dollars (£9 million) from Canada.
