South American countries would meet to determine a common policy in defense of the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday.
Bolsonaro also accepted Chile’s offer of four aircraft to help fight the fires sweeping through the world’s largest rainforest.
Speaking to journalists after a meeting with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said a meeting with regional neighbors except Venezuela to discuss a common policy in defense of the Amazon will be held on Sept. 6 in the Colombian city of Leticia.
However, Bolsonaro said he was not yet prepared to accept the G7 offer.
Earlier Bolsonaro had refused a G7 offer of $20mn aid arguing that G7 countries were treating Brazil like “a colony or a no-man’s land”.
In a statement released by Chile, the two leaders said environmental challenges must be met while respecting “national sovereignty,” and that each country should have control over the “rational and sustainable use of their natural resources, in line with their environmental obligations and needs of their citizens, including indigenous peoples.”
It also highlighted as “valuable and important” the use of bilateral cooperation and international financial support to deal with the crisis.
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