04:31French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera announced a $20 million (€ 18 million) aid package for Amazon countries affected by wildfires, during a press conference at the G7 summit in the French city of Biarritz on Monday.
"We will offer Amazon countries that inform us of their needs €20 million, and also with concrete support. France will do so with military support in the region in the coming hours," Macron said.
In response to a question about Brazil’s “hostility” to international intervention, the French President brought up the possibility of creating an international legal status for the Amazon rainforest.
"Associations and NGOs, for several years now, even some international judicial institutions, have been bringing up the issue of whether we can define an international status for Amazonia," he said, specifying that the international community’s current response was not going in that direction. "But it's a relevant question, if one sovereign country takes clear and concrete decisions and measures that are obviously in opposition with the entire planet's interest there could be a whole judicial and political work to do there."
Macron also mentioned the possibility of launching a similar initiative in response to wildfires in Africa.
France: Macron, Pinera announce $20 million aid package for Amazon fires
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera announced a $20 million (€ 18 million) aid package for Amazon countries affected by wildfires, during a press conference at the G7 summit in the French city of Biarritz on Monday.
"We will offer Amazon countries that inform us of their needs €20 million, and also with concrete support. France will do so with military support in the region in the coming hours," Macron said.
In response to a question about Brazil’s “hostility” to international intervention, the French President brought up the possibility of creating an international legal status for the Amazon rainforest.
"Associations and NGOs, for several years now, even some international judicial institutions, have been bringing up the issue of whether we can define an international status for Amazonia," he said, specifying that the international community’s current response was not going in that direction. "But it's a relevant question, if one sovereign country takes clear and concrete decisions and measures that are obviously in opposition with the entire planet's interest there could be a whole judicial and political work to do there."
Macron also mentioned the possibility of launching a similar initiative in response to wildfires in Africa.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera announced a $20 million (€ 18 million) aid package for Amazon countries affected by wildfires, during a press conference at the G7 summit in the French city of Biarritz on Monday.
"We will offer Amazon countries that inform us of their needs €20 million, and also with concrete support. France will do so with military support in the region in the coming hours," Macron said.
In response to a question about Brazil’s “hostility” to international intervention, the French President brought up the possibility of creating an international legal status for the Amazon rainforest.
"Associations and NGOs, for several years now, even some international judicial institutions, have been bringing up the issue of whether we can define an international status for Amazonia," he said, specifying that the international community’s current response was not going in that direction. "But it's a relevant question, if one sovereign country takes clear and concrete decisions and measures that are obviously in opposition with the entire planet's interest there could be a whole judicial and political work to do there."
Macron also mentioned the possibility of launching a similar initiative in response to wildfires in Africa.