The Trump administration did not accept the $20 million financial assistance plan talked about at the G7 top to assist Brazil fight wildfires raving in the Amazon rain forest, a National Security Council representative stated Wednesday.

NSC representative Garrett Marquis composed in a declaration on Twitter Wednesday that conversations surrounding the emergency situation help plan stopped working to consist of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. However, “the United States stands all set to help Brazil in efforts to fight fires in the Amazon,” he composed.

“We didn’t accept a G7 effort that stopped working to consist of assessments with [Bolsonaro],” Marquis composed. “The most useful method to help with Brazil’s continuous efforts remains in coordination with the Brazilian [government].”

He included a different tweet, “The United States has a strong history of significant engagement in Brazil on preservation, forestry, and biodiversity, consisting of the $80 million Collaboration for Preservation of Amazon Biodiversity.”

The declaration echoed a comparable belief from the president recently, who tweeted that he consulted with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and informed him the United States stands “all set to help” with the Amazon wildfires.

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R) and United States President Donald Trump shake hands throughout a joint-press conference in Biarritz, south-west France on August 26, 2019,
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Trump was not present for the session relating to biodiversity and environment on Monday at the G7 top due to scheduling disputes, however Macron stated that “his group” went to the conference, The New York City Times reported.

“He wasn’t in the space, however his group was,” Macron informed The Times. “You should not check out anything into the American president’s lack … The United States is with us on biodiversity and on the Amazon effort.”

French President Emmanuel Macron revealed at the G7 top hosted in Biarritz, France, this weekend that it was providing $20 million in emergency situation help to Brazil, in the middle of stress in between him and Bolsonaro.

The Brazilian president at first did decline the financial assistance plan, calling it “colonialist and imperialist,” however strolled back on the rejection on the condition that Macron excuse stating Bolsonaro was “extremely impolite.”

The White Home did not right away react to e-mails from Service Expert for remark.