Brazilian President Gaier Bolsonaro has said he will not speak to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron unless he apologizes for bringing the Amazon fires to an international meeting that Brazil did not attend.

The Brazilian president said on Friday that he may receive news later on his request from US President Donald Trump to help fight the Amazon rainforest.

Speaking to reporters in Brasilia, Bolsonaro told reporters that he would speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel later.

"A phone call with Angela Merkel is planned," he said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. I am ready to talk to some people except Aziz Macron unless he apologizes for our sovereignty over the Amazon. ”

Bolsonaro said last week he would not accept at least a $ 20 million offer to help fight the Amazon fires announced by Macron at the G7 summit unless he withdrew what he called "insults" against him.

Bolsonaro said on Monday the idea of ​​an international coalition to save the Amazon rainforest would treat Brazil as a "colony or no man's land" and called the proposal an attack on the country's sovereignty.

Bolsonaro asked on Twitter about the hidden intentions behind attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron to mobilize support for an international plan of action to help protect the Amazon.