German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke on the phone on Friday as Merkel expressed her readiness to assist Brazil in protecting the Amazon region following devastating wildfires, Deutsche Welle reports.
Bolsonaro tweeted that he had a "productive" conversation with the chancellor and that he "reaffirmed Brazilian sovereignty in our Amazon region."
"At the request of the German Government, the European External Action Service was mobilized to assess the situation of the fires in South America," he added.
The pair also spoke about the situation in Venezuela, according to a government spokesman in Berlin.
Despite the pleasantries between the two leaders, Bolsonaro was less enthusiastic about European relations as he said earlier on Friday that the continent has "nothing to teach" Brazil about preserving the environment.
His comments come in the wake of a verbal spat with French President Emmanuel Macron. Following disagreements over green policies and "disrespectful" remarks about Macron's wife, Bolsonaro said "our dear Macron" would have to retract remarks relating to Brazil's sovereignty over the Amazon before he would speak to him.