The German government denied a media report on Wednesday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had suggested deleting mentions of the Paris climate pact from the final communique of a major summit to appease U.S. President Donald Trump.

FILE PHOTO: Protesters throw up a globe-shaped balloon during a rally held the day before the start of the 2015 Paris World Climate Change Conference, known as the COP21 summit, in Rome, Italy, November 29, 2015.

German magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday said Trudeau made the suggestion in a call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will host a G20 summit in Hamburg next month.

"The Canadian Prime Minister himself has already denied this and rejected the assertion in this media report," German government spokesman Ulrike Demmer told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday.

"I would like to add the following in the name of the chancellor: The prime minister did not ask her to delete all references to the climate agreement from the draft G20 document," she added.

Source: Reuters