G7 Foreign Ministers Seek Calm In South China Sea
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies issued a statement Monday opposing any provocation in the South China Sea. The G7 meeting held in Hiroshima, Japan, also called for countries to observe international maritime laws in the region where China is locked in territorial disputes with nations including the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. “We express our strong opposition to any intimidating coercive or provocative unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tensions,” the foreign ministers said in the statement. China has rattled nerves in the region with its controversial reclamation work in the South China Sea. China’s construction of artificial islands ...
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