12 April 2016

News Story: G7 foreign ministers agree to strengthen cooperation on countering terrorism, other global issues

HIROSHIMA, Japan, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The two-day G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting closed here on Monday, with the foreign ministers of the seven industrialized countries issuing a joint communique, reaching consensus on a variety of global and regional issues including terrorism, refugees, and the DPRK nuclear problem.

Countering terrorism was placed ahead of other challenges in the communique. The communique condemned recent terrorist attacks in Turkey, Belgium and other regions and said a concrete G7 action plan on countering terrorism would be adopted at the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in May.

The communique also condemned "in the strongest terms" the nuclear test and missile launches by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK), and demanded the DPRK not to conduct any further nuclear tests or launches that use ballistic missile technology, nor engage in any other destabilizing or provocative actions.

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