The Group 7 (G7) industrialized nations recently issued a joint statement on maritime security, denouncing China’s reclamation of islands in the East Sea.
It demonstrates the international community’s growing concerns about the East Sea, where tensions are mounting because of Beijing’s flouting of international law.
The statement released at the G7 Summit on May 27 in Japan emphasized that countries need to abide by the law to settle territorial disputes.
G7, which includes the US, the UK, France, Japan, Germany, Italy and Canada, reaffirmed that disputes should be resolved peacefully and on a basis of free maritime and air navigation.
G7 leaders called on all countries to refrain from unilateral acts that may heighten tensions and to avoid the use of force or coercion to back up territorial claims.
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