G7 leaders on Tuesday urged China to use its influence with Russia to end the invasion of Ukraine and abandon “broad maritime claims” in the South China Sea, in unprecedented harsh criticism of the policies and the Beijing’s human rights record.
They appealed to China to pressure Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine immediately and unconditionally, citing an International Court of Justice ruling that Moscow suspend its military operation and related UN General Assembly resolutions.
In a statement concluding the three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps, the Group of Seven wealthy industrial democracies took aim at what it called coercive non-market Chinese policies that distorted the global economy.
The Chinese part of the statement, highlighted by the United States, referred to China’s “non-transparent and market-distorting interventions” and other forms of economic and industrial directives.
G7 leaders have committed to working together to ensure a level playing field for their companies and workers.
The statement also expressed serious disquiet about the situation in the East and South China Seas and unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.
Furthermore, the G7 is now “gravely concerned” – a term not used at its summit for a year – about the human rights situation in China, including forced labor in Tibet and Xinjiang. China must also honor its commitments to uphold rights, freedom and a high degree of autonomy in Hong Kong, they said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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