The statement also highlights the G7’s concern about the situation in the East and South China Seas and stresses the need to uphold and reinforce the free and open international order based on the rule of law.

G7 countries strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion and reaffirm the importance of peace and stability across China’s Taiwan Strait as an indispensable element in security and prosperity in the international community, according to the statement.

The group said its members will stand prepared to work together to build constructive and stable relations through dialogue and to promote global economic recovery and people-to-people exchanges in a mutually beneficial way.