G7 leaders urged China to use its influence with Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and drop 'expansive maritime claims' in the South China Sea, in unprecedentedly tough criticism of Beijing's policies and human rights record.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China on February 4, 2022.The leaders also took aim at coercive Chinese non-market policies that distorted the global economy.there is no legal basis for China's expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea.
In a communique concluding their three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps, the Group of Seven rich industrial democracies took aim at what they called coercive Chinese non-market policies that distorted the global economy. The communique further voiced serious disquiet about the situation in the East and South China seas and unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.
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