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The Group of Seven (G7) has called out China’s continued “militarization, coercive and intimidation activities” in the South China Sea, saying Beijing’s expansive maritime claims to the strategic waterway have no legal basis.
In a joint statement on Friday, the world’s leading industrialized nations, excluding China and Russia, said they were “seriously concerned” about the situation in the South China Sea and expressed their “strong opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.”
“We continue to oppose China’s dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia in the South China Sea and its repeated obstruction of countries’ high seas freedom of navigation, and we express serious concern about the increasing use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels in this regard,” it said.
