They criticised China’s added pressure on Taiwan and Russia’s threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KARUIZAWA, Japan - The Group of Seven industrial powers on Tuesday said they were more united than ever as they criticised China’s added pressure on Taiwan and Russia’s threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus while it wages war in neighbouring Ukraine.
The show of unity comes after French President Emmanuel Macron this month said the European Union should reduce its dependency on the United States and cautioned against being drawn into a Taiwan crisis. The G-7 communique highlights how the dual issues of Russian military intervention and fears of similar action by China against Taiwan have been a focus of the three-day meeting.
It said “any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in Ukraine “would be met with severe consequences.”
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