2023-04-18 09:57:00
G7 foreign ministers meeting in Karuizawa in the Japanese Alps raised their voices once morest China in a statement released on Tuesday. The representatives of the G7 countries (France, Japan, United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom) severely warned the countries which would provide assistance to Russia in Ukraine by promising to make them pay “the high price ».
They also committed to « intensifier » sanctions once morest Russia and to step up efforts to prevent their circumvention by third countries. A message addressed in particular to China, which did not condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s Russia and is even suspected by Washington of wanting to supply arms to the Russian army. The final communiqué of their meeting also judges “ unacceptable” the “nuclear rhetoric irresponsible” of Russia and its threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.
« As Ukraine prepares to launch a counter-offensive to retake its territory (…), we support Ukraine “Said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the press.
G7 stands united on Taiwan issue
The G7 ministers also warned Beijing of its military ambitions in the South China Sea and stressed their unchanged stance on Taiwan, despite the backlash over recent remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron. During his visit to China in early April, the head of state told the media that Europe should not be caught up in ” crises that would not be (his) in reference to Taiwan, which had angered some of France’s allies before the Karuizawa meeting.
« There is no change in the basic positions of the members of the G7on Taiwan “, nevertheless assure today the diplomats in chief of the group in their press release, estimating « indispensable » maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and her counterparts have tried throughout the two days of talks in Japan to play down their differences, and their joint statement adopts strong language towards Beijing.
Their text evokes the “worries” of the G7 regarding “ the continued and accelerated expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal », calling him to work towards « stability through greater transparency regarding its nuclear weapons. Antony Blinken assured that he had never seen a ” so great convergence of views on China and Taiwan by the G7. Without citing Beijing, the joint statement pledges to strengthen cooperation once morest the ” economic coercion of restricting foreign trade or investment for political purposes.
In response, China accused the G7 of “slander” and some ” go out “. « The meeting of foreign ministers of G7 disregarded either China’s solemn position or the objective facts “Lamented Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. ” It interfered in China’s internal affairs, slandered and smeared the China”, he underlined in front of the press, expressing the “strong displeasure” from Beijing. ” Between the lines, this statement is filled with arrogance, prejudice, and malicious intent to oppose China and curb its development, he pointed out. Wang Wenbin said China protested through diplomatic channels to Japan, host of the G7 meeting.
The G7 also sent a message to Sudan and Afghanistan
Apart from the Ukrainian and Taiwanese question, the heads of diplomacy of the G7 have spoken out on the lifting “immediate” of the ban “unacceptable” Afghan women to work for non-governmental organizations and the United Nations, signed into law this month by the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Likewise, they condemned systematic violations of the human rights of women and girls and discrimination once morest members of religious and ethnic minorities by the Taliban authorities.
Finally, the G7 called on Tuesday to stop ” immediate “ fighting in Sudan, where clashes between the regular army and paramilitary forces have already killed nearly 200 people since Saturday. ” We urge all parties to immediately end the violence, de-escalate tensions and restore civilian rule in Sudan declared the foreign ministers of the main industrialized countries following their meeting in Japan.
(With AFP)
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