G7 asks China to pressure Russia to end war

G7 leaders called on China to “put pressure” on the Kremlin so that Russian troops would leave Ukraine “immediately” and end the war in that country.

“We call on China to put pressure on Russia to stop its military aggression and immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine,” G7 leaders said at the meeting. joint final statement of their summitwhich takes place in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Furthermore, the Group of Seven “encouraged” China to support a “comprehensive, just and lasting” peace in Ukraine based on territorial integrity and the principles contained in the founding charter of the United Nations.

This peace, the press release added, must come “in direct dialogue” with Ukraine.

China has proposed a rather ambiguous peace planwhich received the support of Moscow, since, although it defends the territorial integrity of the countries, at no time does it allude to the Russian annexation of four Ukrainian regions or to the withdrawal of Russian troops from the neighboring country.

Except, The G7 rejected the use of export power “as a weapon” and the instrumentalization of “economic coercion” as a political toolin a statement keeping in mind China’s dominance.

for his part, Beijing today accused the G7 of “manipulation”, “sowing discord against China” and “ignoring the principles of market economy”. after the group rejected the instrumentalization of “economic coercion” as a political tool, in a statement with China’s dominance in mind.

“We will work together to ensure that this is attempted weaponize economic dependencies by forcing G7 members and our partners, including small businesses, to comply and adapt, fail and face the consequences,” the government said in a statement.

G7 members expressed concern over “a disturbing increase in incidents of economic coercion that seek to exploit vulnerabilities and dependencies”and called on all countries to refrain from the practice, in an allusion to China, according to US government sources.

In response to these words, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Great Britain Through the Wechat network, he said: “Some G7 members ignore the principles of market economy and fair competition and unreasonably suppress Chinese companies. China is very unhappy and strongly opposes it.”

Text accuses the US of being the one carrying out “economic coercion” and about “the generalization of the concept of national security, the abuse of export control measures and the acceptance of discriminatory and unfair practices towards companies from other countries, which seriously violates the principles of market economy and fair competition”.

“China itself is a victim of American economic coercion. China has always firmly opposed economic coercion by other countries. It is the United States that must stop repressing and restraining other countries in the name of national security,” the text states.