G7 Criticizes China Over Recent Military Drills Encircling Taiwan, Calling Them Destabilizing

‘We oppose any unilateral actions to threaten such peace and stability, including by force or coercion,’ the foreign ministers of the G7 nations said.

(L–R) European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, British Foreign Minister David Lammy, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani pose for a photo during the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

G7 foreign ministers have condemned communist China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan as “provocative actions” that jeopardize global security.

The seven foreign ministers from the leading industrialized nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the United States—said in a joint statement issued on April 6 that their countries and the larger international community “have an interest in the preservation of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”