Apulia [Italy], Group of Seven (G7) leaders struck a tough tone against Beijing by warning China to stop sending arms components to Russia and play by the rules on trade, according to a draft statement from the G7 summit. .
As the annual summit of the Group of Seven (G7) drew to a close, G7 leaders warned on Friday that China's support for Russia is "enabling" its war in Ukraine and they Threatened sanctions against actors who are materially supporting Moscow's war machine.
In a stern warning issued at the end of the G7 summit in Italy, the leaders said Beijing's continued support for Russia's defense industrial base is enabling Russia to continue its war against Ukraine.
This comes as the United States is stepping up diplomatic efforts to persuade Europe to take a tougher stance on China's role in aiding Russia's military-industrial complex, Al Jazeera reports.
"China's continued support for Russia's defense industrial base is enabling Russia to maintain its illegal war in Ukraine and has significant and wide-ranging security implications," the G7 leaders said in the release Friday.,
"We call on China to stop the transfer of dual-use materials, including weapons components and equipment, which are inputs to Russia's defense sector," he said.
The leaders also threatened further actions, including sanctions, to punish Chinese entities that they say are helping Russia evade Western sanctions.
"We will continue to take action against actors in China and third countries that materially support Russia's war machine, including financial institutions consistent with our legal systems and other entities in China that support Russia," the joint statement said. Facilitates the acquisition of items for its defense industrial base." Read the statement.
It further vowed to implement "restrictive measures to prevent abuse and restrict access to our financial systems."
Even before, US officials have accused China of helping Russia expand military manufacturing, including exports such as semiconductors, materials and machine tools that they say they provide to Moscow by supplying tanks, munitions and armored vehicles. , Al Jazeera reported.However, Beijing denied the allegation, saying it had not provided weapons to either side and maintained strict export controls on dual-use goods.
The US and the European Union have already imposed sanctions on Chinese companies.
It is noteworthy that this week also America had imposed new sanctions on China-based companies supplying semiconductors to Russia.
"China does not supply weapons, but the ability to produce those weapons and the technology available to do so," US President Joe Biden said at the summit on Thursday.
“So it's helping Russia,” he said.,
In addition, the G7 also took a tough stance on China's economic policies, especially on the issue of industrial overcapacity, and vowed to take action against "unfair practices" to "level the playing field and address the ongoing losses." To be."
“We express our concerns about China's persistent industrial targeting and widespread non-market policies and practices that are giving rise to global spillovers, market distortions and harmful overcapacity in a growing range of sectors, which harm our workers, industries and “Undermining economic resilience and security.” Said in the joint release.
Meanwhile, on the eve of the G7 summit, the European Union announced additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China after a month-long investigation, which it says is Beijing's response to the companies undermining European carmakers. sees as inappropriate support, Al Jazeera reported.
Last month, the US also imposed new tariffs on US$18 billion of Chinese imports in various sectors deemed strategic to national security, including EVs and clean-energy products.Additionally, the G7 also expressed strong opposition to China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Sea by force or coercion.
"We continue to oppose China's dangerous use of coast guards and maritime militia in the South China Sea and its repeated obstruction of countries' freedom of navigation in the high seas," the joint statement said.
It added, “We express grave concern over the dangerous maneuvers and increased use of water cannons against Philippine vessels."
As the annual summit of the Group of Seven (G7) drew to a close, G7 leaders warned on Friday that China's support for Russia is "enabling" its war in Ukraine and they Threatened sanctions against actors who are materially supporting Moscow's war machine.
In a stern warning issued at the end of the G7 summit in Italy, the leaders said Beijing's continued support for Russia's defense industrial base is enabling Russia to continue its war against Ukraine.
This comes as the United States is stepping up diplomatic efforts to persuade Europe to take a tougher stance on China's role in aiding Russia's military-industrial complex, Al Jazeera reports.
"China's continued support for Russia's defense industrial base is enabling Russia to maintain its illegal war in Ukraine and has significant and wide-ranging security implications," the G7 leaders said in the release Friday.,
"We call on China to stop the transfer of dual-use materials, including weapons components and equipment, which are inputs to Russia's defense sector," he said.
The leaders also threatened further actions, including sanctions, to punish Chinese entities that they say are helping Russia evade Western sanctions.
"We will continue to take action against actors in China and third countries that materially support Russia's war machine, including financial institutions consistent with our legal systems and other entities in China that support Russia," the joint statement said. Facilitates the acquisition of items for its defense industrial base." Read the statement.
It further vowed to implement "restrictive measures to prevent abuse and restrict access to our financial systems."
Even before, US officials have accused China of helping Russia expand military manufacturing, including exports such as semiconductors, materials and machine tools that they say they provide to Moscow by supplying tanks, munitions and armored vehicles. , Al Jazeera reported.However, Beijing denied the allegation, saying it had not provided weapons to either side and maintained strict export controls on dual-use goods.
The US and the European Union have already imposed sanctions on Chinese companies.
It is noteworthy that this week also America had imposed new sanctions on China-based companies supplying semiconductors to Russia.
"China does not supply weapons, but the ability to produce those weapons and the technology available to do so," US President Joe Biden said at the summit on Thursday.
“So it's helping Russia,” he said.,
In addition, the G7 also took a tough stance on China's economic policies, especially on the issue of industrial overcapacity, and vowed to take action against "unfair practices" to "level the playing field and address the ongoing losses." To be."
“We express our concerns about China's persistent industrial targeting and widespread non-market policies and practices that are giving rise to global spillovers, market distortions and harmful overcapacity in a growing range of sectors, which harm our workers, industries and “Undermining economic resilience and security.” Said in the joint release.
Meanwhile, on the eve of the G7 summit, the European Union announced additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China after a month-long investigation, which it says is Beijing's response to the companies undermining European carmakers. sees as inappropriate support, Al Jazeera reported.
Last month, the US also imposed new tariffs on US$18 billion of Chinese imports in various sectors deemed strategic to national security, including EVs and clean-energy products.Additionally, the G7 also expressed strong opposition to China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Sea by force or coercion.
"We continue to oppose China's dangerous use of coast guards and maritime militia in the South China Sea and its repeated obstruction of countries' freedom of navigation in the high seas," the joint statement said.
It added, “We express grave concern over the dangerous maneuvers and increased use of water cannons against Philippine vessels."
