The Group of Seven industrial nations on Wednesday condemned China’s furious reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and said they were committed to “maintaining the rules-based international order, peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and beyond.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his G-7 counterparts warned against Beijing using the U.S. speaker’s visit “as a pretext for aggressive military activity,” and said China’s “escalatory response risks increasing tensions and destabilizing the region.”
“We call on the PRC not to unilaterally change the status quo by force in the region, and to resolve cross-Strait differences by peaceful means,” the foreign ministers said.