Seven of the world’s most powerful democracies comprising the Group of Seven have issued a joint communiqué calling on China to stop its militarization of the South China Sea and denouncing its use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels.
In its communiqué, the G7 also said China’s vast maritime claims in the SCS have no legal leg to stand on.MANILA, Philippines — Seven of the world’s most powerful democracies comprising the Group of Seven have issued a joint communiqué calling on China to stop its militarization of the South China Sea and denouncing its use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels.
“We continue to oppose China’s dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia in the South China Sea and its repeated obstruction of countries’ high seas freedom of navigation and we express serious concern about the increasing use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels in this regard,” the G7 declared in its statement.
The ruling, issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague, invalidated China’s vast claims in the South China Sea and reaffirmed the Philippines’ maritime entitlements. He issued the statement during the two-day forum “The West Philippine Sea as Ground Zero of Emerging Risks and Opportunities” organized by Stratbase Institute in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace.
“And note that the 21 countries we’re talking about, none of them are Southeast Asian countries, which are the most important,” he added. In his opening statement at the forum, Stratbase Institute president Dindo Manhit condemned China’s gray zone tactics, which “seek to destabilize a rules-based international order.”
“Certainly, the US-Philippines alliance has continued to build and deepen. There’s much more trust and I think this trilateral relationship, it’s pretty extraordinary – how this US-Japan-Philippines trilateral has come together,” Harding said. “They never really wanted the international community to be aware of whatever provocative actions, bullying behavior, illegal presence that they do,” he said, referring to the Chinese.
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