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THE leaders of the powerful economic <\/strong>Group of Seven (G7) on Saturday called out China for its \u201cincreasing use\u201d of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Filipino vessels, reiterating its opposition to Chinese \u201cintimidation activities\u201d in the South China Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The group raised concerns about the situation in the East and South China Seas, emphasizing their \u201cstrong opposition to any unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force or coercion.”<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe continue opposing China\u2019s dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia in the South China Sea and its repeated obstruction of countries\u2019 high seas freedom of navigation,\u201d the group said in a statement following the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The powerful economic grouping expressed serious concern about the increasing use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The G7 leaders reaffirmed that they do not recognize China\u2019s maritime claims beyond the zones specified by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) by citing the 2016 Arbitral Ruling on the South China Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIn this regard, we reaffirm that there is no legal basis for China\u2019s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, and we oppose China\u2019s militarization, and coercive and intimidation activities in the South China Sea,\u201d they added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The group reiterated the universal and unified character of the UNCLOS and reaffirmed UNCLOS\u2019s important role in setting out the legal framework that governs all activities in the oceans and the seas.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to them, the 2016 Arbitral Award is \u201clegally binding upon the parties to those proceedings,\u201d and could serve as a \u201cuseful basis for peacefully resolving\u201d maritime disputes.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The G7 represents the world’s leading industrialized democracies \u2013 Canada, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE leaders of the powerful economic Group of Seven (G7) on Saturday called out China for its “increasing use” of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6646,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644\/revisions\/6646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}