G7 foreign ministers reunited in Paris! He shouted domineeringly, "Don't touch the Taiwan Strait" and supported Taiwan's entry into international organizations.
The G7 foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the European Union held the 2026 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, France from the 9th to the 10th. After the meeting, they issued a joint statement expressing serious concerns about the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
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- The G7 foreign ministers and high representatives of the European Union held the 2026 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, France from the 9th to the 10th.
- After the meeting, they issued a joint statement, emphasizing that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is crucial to the international community, opposing the use of force or coercion to unilaterally change the status quo, and supporting Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations.
- The statement also paid attention to the situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, the crisis in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and Iran, the North Korean nuclear weapons issue, and economic security and scientific and technological governance.
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Why It Matters
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven Major Industrial Countries (G7) and the EU High Representative held the 2026 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, France from the 9th to the 10th, and issued a joint statement after the meeting. In the chapter on Indo-Pacific and geosecurity, the statement clearly expresses its serious concern about the situation in the Taiwan Strait and emphasizes that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is crucial to the international community.
The G7 foreign ministers and high representatives of the European Union held the 2026 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, France from the 9th to the 10th, and issued a joint statement after the meeting, emphasizing that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is crucial to the international community. (AFP)
First published 11-11 23:57
Update time 11-12 06:34
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven Major Industrial Countries (G7) and the High Representative of the European Union held the 2026 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, France from the 9th to the 10th, and issued a joint statement after the meeting. Among them, in the chapter on Indo-Pacific and geosecurity, the G7 showed a high degree of consensus, clearly expressed its serious concerns about the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and emphasized that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is crucial to the international community.
The statement pointed out that the G7 foreign ministers emphasized the importance of a free, open, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region and were committed to protecting common principles such as sovereignty, territorial integrity, rule of law and peaceful settlement of disputes. They also reiterated their commitment to maintaining freedom of navigation and overflight in the region in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
In response to China's military activities in the waters east of Taiwan, which have seriously threatened regional stability, freedom of navigation and the safety of international merchant ships, the statement emphasized that it strongly opposes any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo through force or coercion, calls for peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues through constructive dialogue, and clearly expresses the G7's support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations.
In addition, the G7 also expressed serious concern about the situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, reiterated that the South China Sea Arbitration Award on July 12, 2016 is legally binding, and firmly opposed any attempt to undermine the status quo through coercive means.
In addition to Taiwan Strait and Indo-Pacific issues, the G7 Paris Foreign Ministers' Meeting also extensively touched on a number of major global crises, including reaffirming firm support for Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the Middle East and Iran, guarding against Iran's threat of damage to critical infrastructure such as shipping and submarine cables in the Persian Gulf, and condemning North Korea's illegal nuclear weapons and ammunition military aid.
In terms of economic security and technological governance, the G7 expressed common concerns about non-market policies, economic coercion and the high concentration of critical mineral supply chains, and committed to deepening cooperation through the "G7 Economic Coercion Coordination Platform" and the expanded "G7 Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance" to strengthen the economic security and technological autonomy of the democratic camp.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The G7 will continue to deepen cooperation among member states through the Economic Stress Coordination Platform and the Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance
Likely · Within months
The situation in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific will continue to receive great attention from the international community
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What specific measures will the G7 take to deal with tensions across the Taiwan Strait?
- What is the specific operating mechanism of the G7 Economic Coercion Coordination Platform?
- Are the specific positions of all member states on the various issues in the statement completely consistent?
