G7 Leaders Reaffirm Opposition to Coercion in Taiwan Strait, East and South China Seas

U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Kenya’s President William Ruto and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for a family photo during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 16, 2026. Isabel Infantes – Pool /Getty ImagesG7 leaders reaffirmed their opposition to unilateral force or coercion in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait, in their June 17 geopolitical statement from the Évian summit. The statement issued by the G7 leaders said that they “highlight the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific based on the rule of law.”