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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Philip Blenkinsop

G7: China must press Russia to stop Ukraine invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a meeting alongside the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 28, 2022. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS

G7 leaders urged China on Tuesday to uphold the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes by pressing Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and dropping its "expansive maritime claims" in the South China Sea.

China should pressure Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine immediately and without conditions, the G7 said, pointing to an International Court of Justice ruling that Moscow suspend its military operation, and related U.N. General Assembly resolutions.

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