Washington DC, March 15 -- The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have condemned China's aggressive maritime actions in the Indo-Pacific region.

"We condemn China's illicit, provocative, coercive and dangerous actions that seek unilaterally to alter the status quo in such a way as to risk undermining the stability of regions, including through land reclamations, and building of outposts, as well as their use for military purpose," the statement read.

The ministers of the advanced economies who gathered in Canada on Friday noted growing concern at recent, unjustifiable efforts to "expand jurisdiction through use of force and other forms of coercion," including across the Taiwan Strait, and in the South China Sea, the ...