The final G7 communiqué calls on Beijing to respect human rights in Xinjiang territory and Hong Kong.

However, Emmanuel Macron assured Sunday that this summit was "not a club hostile to China", and affirmed that the group wanted "to work with China on all global issues.

Emmanuel Macron assured Sunday that the G7 was "not a club hostile to China", even if the final statement calls on Beijing to respect human rights in the territory of Xinjiang and in Hong Kong.

The French president said during a press conference after the summit in Cornwall that the G7 is a "set of democracies" which wants "to work with China on all global issues" despite the differences.

Joe Biden also assured not to seek the conflict with Beijing.

Biden "does not seek conflict"

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he "does not seek conflict" with China at the end of the G7 summit which called on Beijing to respect human rights and adopted an infrastructure plan competing with Chinese initiatives .

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"We believe there are more equitable ways of meeting the needs of countries around the world," Mr Biden told reporters in Newquay (south-west) England of the "New Roads" project. of Silk "led by China.

Call to "respect human rights"

The leaders of the major powers of the G7 on Sunday called on China to "respect the human rights" of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region and Hong Kong, while willing to cooperate with Beijing when "it is in mutual interest ".

"We intend to promote our values, including calling on China to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms concerning Xinjiang and these rights, freedoms as well as a significant degree of autonomy in Hong Kong," said the heads of state and government of France, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany and Japan in the final communiqué of their summit held in Carbis Bay (south-west of England).

The G7 also called on Sunday for a further investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origin of Covid-19 in China, following the summit of leaders of industrialized countries in England. This investigation must be "transparent" and "led by experts", underlined the leaders of the G7 in the final communiqué published at the conclusion of the summit, the first to be held in person in nearly two years.