TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Wednesday thanked the leaders of the seven major industrial nations for their statement about peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

The G7 leaders, meeting in the Canadian city of Kananaskis, Alberta, touched on a variety of prominent themes in the chair’s summary of the summit. In addition to Ukraine and the Middle East, the leaders also discussed “ongoing serious concerns” about China’s “destabilizing activities in the East and South China Seas” while emphasizing the importance of maintaining Taiwan’s peace and stability.

Lai thanked the G7 leaders for their support and for spelling out Beijing’s disruptive behavior, per CNA. In a message on X, he added that Taiwan would continue to cooperate with its international partners to oppose coercion and to safeguard regional peace and prosperity.

In a separate statement, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said protecting peace in the Taiwan Strait had become part of an international consensus. Maintaining the status quo formed an indispensable element of global security and prosperity, he said. As a responsible member of the world community, Taiwan would continue to help protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region.