China is extremely dissatisfied with a statement by Group of Seven (G7) leaders on the contentious South China Sea, where Beijing is locked in territorial disputes with several southeast Asian countries, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on Friday to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus policies and expressing concern over North Korea, Russia and maritime disputes involving China.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 US nuclear attack on Hiroshima "gut-wrenching" and said everyone, including US President Barack Obama, should come.