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G-7 diplomats reject Chinese, N. Korean, Russian aggression

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The first working session of a G7 Foreign ministers' meeting at a hotel in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, Japan Monday, April 17, 2023. [AP Photo]

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China's increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea's unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for its invasion.

Russia's war in Ukraine will consume much of the agenda Monday as the envoys gather in this Japanese hot spring resort town for Day Two of talks meant to pave the way for action by G-7 leaders when they meet next month in Hiroshima.

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