G-7 foreign ministers call for peaceful resolution of Taiwan issue

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue amid heightened tensions over the self-ruled democratic island, according to the Japanese government.On the first day of their two-day meeting in the western German city of Munster, the top G-7 diplomats "reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait," demanding that cross-strait issues be resolved by peaceful means, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.China and Taiwan have been governed separately since they split in 1949 as a result of a …READ FULL ARTICLE