G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING
LUCCA, 10-11 APRIL 2017
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ
We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom, the United States of America and the High Representative of the
European Union, have gathered in Lucca, Italy on 10-11 April to address a
number of major international issues that impact global peace and security.
We share and are firmly committed to common principles of democracy,
protection and promotion of human rights and the rule of law. As a group of
Nations, we stand united to face jointly the most pressing challenges of a
rapidly evolving international environment affecting on a multidimensional
level our interests and our security. We recognize the need to adapt with
flexibility to such a changing environment and we are determined to coordinate
our efforts in promoting the rules-based international order, tackling terrorism
and violent extremism, promote stability, inclusion and prosperity, and to
support the efforts of third Countries sharing our own objectives.
In addition to exchanging views and coordinating actions as set out below, we
adopted the Declaration on Responsible States Behaviour in Cyberspace and
endorsed the G7 Statement on Non-proliferation and Disarmament.