The Group of Seven (G7) countries plan to intensify pressure on China by adopting stronger language in a communiqué concerning Beijing and pledging new measures in response to China's support for Russia.

G7 countries plan to intensify pressure on China over its assistance to Russia in the war against Ukraine. New sanctions against Russia's "shadow fleet" are also expected to be adopted, Bloomberg informs.

Kurt Campbell, the US deputy secretary of state, said China is being kept in the dark about the friendship between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin

Russia has supplied North Korea with more than 1 million barrels of oil since March, as a payment for weapons and troops sent to the war against Ukraine. According to an analysis of satellite imagery in a report published by a British-based nonprofit that uses high-tech to make data publicly available,

China is uneasy about North Korea's ties with Russia, fearing it may embolden Pyongyang against its interests amid regional tensions.