In a strongly worded statement, G7 foreign ministers criticized China's "dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia in the South China Sea" and the use of "water cannons - against Philippine vessels" - the first time seven of the world's most powerful democracies specifically referred to China's use of water cannons on Philippine resupply missions near Ayungin Shoal.
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