By Katya Golubkova
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - European Council President Charles&nbsp;Michel&nbsp;said on Friday it was in the&nbsp;EU's&nbsp;interest to maintain "stable&nbsp;and&nbsp;constructive"&nbsp;cooperation&nbsp;with&nbsp;China, as the Group of Seven countries met to consider&nbsp;China's "economic coercion"&nbsp;and&nbsp;other concerns.
G7 leaders, gathering in the Japanese city of Hiroshima from Friday, are expected to issue a statement with a "a section specific to&nbsp;China", listing issues that include "economic coercion&nbsp;and&nbsp;other behaviour", a U.S. official said.
G7 leaders are focusing on how to warn the world's second biggest economy against what they see as its threat to global supply chains&nbsp;and&nbsp;economic security without alienating a powerful&nbsp;and&nbsp;important trade partner.
The EU wants to "de-risk to reduce over-dependencies&nbsp;and&nbsp;diversify to address unfair practices",&nbsp;Michel&nbsp;told a briefing in Hiroshima.
"Stable&nbsp;and&nbsp;constructive relations with&nbsp;China&nbsp;is in our mutual interest," he said.
"Given its role in the international community&nbsp;and&nbsp;the size of its economy,&nbsp;China&nbsp;has a special responsibility in the world&nbsp;and&nbsp;it has to play by international rules," he said.
China&nbsp;has traditionally been one of Russia's top trading partners, thanks to energy,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Russia has increased its reliance on&nbsp;China&nbsp;for state revenues from exports after Western buyers cut ties after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Michel&nbsp;called on&nbsp;China&nbsp;to use its influence over its neighbour to end the war in Ukraine.
"We call on&nbsp;China&nbsp;to press Russia to stop its military aggression,"&nbsp;Michel&nbsp;said.
Since February,&nbsp;China&nbsp;has promoted a 12-point proposal for a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
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(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim, Robert Birsel)

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