Group of Seven foreign ministers on Monday called for the world to "intensify and accelerate" the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

"Terrorism is an urgent global security threat that requires international collaboration and unified responses," they said in a statement at the end of a two-day meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 

"We strongly support the (Global) Coalition's resolve to intensify and accelerate the campaign against" IS in Iraq and Syria.