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Trigger a conflict and be prepared to pay the price, China’s foreign minister warns

In his toughest assessment yet of the escalating North Korean ­nuclear crisis, Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday that a conflict could erupt “at any moment” – and whoever provoked it would pay the price.

Analysts said Wang’s warning reflected the danger of an imminent threat.

“Tensions have risen … and one has the feeling that a conflict could break out at any moment,” Wang said Beijing in a press conference with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault.

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In his toughest assessment yet of the escalating North Korean ­nuclear crisis, Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday that a conflict could erupt “at any moment” – and whoever provoked it would pay the price.

Analysts said Wang’s warning reflected the danger of an imminent threat.

“Tensions have risen … and one has the feeling that a conflict could break out at any moment,” Wang said Beijing in a press conference with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault.

“Once a war really happens, the result will be nothing but loss all round and no one will be a ­winner.”

Whichever side provoked a conflict “must assume the historic responsibility and pay the corresponding price,” he said.

Read the whole story from South China Morning Post.

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