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.
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