Trigger a conflict and be prepared to pay the price, China’s foreign minister warns
Wang Yi warns that whoever provokes an outbreak of hostilities on the Korean peninsula must take ‘historic responsibility’ for the action
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 .
