According to Chinese analysts, the likelihood of armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula is quite high — at least 70%, according to ITAR-TASS.
«The possibility of war is 70-80%» — Said Professor Zhang Liango Institute of International Strategic Studies, Party School CPC Central Committee.
He also did not rule out that the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un will try to use the circumstances of force for unification of the two Koreas.
If the conflict can be avoided, all parties «must immediately start negotiations» aimed at preventing a similar crisis in the future and ensure the denuclearization of the peninsula.
Liango Zhang said that Beijing should seriously consider its role in the search for an approach to resolving the problem.