不過,有關說法引發平壤當局不滿。北韓官方媒體《朝中社》引述北韓外務省美國事務局局長權正根(Kwon Jong Gun)的話稱,布林肯在訪華期間「做出了威脅性的表態」,北韓批評布林肯試圖迫使中國向平壤施壓。權正根還稱,朝鮮半島緊張局勢的根源在於美國,而不在北韓或其鄰國,並指稱,除非美國停止侵犯北韓主權的行為並放棄其敵對政策,否則北韓必將行使自衛權。
What we are experiencing now is more than a test of the post-Cold War order. It’s the end of it. Decades of relative geopolitical stability have given way to an intensifying competition with authoritarian, revisionist powers.