俄罗斯总统德米特里·梅德韦杰夫将危机看作是美国的全球领导地位终结的标志，委内瑞拉总统雨果·查韦斯断言现在北京比纽约更为重要。
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev sees the crisis as a sign that America’s global leadership is coming to an end, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has declared that Beijing is now much more relevant than New York.