U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Jay Lefkowitz, U.S. President George W. Bush's special envoy on the human rights of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Tuesday for his remarks on the six-party talks.
"He (Lefkowitz) does not work on the six-party talks. He does not know what is going on in the six-party talks, and he certainly has no say on what American policy will be in the six-party talks," Rice said in remarks released en route to Berlin to take part in a meeting there.
When asked if she thought China and Russia would be confused by Lefkowitz's comments, Rice said: "Since Jay Lefkowitz has nothing to do with the six-party talks and I would doubt very seriously that they would recognize the name, no, I don't think they are confused."
According to media reports, Lefkowitz said last week that the DPRK was not serious about disarming its nuclear program and probably will "remain in its present nuclear status" when the next U.S. president takes over in January 2009, despite four years of nuclear disarmament efforts by the six-party talks.
The Bush administration has distanced itself from the remarks of Lefkowitz and stressed this did not represent the views of the administration.
Source: Xinhua
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