Basci question on iterative vs recursive queries

Hi, can you help me understand this?
Following the explanation below from microsoft.com on basic DNS operations,
I don't understand
when step1 states that "the DNS server for that client is responsible for
resolving the name and cannot refer the DNS client to another DNS server".
Then on step 2, it states that the "DNS server that received the initial
recursive query checks its zones and finds no zones... then it sends an
iterative query for www.example.com to a root name server".

Isn't there a contradicition there on that statement?
I don't understand well why it states that the "DNS server for that
client...cannot refer the DNS client to another DNS server". On step 2 you
see that as soon as the DNS server found out it couldn't resolve it, it did
refer to another DNS server, right ?




"
1.
The DNS resolver on the DNS client sends a recursive query to its
configured DNS server, requesting the IP address corresponding to the name
"www.example.com". The DNS server for that client is responsible for
resolving the name and cannot refer the DNS client to another DNS server.

2.
The DNS server that received the initial recursive query checks its
zones and finds no zones corresponding to the requested domain name; the DNS
server is not authoritative for the example.com domain. Because the DNS
server has no information about the IP addresses of DNS servers that are
authoritative for example.com. or com., it sends an iterative query for
www.example.com. to a root name server..."



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