Russia envoy: Language of ultimatum doesn’t work with authorities of Iran

A senior Russian diplomat has criticized the European Union's diplomacy vis-à-vis Iran, emphasizing that the language of "ultimatum" does not work with the Iranian authorities.

According to Press TV, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov made the remarks in a Monday post in his Twitter account in response to an earlier tweet by the EU Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell following the latter's phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Borrell has called on Iran among other things to urgently cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Referring to Borrell's tweet, the Russian envoy said the EU diplomacy nowadays sounds an ultimatum.

"Brussels doesn’t understand that such language doesn’t work with the authorities of Iran," tweeted Ulyanov, who heads Russia's delegation to the talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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