Russia says US should abandon 'language of ultimatums' on Iran

April 5 (Reuters) - ‌Russia expressed ​hope ​on Sunday that efforts to de-escalate the Iran ‌conflict would bear fruit and said ⁠the U.S. would contribute by "abandoning the ‌language of ultimatums ‌and returning the situation to a negotiating track."

The Russian Foreign Ministry ​statement was issued after a conversation between Russian Foreign ⁠Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas ​Araqchi.

It said both sides "called for efforts to avoid actions, including ​in the U.N. Security ‌Council, that could undermine the remaining chances for ⁠advancing political and diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis."

Russia, it said, ⁠backed efforts to de-escalate tensions "in the interests ​of long-term and sustainable normalisation of the situation in the Middle East, which ‌would be facilitated by the United States abandoning the ‌language of ultimatums and returning ⁠the situation to ‌a negotiating ​track."

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Mark ‌Porter)

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