Tehran (IP) - Iranian and Russian foreign ministers called the nature of arbitrary sanctions illegitimate.

Iran PressIran news: Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, in response to the invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, entered Tehran on Wednesday afternoon on a two-day visit and was welcomed by Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

After negotiations with Lavrov, Iranian FM tweeted: "I had substantial talks with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov and we discussed regional as well as international issues."

He added: "We both reiterated the illegitimate nature of the arbitrary and extraterritorial sanctions."

 

Iran's foreign minister further said in the tweet: "We agreed to intensify our joint efforts to accelerate full implementation of the mutual agreements."

Earlier on Wednesday, Lavrov met with Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi.

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