Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements are unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Ahmadinejad recently said Moscow is taking its cue from Western countries whose policies are aimed at isolating the Islamic Republic.
"The recent public statements by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, which distort Russia's objective approach and our independent, constructive policy towards the Iranian nuclear program... are absolutely unacceptable to us," the ministry said.
"We believe that instead of fruitless and irresponsible rhetoric, the Iranian leadership should take specific, constructive steps towards settling the situation as soon as possible, which Russia and the Iran Six have been insistently calling for," it said.
RIA Novosti
