“The sediment had not had time to settle after the recent comparison of the Normandy format with a “diplomatic imitation”, which he, in his own words, again called into question the level of his responsibility, competence and adequacy as an interlocutor,” the diplomatic mission told TASS.

Diplomats offered to reassure Johnson and said that "he is not in danger."

“Deliberately violating the confidentiality of the negotiations between the two leaders, Johnson also managed to distort their content, giving it the exact opposite meaning,” they added.