Finland's President Stubb and Norway's Prime Minister Stoere Hold Phone Call With Putin on Ukraine War
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, October 27, regarding the war in Ukraine, Stubb's office said in a statement. Western European leaders have mostly shunned contact with Putin since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, making the call a rare direct engagement.
'The discussion was frank and substantive. We are neighbouring countries to Russia. The outcome of this war will have a direct impact on our and the broader European security. Ending the war requires direct discussions,' Stubb said in the statement. Russia has frequently accused European governments of stoking the war by arming Ukraine and refusing to talk to Moscow, and has contrasted their stance with that of US President Donald Trump, who has engaged with Putin and tried, so far without success, to broker a peace agreement.
Stoere and Stubb met US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Oslo last week, a day before Witkoff met Putin in St Petersburg. The Kremlin said after the Putin-Witkoff talks that Russia was willing to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine in November, for the first time since February.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 芬兰总统 Alexander Stubb（资料图，2024年）。Kynnap 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Finnish President Alexander Stubb (file photo, 2024). Photo by Kynnap, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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