Norway and Finland leaders hold rare call with Putin
Summary
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a joint call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and possible diplomatic efforts to end it. The leaders said they acted on their own initiative, while Putin blamed EU and NATO policies for prolonging the war; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later spoke with the Nordic leaders about upcoming talks.Key Facts
- Stubb and Støre held the call with Putin from Helsinki.
- The Finnish and Norwegian offices said the call focused on the war in Ukraine and diplomatic efforts to end it.
- Stubb and Støre said they were not acting on behalf of Europe as a whole.
- Putin said EU and NATO policies were prolonging the war.
- Zelensky spoke with Stubb and Støre after their call with Putin.
- Zelensky said the leaders discussed planned three-way talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States in Abu Dhabi in November.
- Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the call had not been coordinated with other Nordic leaders and expressed scepticism about it.
- The article says Stubb and Støre were the first European leaders to contact Putin since French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with him in July 2025.
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