Reuters: Putin Ruled Out Compromises on Donbass in a Conversation with Stubb and Stere
Stubb and Støre said the call was meant to keep a diplomatic path open, but Putin ruled out compromise on key war terms.
- On Tuesday, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a rare phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine, with Ukraine's blessing to convey messages regarding future peace negotiations.
- This conversation followed an October 20 meeting in Oslo where Stubb and Støre hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United States special envoy Steve Witkoff, breaking a pattern where Western European leaders have largely avoided direct contact with Putin.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the initiative as uncoordinated, while Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna stressed that "only increased pressure on Russia will make it take peace negotiations seriously."
- The Kremlin confirmed the call, with Putin blaming the "confrontational policy of EU and NATO countries" for prolonging the conflict; negotiators from Ukraine, the United States, and Russia plan to meet in Abu Dhabi after November 4.
- With United States midterm elections approaching on November 3, discussions regarding potential peace negotiators continue; officials have named Stubb as a candidate for the role due to his direct communication line to United States leadership and relationship with Zelenskyy.
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Jonas Gahr Støre's and Alexander Stubb's phone call with Vladimir Putin was not well received by other European leaders. The move has been sharply criticized – including by Mette Frederiksen. But Jan Eliasson, a long-time top diplomat, is positive about the initiative. – I believe that the Nordic countries should do more.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store were on the line with Vladimir Putin for an hour and a half on Tuesday. But what began...
On Tuesday, the leaders of Finland and Norway spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called the Kremlin at Ukraine's request. However, both, as neighbors of Russia, also wanted to break out of the stand.
According to the Financial Times, it was a lesson in Russian history and not a negotiation
According to the Financial Times, it was a lesson in Russian history and not a negotiation.Instead of discussing the crucial issues of how to end the war, Putin criticized Stubb and Stere for what the Kremlin called the "original causes of the...
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