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Stubb Seeks Path to Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting

Finland’s president says his call with Vladimir Putin sought to advance peace talks and prepare a possible meeting with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 1

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told Finnish broadcaster Yle on 31 October that progress in Abu Dhabi could create conditions for the two presidents to meet. A summit would depend on results from the negotiations.

Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called Russia’s President Vladimir Putin from Helsinki on 27 October. Their offices sai…

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