Danish PM sceptical about Finnish and Norwegian leaders' call with Putin

Ulyana Krychkovska-Bogdanova , Alona Mazurenko - 27 October, 13:05

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Photo: Getty Images

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said she is sceptical about the phone call that Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Source: Mette Frederiksen in comments to DR, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Frederiksen is visiting Finland, where foreign ministers from the Nordic countries are meeting on 27-28 October.

The Danish prime minister said she was very sceptical about the initiative by Norway and Finland, adding that it had not been coordinated with any of the other countries.

She stressed that she sees no signs that Russia wants peace with Europe.

Frederiksen said this is evident from both Russia's ongoing hybrid warfare and its daily brutal and aggressive attacks on Ukraine. She added that she believes Europe needs to maintain unity rather than act individually.

Background:

On Tuesday 27 October, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on their own initiative.
They then had a "good" phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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