Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen 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 saw no signs that Russia wanted peace with Europe.
Frederiksen said this was evident both from Russia's ongoing hybrid warfare and from its daily fierce and aggressive attacks on Ukraine. She added that Europe needed 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. Then, they had a fruitful phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy .
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