Finnish and Norwegian leaders hold ‘frank and substantive’ call with Putin on Ukraine – Europe live

Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre say they discussed future negotiations to help to end the war, related to forthcoming talks in Abu Dhabi

Oh, that’s interesting.

There were some rumours making rounds this morning that the Finnish president Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre, who hosted the US-Ukrainian talks in Oslo last week, may have been active again.

“Norway and Finland have always promoted peace and security in our region. The two countries have a shared interest in stability and predictability in the Baltic Sea region and the High North. This was highlighted in the call.”