Arya News - Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the office of the Finnish president said on Tuesday.
"President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store made a phone call with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Tuesday 27 October in Helsinki. The call was a follow-up of the meeting in Oslo on 20 October and held in consultation with Ukraine," the statement said. The phone conversation of the leaders of Finland and Norway with Russian President Vladimir Putin was frank and substantive, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Tuesday.The leaders of Finland and Norway initiated the call as leaders of their respective countries to discuss the diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, the office added.