Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store held a rare direct phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. The call was initiated by President Stubb and Prime Minister Store, who also spoke with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy afterwards.
According to the Kremlin, Russia's interests must be considered for a just and lasting peace to be possible, while Zelenskyy stated that Russian attacks must stop in order to open a path to peace. The call was prepared in consultation with Ukraine and the US, and all three parties agreed to continue their direct phone communication.
A follow-up meeting, the first trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks, is tentatively planned for early November.
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