# Norway and Finland hold rare call with Putin: What it means

https://mins.news/en/item/118897

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-28 10:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/28/norway-and-finland-hold-rare-phone-call-with-putin-what-that-means?traffic_source=rss

> Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Finnish President Alexander Stubb spoke with Vladimir Putin for 90 minutes, urging an end to the war in Ukraine. They hope to influence US-brokered talks planned in Abu Dhabi next month. The leaders later spoke with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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