President Putin, Finnish President and Norwegian PM Welcome Resumption of Ukraine Talks in Abu Dhabi
15:59 27.10.2026 (Updated: 16:12 27.10.2026)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere at the request of Helsinki and Oslo, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
"At the request of the Finnish and Norwegian sides, a telephone conversation took place between President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb, and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway Jonas Gahr Stoere," the Kremlin said in a statement.
The leaders of the three countries agreed to continue maintaining direct contact by phone, the statement added.
"An exchange of views took place regarding the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, taking into account the talks held in St. Petersburg on October 21 between Vladimir Putin and US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as contacts that Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Stoere had with Witkoff and [Volodymyr] Zelensky in Oslo," the statement read.
In a phone conversation Putin, Stubb and Stoere welcomed the agreement to resume negotiations on Ukraine with the participation of the United States in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November, the Kremlin said.
"The leaders welcomed the agreement reached on the resumption of trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November, aimed, in particular, at ensuring the security of Russia and Ukraine after the complete end of hostilities," the statement said.
