PM slams Finnish and Norwegian talks with Putin

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has criticised her Finnish and Norwegian counterparts for speaking directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that uncoordinated diplomacy could weaken Europe’s united stance on the war in Ukraine. Following a meeting of the Nordic Council in Finland, Tuesday, she said she was ‘very sceptical’ of the Norwegian and Finnish initiative as Europe should ‘stand together rather than go solo.’ Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian…