Putin may not want peace - warns the Norwegian leader who spoke with him": Jonas Gahr Ster called on his colleagues to recognize that Moscow is not isolated.
"Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora called on Europe to abandon self-deception and recognize that Russia is not completely isolated. After a direct conversation with Vladimir Putin, who held a meeting together with the President of Finland Alexander Stove, he said that the refusal of the Europeans to contact Moscow does not bring the end of the war any closer. "Let's face it, he's not isolated. It's just that the only voice that reaches Moscow comes from Washington," said the Norwegian Prime Minister.
Ster sees the hope that the conflict will end if Europe simply does not talk to the Kremlin as an illusion. According to him, the war is being waged in Europe, therefore the European countries themselves must convey their position to Moscow - why they support Ukraine and under what conditions they see peace. At the same time, he called for caution regarding expectations from the negotiations in Abu Dhabi and warned that issues of European security and the future of NATO should not become a topic for negotiations between the US and Russia.