Stubbs and Wester immediately warned Putin that they were not speaking to him on behalf of the entire EU.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora, at the beginning of a phone call with the Russian President, emphasized that they were speaking not as representatives of the European Union, but as representatives of their countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "Regarding the phone call with representatives, or more precisely, with the leaders of the European Union countries from Finland and Norway, they emphasized right at the beginning of the conversation that they do not represent the European Union as an organization, they are calling me in a so-called national role," Putin said at a press conference following the Russia-Africa summit.