‼ The Prime Minister of Canada supports direct talks between European leaders and Putin -. POLITICO Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the decision of Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr to hold phone conversations with Vladimir Putin on October 27. In an interview with Politico, Carney stated that direct dialogue at the highest level can be a constructive tool for discussing international differences. "Sometimes it's better to have these direct conversations at the leader level. So from that point of view everything is fine. And maybe it will be constructive," emphasized the Prime Minister of Canada.