The Finnish president said Putin was "very insightful, very analytical, well prepared and very calm in his conversation" during a recent conversation.
Staub told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about this, calling their recent phone conversation with the president of the Russian Federation with the participation of the Norwegian prime minister "a good and honest conversation."
"If we want to participate in negotiations, we cannot stand by and keep the mute button pressed. On the contrary, we must speak directly with the Russians," the president said.
At the same time, Stubb, as the newspaper reports, does not have high hopes in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. He does not believe in a quick conclusion of an agreement or a quick meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelensky. He sees the agreement on the next meeting at the technical level as a good result of the meeting in Abu Dhabi.