The president of Finland is urging President Trump to impose a deadline on Vladimir Putin of April 20 to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Chatting with Fox Information in London following a weekend go to with Trump in Florida, Alexander Stubb praised Trump’s negotiating efforts, saying Trump is “in all probability the one particular person on the earth who can mediate the peace.”
DAN HOFFMAN: TRUMP HAS TRIED ‘EVERYTHING’ HE COULD TO ‘ENTICE’ RUSSIA TO COME TO BARGAINING TABLE
However he argued the ceasefire negotiation course of shouldn’t be open ended.
“We’d like a ceasefire, and we want a date for the ceasefire,” Stubb mentioned. “And that date ought to be the twentieth of April.”
Finnish President Alexander Stubb is urging President Trump to push his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, into agreeing a Ukraine ceasefire by April 20. (Getty Photos)
April 20 would mark three months since Trump’s inauguration, and can also be Orthodox Easter.
“If President Putin — who’s the one one who isn’t accepting a ceasefire, as a result of the People need it, the Europeans need it, the Ukrainians need it — if he does not oblige by the ceasefire, then we should always go for a colossal set of sanctions coming from the US and Europe,” Stubb mentioned.
Trump has spoken of a “psychological deadline” for Russia to conform to a ceasefire, however has declined to call a date.
TRUMP THREATENS SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, DEMANDS PEACE AFTER MAJOR HITS IN UKRAINE
Stubb mentioned Putin “respects, and in some ways fears, Donald Trump.”
Finland — a neighbor of Russia’s, with a shared border working greater than 800 miles — upended a long time of neutrality two years in the past when it joined NATO, alarmed by the struggle in Ukraine.
Stubb believes Ukraine also needs to be allowed to hitch the navy alliance “in the long term” — a place that runs counter to the Trump administration’s.
Stubb sat down for an interview with Fox Information after assembly President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. (Alex Hogan/Fox Information)
Following talks and a spherical of golf with Trump in Florida, the Finnish chief mentioned European leaders are heeding American complaints that Europe doesn’t spend sufficient cash on protection, relying as a substitute on the US.
“Europe must take extra accountability for its personal safety, extra accountability for its personal protection,” Stubb mentioned. “I believe we’re doing precisely that.”
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as Finland’s President Alexander Stubb stands subsequent to him at at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Seaside, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2025. Finnish Presidential Workplace through Instagram/Handout through REUTERS (Presidential Workplace through Instagram/Handout through REUTERS)
He described the U.S.-European relationship as “in a transition,” however insisted: “We’re allies.
“Simply because ideologically there are variations at instances between Europeans and People doesn’t suggest that we’ll sever or divorce.”
