President Stubb Says : ‘Quite Close’ to Peace Deal in Ukraine

He  is known to have a good relationship with Trump.

The Gaze reports on it according to Bloomberg.

Peace is closer for Ukraine now than at any time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in early 2022, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

“We’re quite close” to an agreement, Stubb said at an event in Helsinki on Tuesday. The negotiations involve three separate documents, he said.

The first is a framework document that “as of yesterday’s conversation” between European leaders “stands as a 20-point plan,” Stubb said.

“The original 28-point plan included elements of a future European security structure which in my mind were completely unacceptable,” said Stubb, who is known to have a good relationship with US President Donald Trump.

In the course of several frenetic weeks of negotiations, Ukraine has managed to water down the 28-point peace plan floated by the US, which appeared favorable to Russia by attempting to bar Kyiv from joining NATO and capping the size of its army.

A new 20-point framework document has emerged, but there remains little clarity on how Moscow will be deterred from launching another attack in the future. Several European leaders discussed the latest peace efforts during a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy following his talks in London on Monday.

“We are reaching a point” where the terms of a potential deal are becoming more palatable, Stubb said. “I feel quite comfortable where we are right now.”

The second document being discussed between the Trump administration, Ukrainian officials and security authorities in Europe concerns security guarantees in Ukraine, Stubb said, distinguishing between hard security guarantees and security arrangements. The latter would involve the so-called coalition of the Willing, he said.

The third document deals with the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, Stubb said.

Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, the former secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said the way toward peace is to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculus.

“If the price he has to pay is too high he may accept something less,” Stoltenberg said at the same event in Helsinki. “I don’t think we can change Putin’s mind.”

As the Gaze reported earlier Ukraine to Deliver Revised Peace Plan to U.S. on Tuesday