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Putin expressed in the Kremlin that he welcomes dialogue with Europe and said that Russia supports the restoration of relations, but also warned that if Europe provokes conflict, Russia is prepared and there will be no winners in the end.
Russia chairmanPutin Expressing its welcome to Finland andnorway The leaders recently held a rare phone call and emphasized that Moscow has always supported normalizing relations with European countries. He also warned that Russia is ready for war with Europe, but does not want war.
Russian state media RT and the British Daily Telegraph reported that Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr held a phone call with Putin on the 27th, breaking a long-standing practice of Western European leaders to avoid direct contact with Moscow since the Russia-Ukraine war escalated in February 2022. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the move, questioning the effectiveness of the call and saying that Finland and Norway had not coordinated with their European partners in advance.
Putin said at a Kremlin press conference on the 29th that despite Western countries’ military aid to Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Russia, he still welcomes dialogue between the two sides. He said, “I think it’s the right thing to do. After all, there are some people in Europe who, unlike others, do not want Russia to suffer a ‘strategic defeat’ but want some kind of constructive dialogue.”
He said Russia supports “any measures aimed at restoring comprehensive relations”, whether through the EU as a whole or bilaterally with individual countries. He also reiterated that Russia has no intention of leading to a large-scale conflict with the EU or NATO.
Putin said, “We do not want a war with Europe. If some of them want to fight, let them be ready. But they have not achieved their goal of ‘strategic defeat’ for Russia, and I fear that they will not achieve it until 2030.”
He warned: “If things go too far, there will be no winners in the end. No one should forget that.”
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Putin said he welcomes such rare calls and believes direct dialogue with European countries is the right approach, stressing that Russia has always supported the restoration of comprehensive ties with Europe.
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As the President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway broke with the practice of Western European leaders avoiding contacts with Moscow after the Russia-Ukraine war escalated in 2022, the Danish Prime Minister criticized the failure to coordinate with European partners in advance.
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Putin said that Russia does not want war with Europe or NATO, but that it must be prepared if one wants to fight; He warned that if the situation went out of control there would be no winners in the end.
