Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will observe how much constructive role Norway and Finland can play as new participants in efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Peskov said Norwegian Prime Minister Stöhler and Finnish President Stubb are new European participants. He said Russia will see “whether they can actually do this.” He made this statement in response to the question of whether Russia currently believes that Europe has a “suitable interlocutor.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will observe how much constructive role Norway and Finland can play as new participants in efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Peskov said that Norwegian Prime Minister Stöhler and Finnish President Stubb are new European participants. He said Russia will see “whether they can actually do this.” He made this statement in response to the question of whether Russia currently believes that Europe has a “suitable interlocutor.”