Finnish president pays unannounced visit to Trump: Ukraine among topics discussed
Finnish President Alexander Stubb paid an informal visit to the United States on Saturday 29 March to meet with US President Donald Trump in Florida.
Source: Trump and Stubb on social media, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The two leaders discussed strengthening the bilateral partnership and the situation in Ukraine, and played golf.
"I met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida on Saturday 29 March. During the visit, we discussed relations between Finland and the US and current foreign policy issues, including Ukraine," Stubb wrote on X (Twitter), posting a photo of him and Trump with golf clubs.
"President Stubb and I look forward to strengthening the partnership between the United States and Finland, and that includes the purchase and development of a large number of badly needed Icebreakers for the US, delivering Peace and International Security for our Countries, and the World," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
Background:
- Notably, on 19 March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Stubb in Helsinki.
- The Finnish president's office stated that Stubb's unannounced visit to meet Trump was informal.
- Senator Lindsey Graham played in the Trump team, as he announced in a post on Twitter. He also praised Stubb’s golf skills, who played golf as a student at Furman University in Graham's home state of South Carolina.
- Earlier, Stubb emphasised that Finland's experience demonstrates why Ukraine should never accept Russia's terms, as doing so would mean losing its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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