As the White House advances plans to reshape Europe’s security order, Norway’s prime minister has suggested that Vladimir Putin is in no hurry to make peace and stressed that the continent’s defence must not become a bargaining chip in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre does not share the US president’s optimism after he suggested that a “big, beautiful” peace deal was about to be signed to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
In an interview with Politico ahead of the resumption of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, Støre offered a realistic assessment of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s mindset and the prospects for an imminent ceasefire.
Støre said he remained “cautious” and described the negotiations in Abu Dhabi as “an intermediate step” in the peace talks.
Talks on a Black Sea Ceasefire
Negotiating teams from Moscow and Kyiv are set to meet with U.S. representatives in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11—the first trilateral meeting between the parties since February.
According to Støre, the agenda in Abu Dhabi could include talks on a Black Sea ceasefire to allow grain shipments to pass safely, a truce covering energy infrastructure, a freeze along the front lines, and other “confidence-building measures,” such as prisoner exchanges.
He also said that work had been done on security guarantees to ensure that Putin would not attack again.
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