Any agreement to halt the fighting in Ukraine is unlikely to meet all the conditions for a just peace. This was stated by the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, quoted by "Agence France-Presse".
European countries are working to ensure that the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine are preserved, he stressed.
"But the reality is that peace can be good, bad or some kind of compromise", Stubb added.
"The reality is that we Finns also have to prepare for the moment when peace is achieved, and that all the conditions for a just peace that we have talked about so much over the past four years are unlikely to be met," he noted.
Stubb did not specify what an unjust peace would mean for Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia.
The northern country closed its eastern border with Russia in December 2023 as tensions between the two countries escalated. increased due to the invasion of Russian forces in Ukraine.
Stub, who is close to both US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, said the coming days and weeks would determine whether diplomatic efforts to end the war would bear fruit.
He expressed confidence that the United States was seeking to benefit economically from the peace in Ukraine.
"This is the reality. We are in a situation where the United States is also investing in various deals in the peace mediation, such as mineral reserves in Ukraine. And it’s possible that the regional solution is somehow related to trade,” Stubb said.
He was skeptical that Russia would approve the latest version of the cease-fire plan, but said “we are moving towards some kind of ceasefire and peace.”
Stubb noted that the original 28-point U.S. plan, unveiled last month, was disappointing to read.
Reflecting many of Moscow’s maximalist demands, the initial plan sparked accusations that Russia had been involved in its drafting, something Washington denied.