{"id":605301,"date":"2026-04-15T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605301\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:51:17","slug":"finnish-president-talks-diplomacy-in-visit-to-ottawa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605301\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish president talks diplomacy in visit to Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Finnish President Alexander Stubb made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink during an official visit to Ottawa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stubb met with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon before joining Prime Minister Mark Carney for a skate alongside the Ottawa Charge women&#8217;s hockey team.<\/p>\n<p>Stubb told reporters he exchanges text messages with Carney almost daily as the two countries pursue closer ties.<\/p>\n<p>Finland joined the NATO military alliance in 2023 in response to rising alarm about the threat posed by its neighbour Russia following Moscow&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Stubb has delivered some of the most forceful rhetoric of any European leader about the threat Russia poses to peace on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Stubb will speak at Carleton University about geopolitical issues before attending a business forum with federal cabinet ministers focused on Arctic security.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from David Baxter.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Finnish President Alexander Stubb made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink during an official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-605301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}