{"id":605588,"date":"2026-04-15T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605588\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:54:29","slug":"finnish-president-talks-diplomacy-in-visit-to-ottawa-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605588\/","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":{"0":"post-605588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-ottawa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605588","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=605588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605588\/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=605588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}