{"id":1329540,"date":"2026-03-22T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1329540"},"modified":"2026-03-21T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:00:15","slug":"finnish-president-europe-could-offer-to-help-trump-on-iran-if-he-backs-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/finnish-president-europe-could-offer-to-help-trump-on-iran-if-he-backs-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish President: Europe could offer to help Trump on Iran \u2014 if he backs Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>The President of Finland believes that Europe could offer Donald Trump military assistance to clear the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for full U.S. support for Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Alexander Stubb made this statement during a speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, in London, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cI think that\u2019s a very good idea&#8230; No, I think that\u2019s actually a really good idea,\u201d he said, commenting on the possibility of such an option.<\/p>\n   <p>Stubb added that he would consider this proposal in more detail together with his team.<\/p>\n   <p>According to him, a prolonged war in Iran could negatively impact the situation surrounding Ukraine, particularly due to rising global energy prices, which increase Russia\u2019s export revenues.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cTThe Russian economy was actually doing extremely badly a couple of weeks back, now it\u2019s bouncing back,\u201d noted the Finnish president.<\/p>\n   <p>In addition,\u00a0Stubb\u00a0pointed out that the United States\u2019 use of a large number of interceptor missiles to counter Iranian attacks reduces the resources available to Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>Overall, in his view, the war in the Middle East is diverting attention from peace talks regarding Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cI hope the peace negotiations on Ukraine don\u2019t collapse like the negotiations between Iran and the U.S. did,&#8221; Stubb said. &#8220;But time will tell,\u201d Stubb remarked.<\/p>\n   <p>He added that he has no illusions about his influence on Trump: \u201cI have no illusions about who can convince President Trump on anything\u2026 If I get one idea out of 10 in on Ukraine, I think it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n   <p>As reported earlier, Stubb stated that the reluctance of European leaders to respond to Trump\u2019s request to help protect the Strait of Hormuz is due to the fact that the U.S. did not consult with its allies before launching military action against Iran.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-s-real-gdp-grew-1-8-in-2025-state-statistics-service\/\">Ukraine\u2019s real GDP grew 1.8% in 2025 \u2013 State Statistics Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Finland believes that Europe could offer Donald Trump military &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1254015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,13,14,49,36415,36422,54,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1329540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-en","category-news","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-usa-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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