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Trump & Finland’s Stubb Approve $6.1B Icebreaker Deal | US-Finland Arctic Security Agreement 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb sealed an agreement on Thursday (October 9) for the U.S. Coast Guard to acquire up to 11 icebreaker ships to bolster U.S. national security in the Arctic. Trump and Stubb have established friendly ties since Trump regained power in January, and the two met in March at the president's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and played a round of golf. The two leaders approved a memorandum of understanding on icebreaker cooperation that is intended to lay the foundation for commercial agreements between the U.S. Coast Guard and Finnish companies. Under the agreement, Finland will build four "Arctic security cutters" at shipyards in Finland, and then the U.S. will leverage Finnish expertise to construct up to seven new ASCs in shipyards located in the United States. The 11 Arctic security cutters - new medium icebreakers to be used by the U.S. Coast Guard - are expected to cost about $6.1 billion, a White House official said. Stubb also played down the short-term Russian risk to Finland, telling Reuters in an interview Moscow was not an "imminent military threat." Trump and Stubb, who at times serves as an intermediary between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were also set to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Asked if he has transmitted any messages from his visit with Zelenskiy last month to Trump, Stubb told Reuters that his government "always" communicates "back and forth" between the men, while declining to discuss details. The last time Stubb was in Washington, during an August visit with several other European leaders, Trump and NATO allies said they intended to put together a comprehensive plan for security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine. Stubb implied political buy-in was still needed to get that plan in place. Stubb broadly played down concerns about a possible movement of U.S. troops out of Europe as part of an ongoing U.S. force posture review, arguing Trump remains committed to Europe. He added that he does not see Russia - which shares a 830-mile border with the Nordic nation - as an "imminent military threat" to Finland. Finland is the world's leading producer of icebreakers, with about 80% of existing ships designed by its companies, and about 60% of them built at its shipyards, the Helsinki government said last year. #Trump #AlexanderStubb #Finland #USFinlandRelations #ArcticSecurity #IcebreakerDeal #USCoastGuard #BreakingNews #Defense #Geopolitics #Russia #UkraineWar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn News English is your window into the latest news, insight, and features from South Asia and beyond. Official Facebook:   / dawndotcom   Official Twitter:   / dawn_com   Website: www.dawn.com Official Instagram:   / dawnnewsenglish   #news #latestnews #dawnnewsenglish #dawnnews