This week the Finnish government decided to indefinitely extend the closure of its border with Russia.
Speaking to Yle's Ykkösaamu talk show on Saturday, Stubb said the border is closed to prevent the situation from becoming unmanageable. He noted that the government's move to close the checkpoints at the end of last year had prevented chaos on the border.
Finland has claimed the Russian authorities have deliberately funnelled undocumented asylum seekers to Finnish border crossings.
The president called Vladimir Putin's instrumentalisation of migration cynical, ruthless and wrong. But he also noted that Moscow fears that Russian men will flee across the border to avoid being conscripted into the army.
Stubb shared that Finland and Ukraine had signed a ten-year defence agreement. The deal, inked during his visit to Kyiv this week, is part of Ukraine's path towards EU and Nato membership, as 32 other countries are expected to make similar agreements with Ukraine, according to the Finnish president.
"Finland has supported Ukraine with nearly three billion euros, and we will continue to do our part in the future," Stubb said.
According to Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was relatively confident that the US would deliver on a $60 billion aid package held up for months.
Stubb also emphasised Finand's strategic importance to Nato, citing the country's strong defence and geographic location. Last month Stubb said Nato military exercises in the Nordics send a message to Russia that the defence alliance has the ability to act if a member country were attacked.
Today Sweden and the United States are among Finland's most important allies, Stubb said, though noting that Finland should also build relationships with China, India, Brazil and South Africa.
Climate change, for example, can't be tackled by working exclusively with like-minded countries, according to Stubb, who said Finland would also need to cooperate with states whose values it doesn't share.
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