The Finnish Foreign Ministry does not plan to open the border with Russia, which has been closed since the end of November. The work of border control posts was suspended until January 14 due to the large flow of immigrants from Russia; At the moment the situation has not changed, the department reported.
Finland does not plan to open the border with Russia after January 14. This was announced to MTV3 by the Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marie Rantanen.
Finland’s closure of checkpoints on the border with Russia became known for the first time on November 16. Border checkpoints were gradually closed; At the moment, all crossings between countries are closed.
The Finnish Foreign Ministry explained the decision to close border checkpoints due to the large flow of migrants using Russia as a transit country.
The border was expected to open on January 14, but this will not happen because the situation with migrants has not changed, the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry said.
Author:
Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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