Ambassador: Russia considers the closure of borders by Finland a step towards breaking relations

2024-02-07T14:02:09.372Z

Highlights: Ambassador: Russia considers the closure of borders by Finland a step towards breaking relations. On January 11, the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the decision to keep the borders with Russia closed until February 11. The ambassador added that Moscow expects that the possible opening of borders will contribute to dialogue between the two countries. He emphasized that Finland does not take into account the rights and interests of both Finnish citizens and Russians. The Russian ambassador said that Finland's decision to close the border as another step in a long chain of actions aimed at completely breaking relations with Russia.

Russian Ambassador to Helsinki Pavel Kuznetsov said that Russia regards Finland's closure of border checkpoints as a step towards a complete severance of relations.