Prime minister Petteri Orpon According to (kok), Russia’s talk about revising the sea border between Finland and Lithuania is not necessarily hybrid influence, such as bringing asylum seekers to the border or moving buoys on the Narva river.
“I don’t want to put them in the same package,” said Orpo HS in Northern Latvia’s Valmiera on Friday.
Orpo participated in the opening of the new factory of Patria, which manufactures armored vehicles, and discussed security issues with the Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Siliņa with.
“Let’s see, don’t jump to conclusions,” Orpo said.
Russian media spread on Tuesday that there were plans to move the sea border between Finland and Lithuania. On Thursday, Russian border guards removed 25 border buoys from the Narva river opposite Estonia. In addition, at the land borders of Russia and Belarus, attempts by migrants to cross the border secretly in unofficial places continue.
Many border events at the same time make you think, said Orpo. He still considered it essential that Russia quickly stated that it was a technical inspection of the sea border and that it did not contain political messages.
Orpo hoped that nothing else would happen either.
“No one can unilaterally move borders. We can’t be pressured either.”
He emphasized that the case must be investigated, “but in the Finnish style”.
Orpo is ready for conclusions after the investigation.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa took a picture with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and the management of Patria and the new wagon factory in the background.
Also According to Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, the matter should be investigated, but she saw grounds for conclusions already. For him, the mere fact that the information about the intention to move the sea border spread from Russia through the media was a sign.
“Even the communication is a signal,” Siliņa said.
According to Siliņa, Russia shows that it does what it wants. This also applies to the talk about moving the sea border.
“I believe it is a hybrid attack.”
With hybrid attacks, Siliņa suggests that Russia is showing its power and trying to influence our societies.
“They are trying to create instability and make us feel insecure.”
Patria’s new armored vehicle 6×6 factory begins operations in Valmiera, Latvia. Initially, the factory manufactures wagons to order from Latvia, but later the production can be expanded.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo discussed the security situation and opened Patria’s factory in Latvia on Friday.
Finland and Latvian Prime Ministers commented on border events and speeches separately after posing together in the cockpit of Patria’s armored personnel carrier 6×6. The numbers in the name indicate the number of tires and spare tires.
Latvia joined Sweden and Germany in Patria’s program, where the wagons in question are developed and manufactured. Latvia and Sweden have also ordered wagons. Almost half of Latvia’s order of 200 wagons has been delivered and the rest will be manufactured at the new factory.
The opening of the factory in Valmiera reflects the change in the security situation in the Baltic Sea region. Finland and Latvia now have similar security concerns.
Orphan also commented on the controversial border security law for HS. According to the law under consideration by the parliament, the president and the government could decide on a state of emergency, during which the border guard could deny the right to seek asylum at the Finnish border and in its immediate vicinity.
According to Orpo, the EU legislation should also be changed in the next parliamentary term.
“We are a bit of a pioneer in this.”
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have passed similar laws in the past to prevent migration directed by Russia or Belarus.
“But Finland is known as a very strong rule of law. For this reason, the EU Commission is particularly interested in how Finland does this [välineellistetyn siirtolaisuuden] decides,” Orpo said.
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