Estonia also closes border crossings with Russia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted From the newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, after Finland, Estonia has announced that it will close its borders with Russia. With Russia warning about the influx of refugees, it plans to do this.

Finland’s government announced on Tuesday that Helsinki will close all its borders for two The week with Russia is closed to travelers to stop the flow of asylum seekers to the country.

Finland claims to have seen an increase in visa-free asylum seekers entering its country through the border. It was Russia and Moscow has deliberately directed them to the borders.

Petri Orpo, the Prime Minister of Finland, had previously warned that if Moscow pressures through immigrants continue, this country is ready to close its last border crossing with Russia.

According to the Finnish border guard, in November, about 900 asylum seekers from countries including Kenya, Morocco , Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen entered Finland from Russian territory.

Helsinki claims that Moscow is retaliating against Finland’s decision to increase defense cooperation with the United States. The border pushes.

Now, after Finland, Estonia has also announced that it will close its border crossings to Finland.

Thus, a day after Finland closed its last border crossing with Russia, Estonia announced that it would follow suit. The government of this country justified this action by saying that the goal is to defend against any hybrid attack.

One ​​day after closing Finland’s last open border crossing with Russia, Estonia also agreed to close it. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakna said on Wednesday that Estonia is ready to close its borders with Russia and defend itself against any hybrid attack. He emphasized: the situation on the border of Finland and Russia, where an increasing number of migrants have entered recently, is an “open combined attack by Russia”.

This Estonian official He emphasized: This action of Russia shows that this country is dangerous not only for Ukraine, but also for other countries. Estonia is a member of the former Soviet republic, a member of the European Union and NATO – and one of the closest allies of Ukraine.

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