Lithuania summons Russian diplomat over sea border expansion

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Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told reporters that her government was 'following the situation'.

Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told reporters that her government was "following the situation".Lithuania said Wednesday it has summoned a Russian diplomatic envoy over plans to unilaterally extend Russia’s maritime border into Lithuanian and Finnish waters, warning the move could be a hybrid warfare tactic.for a full explanation”. Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told reporters her government was “following the situation”.

“The Russian Federation is also a member and party to the UN Convention on maritime borders. We only expect Russia to respect that convention,” Valtonen said. “This is an obvious escalation against NATO and the EU, and must be met with an appropriately firm response,” he said on X. “You can see what the level of confrontation is at the moment, especially in the Baltic region. This requires the appropriate bodies to take the appropriate measures to ensure our security.”

 

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