The Finnish authorities agreed with the need for a fence on the border with Russia.

The heads of the parliamentary parties of the Finnish Parliament, who discussed security issues on Tuesday, supported the need to build a barrier on the Russian border, Finnish Cabinet Minister Sanna Marin said following the meeting.

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“Parliamentary parties agree on the need to build a border fence. The government will contribute funding in this year’s supplementary budget and next year’s draft budget,” Marin said.

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The press briefing following the meeting was broadcast by the Finnish media.

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Earlier, the Finnish Border Guard proposed to create a barrier in some sections of the Russian border with a length of no more than 260 kilometers, the cost of which will be 139 million euros, and the construction will take up to four years. Finland has a land border with Russia about 1.3 thousand kilometers long.