Thu, 02 Jul, 2015 12:14:36 AM FTimes- STT Report, July 2  Finnish ambassador to Moscow Hannu Himanen. File Photo Lehtikuva. The Russian foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned Finnish Ambassador to Russia Hannu Himanen in Moscow.
The envoy was called following Finland’s refusal to allow entry of the Russian delegation in the country to attend a high-level Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Helsinki.
A part of the delegation denied entry in the country in on the list of travel restrictions imposed by the European Union.
The Russian foreign ministry confirmed the report on its website.
The Finnish foreign ministry confirmed to news agency STT that the ambassador went to the Russian foreign ministry discuss the decision reached by Helsinki. The details of the meeting were, however, not divulged.
Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Timo Soini said he understood that Russia wanted to hear the ambassador’s rationale on the Finnish visa decision.
Soini did not want to speculate what could be the possible effects of the issue on the bilateral relations between the two nations.
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday announced it will not grant a short-term waiver to the Russian delegation which is imposed with EU travel bans.
Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin is part of the delegation which has been refused entry in the country.
According to the Russian foreign ministry, EU decision by virtue cannot justify barring of Russia to participate in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting.
The Russian foreign ministry said Russia will send an employee of the Russian embassy in Finland to the meeting.
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