Our operating environment is changing rapidly. The changes to be made will help us to build a stronger and more competitive Finland and to manage Finland’s external relations in accordance with our priorities,” said the Finnish foreign minister in a press release issued on Friday.
The country had shut down its operations in Pakistan in 2012 as well, forced by budgetary constraints, but the mission was later reopened in 2022.
In 2023, Sweden also indefinitely closed its embassy in the capital, citing the security situation as the reason.
