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Foreign Minister Tuomioja commented on this week's events in France in a discussion on Yle TV1 on Saturday morning.

"Terrorism recognizes no borders. We have extremely serious situations in various parts of the world all the time," said Tuomioja.

The Finnish Foreign Minister pointed out that acts of terror are being continuously carried out in Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Iraq. The world today lives in a state of interdependence.

"We all have to be on guard for strikes by extremist movements that can happen anywhere," he added.

Tuomioja also noted that in every country there are, for example, foreign embassies that can be targets of interest to terrorists.

"Every European country is in the same position. France is an active participant in the coalition against Isis. All [European countries] are potential targets," the Foreign Minister told Yle.

Foreign Minister Tuomioja further pointed out that terrorism has claimed most of its victims in eastern Africa and the Middle East, and that people are not accustomed to it happening in more organized societies.