World moving toward new era of terrorism: Finnish PM

Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb warned that the world is heading toward a new era of terrorism, reported the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday.

At the invitation of French President Francois Hollande, Stubb traveled to Paris on Sunday to attend a solidarity march to mourn for the victims of the terrorist attack in Paris. More than 40 world leaders took part in the march.

Stubb told a press conference held by the Embassy of Finland in Paris that the world is moving towards a new era of terrorism, which has been seen particularly in the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a jihadist organization.

He said that those individual acts of violence, such as the attack in Paris, are difficult to prevent.

"In my opinion, it is absolutely hard to promise that this (attack) could never happen in Finland or in Europe," Stubb was quoted as saying.

Stubb warned that it was not "a religious attack against a religion," but a terrorist attack on the freedom of expression.

He called on the European authorities to develop effective measures to combat criminal violence and terrorism.

Security needs to be increased with openness, but not by isolation and building new barriers within Europe, stressed Stubb. Endit