Around 200 Finnish peacekeepers are currently serving in Lebanon, which became the target of widespread Israeli air strikes this weekend.
Finnish Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Meskanen said she was in contact with the commander of the Finnish peacekeeping force on Sunday morning.
According to Meskanen, the peacekeepers are not in any danger, but the troops were not patrolling outside their base on Sunday.
"They are in a calm state of mind and are doing very well," Meskanen told Yle.
According to Meskanen, the security of peacekeepers has received increasing attention since the situation in the Middle East began to deteriorate after the Hamas attack in October.
For example, the base's protective structures have been improved, which Meskanen said is extremely important.
Meskanen herself is currently in Finland for an ambassadorial meeting.
"No reason to overreact"
Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen (NCP) said in an interview with Yle at the end of July that Finland is ready to repatriate its peacekeepers from Lebanon if the situation so requires.
According to Meskanen, it is still too early to speculate at what stage of the conflict the troops would be withdrawn.
"That decision will not be taken lightly, and we are not yet at that stage. I could say that it would take a large-scale Israeli ground invasion for such an option to be considered," Meskanen said.
Meskanen called for patience. Finnish troops are not in the Israeli-Lebanese border area near the UN withdrawal line, the so-called Blue Line, but stationed further back from the border between both countries.
"I would like to stress that this is not the time to overreact. The situation has been delicate since October, and we have seen these escalations in southern Lebanon before," Meskanen told Yle.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) has been operating in Lebanon for more than 40 years. Meskanen pointed out that the situation in Lebanon is not a separate track from the Gaza conflict.
"You have to see that the situation is linked to the war in Gaza and ultimately to the unresolved Palestinian statehood issue," Meskanen said.