Sweden calls China to work with cable examination

Sweden calls China to work with cable examination

Sweden officially asked China to investigate possible sabotage files regarding the Disturbance to cooperate in the Baltic Sea area at the beginning of this month. Data show that a Chinese ship may be connected to these incidents.

official request for Sweden to China

"Sweden has sent a formal request to China to work with Swedish authorities and to create clarity about what has happened," said Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Thursday. KRISTSSON added that Sweden asked to return the Chinese ship to Swedish waters to support the investigation. The ship is currently in international waters of the Kattegat street between Denmark and Sweden.

those affected underwater cables

The two cables-one name Arelion that connects Finland with Germany, and the other C-Lion 1 that connects Sweden with lithuania-were within 24 hours on November 17th and 18th. These incidents occurred just a few weeks after a warning from the United States that moskau "> may be targeted by critical underwater infrastructures .

Investigations in Sweden and Finland

The German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius commented on the situation and found that "nobody believes that the cables were accidentally damaged." The Swedish public prosecutor announced last Tuesday that the national unity against international and organized crime has initiated a preliminary investigation into the suspicious sabotage files in connection with the separated cables. The National Police Office of Finland has also started an investigation.

ship data and reactions from China

The ship data from KPler show that a Chinese mass freight ship crossing the two underwater cables at the time of reports on the damage. The ship, which bears the name Yi Pen 3, had driven out of the Baltic Sea after a stop in Vistino, Russia. The data also show that it has crossed other underwater infrastructures in the Baltic Sea, including four gas and oil cables, a power line and another telecommunications cable that is under construction.

When asked about the ship during a press conference on Wednesday, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Lin Jian, said that he was "not informed about the situation" and that Chinese ships "adhere to the relevant laws and regulations."