Sweden is asking a Chinese ship to return to Swedish waters to help investigate recent breakthroughs in underwater fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea. This was stated by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, reports Reuters, reports UNN.
"On the Swedish side, we maintain contact with the ship and contact with China, and said that we want the ship to move in the direction of Swedish waters," Kristersson said.
It is noted that the Chinese ship left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on November 15 and was in areas where the cable was damaged, according to traffic data, which showed that other ships were also in the area.
"We are not bringing any charges, but we are trying to clarify what happened. This is the second time in a relatively short period of time that serious physical cable breaks have occurred," Kristersson added.
The publication notes that Sweden hoped that China would respond positively to the request. China's foreign ministry said on Monday that Beijing maintains "smooth communication" with all parties involved.
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The underwater cable between Finland and Germany was damaged, telecommunications was interrupted, information about the damage was confirmed by the Traficom Cybersecurity Center, the cause of the malfunction is currently unknown
Sweden is investigating damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea, investigating the possible involvement of the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3.