Sweden asks for China's cooperation in probe over damage to Baltic Sea cables

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The two cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania to Sweden, were both damaged in Swedish waters last week, in an area where the Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier was seen.

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00:00Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate with an investigation into the suspected sabotage

00:07of two data cables running under the Baltic Sea.

00:11The fiber optic cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania to

00:16Sweden were damaged last week in an area where the Chinese bulk carrier Yipeng-3 had been

00:22seen.

00:23The Yipeng-3 is currently anchored in international waters between Sweden and Denmark where it's

00:42being monitored by several vessels including those belonging to the Danish Navy.

00:47The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators suspect the Yipeng-3 of deliberately severing

00:52the fiber optic cables by dragging its anchor along the seabed.

00:57Authorities in Beijing said they had no information about the ship and denied any responsibility.

01:13Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said this wasn't the first time suspected sabotage

01:18had happened in the Baltic Sea.

01:20The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines which carried gas from Russia to Germany were both damaged

01:25in explosions in 2022 and in 2023 the Baltic Connector gas pipeline between Finland and

01:32Estonia was seriously damaged.

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