Nord Stream sabotage not an attack on Sweden, foreign minister says

FILE PHOTO: Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Christin Linde addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The suspected sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipelines does not constitute an attack on Sweden, Foreign Minister Ann Linde told SVT public television on Wednesday.

"This is not an attack against Sweden because it is not in our territory" Linde said. "It is an international incident".