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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Sweden asks for China's cooperation over Baltic Sea cables cut while a Chinese ship was nearby

Sweden-China-Ship - (Alle billederne er omfattet og beskyttet af ophavsretsloven og må ikke anvendes uden aftale med Mikkel Berg Pedersen.)

Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday.

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, a China-flagged bulk carrier, was seen.

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