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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Sweden formally asks China to cooperate with investigations into undersea cables damage

Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng Three is anchored near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark - (Getty)

Sweden has sent a formal request for China to cooperate with its investigations into the severing of two undersea data cables on the Baltic Sea bed.

The cables were severed on 17 and 18 November when a Chinese ship, Yi Peng Three, was speculated to be sailing in the area.

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