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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Sweden seeks clarity from China about suspected sabotage of undersea cables

bows of Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 at sea
The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 sailed over the two fibre-optic cables at about the time they were severed. Photograph: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Reuters

Sweden has announced that it has sent a formal request to China for cooperation over the suspected sabotage of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

The prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, said on Thursday that Swedish authorities were seeking “clarity” from China about what happened to the two fibre-optic cables between Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania last week.

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