Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says that the country wants the Chinese vessel "Yi Peng 3" to move towards Swedish waters. The Prime Minister said this on Tuesday morning at a press conference ahead of a Nordic-Baltic summit.
The ship, which has come into focus due to a possible connection to a cable break in the Baltic Sea, is located in the Kattegat. It lies quietly outside Danish territorial waters, but in the Danish economic zone.
- From the Swedish side, we have had contact with the vessel and contact with China and stated that we would like the vessel to move towards Swedish waters.
- We have stated that position and viewpoint. There is no accusation here.
- There is simply a Swedish wish for the vessel to move towards Swedish waters, so that we can more easily cooperate on what happened, says the Swedish Prime Minister.
The vessel has been identified as interesting in investigations into what happened when cables in the Baltic Sea were broken over a week ago.
Swedish police launched a preliminary investigation into the breaks last week. In this connection, it was said that there may be sabotage. Denmark has also been in dialogue with China about the ship.
On Monday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a written comment to Ritzau that the ministry is "in ongoing dialogue with the countries most involved in handling this case, including China".
- Out of consideration for the ongoing case and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' cooperation with other countries, we cannot provide further information about the diplomatic dialogue, writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It was on Monday last week that it emerged that there had been damage to two data cables. The cables run between Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania, respectively.
The Chinese ship passed the two data cables on its way from a Russian port, where a break was soon discovered.
The ship turned off its radio signal for almost eight hours while sailing through the area, according to data from Marine Traffic.
Coast guards and defense forces from several countries are now at the ship and monitoring it.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday morning that "China has maintained smooth communication with all parties involved in the incident through diplomatic channels." This was stated by spokesperson Mao Ning, according to the Reuters news agency.
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