Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen (V) will gather the relevant authorities to clarify whether there is a need to take action in connection with the damaged cables in the Baltic Sea. He himself announced this on the social media Bluesky on Thursday evening.
- ... following the incidents surrounding the submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, I have asked my civil service to gather the relevant authorities as soon as possible to clarify whether there is a need to take action in both the short and long term.
On Monday, Sweden and Finland reported damage to data cables in the Baltic Sea. There are two data cables involved. They run between Finland and Germany and between Sweden and Lithuania.
The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, said on Tuesday, according to the Reuters news agency, that "no one believes that these cables were cut by accident".
- I also do not believe that anchors accidentally caused the damage to the cables, the German minister said.
On the same day, it emerged that Swedish police suspect sabotage.
Chinese ship in the spotlight
A Chinese ship, now lying idle in the Kattegat, has been closely followed by ships from the Danish navy since Tuesday. The ship named "Yi Peng 3" set sail from the port of the Russian city of Ust-Luga last week and has since moved out of the Baltic Sea.
The ship has been linked to the damage to the two data cables in the Baltic Sea. This is because the damage has occurred in places that are on the route that "Yi Peng 3" has sailed. DR wrote on Wednesday that the action surrounding the Chinese ship is Swedish-led, and that the Danish authorities have been involved.
Torsten Schack Pedersen explains to TV 2 that he will investigate "whether we have the tools needed". He also says that "we are looking into a more serious and complex threat picture".
- We can see that Russia is willing to challenge NATO countries in different ways, he tells TV 2 on Thursday evening.
Both Russia and China have denied having any knowledge of the damage to the cables in the Baltic Sea. Both the Norwegian news agency NTB and the Russian news agency Tass wrote this on Wednesday.
/ritzau/
Text, graphics, images, sound, and other content on this website are protected under copyright law. DK Medier reserves all rights to the content, including the right to exploit the content for the purpose of text and data mining, cf. Section 11b of the Copyright Act and Article 4 of the DSM Directive.
Customers with IP agreements/major customer agreements may only share Danish Offshore Industry articles internally for the purpose of handling specific cases. Sharing in connection with specific cases refers to journaling, archiving, or similar uses.
Customers with a personal subscription/login may not share Danish Offshore Industry articles with individuals who do not themselves have a personal subscription to Danish Offshore Industry.
Any deviation from the above requires written consent from DK Medier.
