Sweden asks China to transfer the ship allegedly involved in sabotage in the Baltic to its waters

MADRID 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Swedish authorities have asked this Tuesday the Chinese ship ‘Yi Peng 3’ to move to its waters to be able to investigate in depth the possible involvement of the ship in the cutting of two submarine fiber optic cables in the Baltic Sea, an incident that It is being addressed by the countries in the area as an act of sabotage.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has indicated that he has contacted the ship’s crew, the main suspect in what happened in relation to the cables, one of which links Sweden and Lithuania, while the other goes from Finland to Germany. .

However, the vessel remains in international waters near Kattegatt, under the supervision of the Danish Navy. “We want the ship to move to Swedish waters so we can cooperate in the investigation,” Kristersson said during a press conference.

The ‘Yi Peng 3’ set sail from the Russian port of Ust-Luga and was heading to Egypt. After the breakage of the cables, the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the matter to shed “clarity” on the events in the midst of increasing insecurity in the region.

Meanwhile, the Lithuanian Minister of Defense, Laurynas Kasciunas, has proposed that once the investigations are concluded, sanctions could even be applied against the actors linked to these “attacks.” The country is already considering the possibility that it was a “terrorist” act.

After what happened on November 17, attention quickly focused on Russia, which has called any involvement in what happened “absurd.” “It is absurd to continue accusing Russia of everything without having evidence,” said Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov.

Finnish authorities have also opened an investigation into the incident in an attempt to determine whether it was an intentional attack as tensions rise over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.