Sweden seeks clarity from China about suspected sabotage of undersea cables
PM says Beijing has been asked to cooperate after Yi Peng 3 vessel was seen in area where cables were severed
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.