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Denmark investigates Chinese ship over severed Baltic Sea telecom cables
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Several incidents have occurred involving suspected sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. A 745-mile cable named C-Lion was severed on Monday, disrupting data transmission between Finland and central Europe. A Chinese cargo ship, the Yi Peng 3, is currently in Danish waters, with the Danish navy and Swedish police expressing interest in the vessel as a potential suspect in the sabotage. The Swedish police have confirmed they are investigating the believed sabotage of two fibre-optic undersea cables, and have stated that the Chinese ship is of interest, but did not provide further details.
China has consistently and fully fulfilled its obligations as a flag state and requires Chinese vessels to strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations.
We also attach great importance to the protection of seabed infrastructure and, together with the international community, we are actively promoting the construction and protection of submarine cables and other global information infrastructures.
No one believes that the cables were accidentally damaged.
What we know for sure is that two cables were cut. What we don't know for sure is who did it and why. But obviously the Chinese vessel is now under suspicion. And if the shipping data is correct, the Danes have stopped it still in international waters.
If the immediate assessment is that it is sabotage and it comes from outside, then it is obviously serious. I am not surprised that it can happen.
Although that's a very serious incident, it didn't cause any panic or problems because of the resilient system.
It is quite absurd to continue to blame Russia for everything without any reason.
We are ready to take investigative measures to get a clearer picture of what may have happened.
There are ship movements that correspond to this crime on maritime surveillance.
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sources
- 1.The Times
- 2.France 24
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.Le Monde
- 5.The Japan Times
- 6.The Times of India
- 7.Bild
- 8.Bloomberg News
- 9.Financial Times
- 10.Guardian
- 11.Reuters
perspectives
- 1.Russian Foreign Policy
- 2.Russia-Ukraine War
- 3.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 4.German Foreign Policy
- 5.EU-Russia Relations
- 6.Shipping industry
- 7.Sabotage
- 8.Cybersecurity
- 9.Russia-Baltic states relations
- 10.Telecommunications
countries
- 1.China
- 2.Germany
- 3.Denmark
- 4.Estonia
- 5.Egypt
- 6.Finland
- 7.France
- 8.United Kingdom
- 9.Hong Kong
- 10.Lithuania
- 11.Russian Federation
- 12.Sweden
organizations
- 1.Danish Defense Ministry
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.Danish Navy
- 4.MarineTraffic.com
- 5.BCS
- 6.Estonian Geological Service
- 7.Kremlin
- 8.Ningbo Yipeng Shipping
- 9.Vessel Finder
- 10.European Union
- 11.Goteborgs-Posten
- 12.IT University of Copenhagen
persons
- 1.Boris Pistorius
- 2.Lin Jian
- 3.Jimmie Adamsson
- 4.Juri Luik
- 5.Ulrich Lissek
- 6.Alexander Stechentsev
- 7.Antti Häkkänen
- 8.Carl-Oskar Bohlin
- 9.Christian Bueger
- 10.Cornelius Funke
- 11.Dmitry Peskov
- 12.Janne Jaakkola