Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents.

Sweden has formally requested China's cooperation in investigating damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. The incident, suspected to be sabotage, involves a Chinese bulk carrier, Yi Peng 3.

Sweden is asking a Chinese vessel to return to Swedish waters to help facilitate an investigation into recent breaches of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday,

Sweden has formally requested China to cooperate with a probe into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic

On Friday, November 29, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its willingness to cooperate with relevant countries to address the issue of the destruction of two telecommunications cables at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

On Friday, November 29, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its willingness to cooperate with relevant countries to resolve the issue of the destruction of two telecommunications cables at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Sweden asked for Beijing's cooperation with an investigation.China said on Friday it was ready to assist in a probe into the severing of two cables in the Baltic Sea. It comes after Sweden asked for Beijing's cooperation in the probe into the rupture of two data cables on November 17-18 in an area where a China- flagged vessel had been sighted.