«China is ready to maintain communication and cooperation with relevant countries to move forward in handling this incident»declared Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.
China said on Monday it was ready to continue the “cooperation” around the Chinese cargo ship suspected of being involved in cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea, after the ship left the international waters of the Kattegat Strait between Sweden and Denmark. The two telecommunications cables were cut on November 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea, and suspicion quickly fell on a Chinese ship, the Yi Peng 3, which was over the area. at the time of the incident, according to ship tracking websites.
“The company that owns the ship (…) has decided to resume its operations”
The ship, immobilized since November 19 in the international waters of the Kattegat Strait, finally left the area on Saturday, according to the Swedish coast guard. “The company owning the vessel, after a comprehensive assessment and consultations with relevant parties, has decided to resume operations”Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning confirmed on Monday, adding that “China informed the countries concerned in advance”.
China remains “ready to maintain communication and cooperation with the countries concerned to move forward in handling this incident”added the spokesperson during a regular press conference. On Thursday, authorities from Sweden, Germany and Finland, along with a Danish observer, were invited to board the ship for an investigation led by China. “We anticipate that once the inspection is completed by this group of people from the four countries, the ship will be able to sail to its destination”declared the head of Danish diplomacy, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, last week.
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