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China vows 'cooperation' over ship linked to severed Baltic Sea cables (www.rfi.fr)

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Beijing on Monday promised to continue "cooperation" with regional authorities over a Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

Sections of two telecom cables were cut on November 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters of the Baltic. Suspicions have been directed at a Chinese ship -- the Yi Peng 3 -- which according to ship tracking sites had sailed over the cables around the time they were cut. The Yi Peng 3 had been anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark.

Ship tracking site Vesselfinder showed the Yi Peng 3 steaming north out of the strait on Saturday and Sweden's coast guard confirmed that the vessel had weighed anchor.

Beijing on Monday confirmed the ship had left to "to ensure the physical and mental well-being of the crew". "The shipowner company, after a comprehensive evaluation and consultation with relevant parties, decided to resume operations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. "China has notified all relevant countries in advance," Mao said. "China is willing to maintain communication and cooperation with the countries involved to advance the follow-up handling of the incident," she added.

On Thursday, authorities from Sweden, Germany and Finland were invited aboard for an investigation led by China. A Danish representative also accompanied the group as the country had served a "facilitating role" by hosting meetings between the countries earlier in the week, its Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen had said. Sweden in late November requested China's cooperation in the investigation, but Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stressed that there was no "accusation" of any sort.

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