China has invited several European nations to participate in a joint investigation into the damage of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, potentially undermining Western accusations of sabotage.
The West has blamed Moscow and Beijing for everything and anything that happens in Europe an waters, often terming it as hybrid warfare but such claims have often fallen flat. China has provided information and documents to a joint investigation into two severed Baltic Sea undersea cables, and has invited Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to participate in the probe, the foreign ministry has said.
Two undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged on November 17 and 18, immediately prompting European officials to claim that it was an act of sabotage. The pipeline and cable that lie on the bed of the Baltic Sea have been in the spotlight since Russia’s war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The telecom cables, which connect Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany were damaged around the same time when a Chinese vessel, Yi Peng 3, was reportedly seen in the vicinity. The willingness of China to cooperate in the probe so far seems to undermine the Western allegations of sabotage. The Yi Peng 3 remained anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat Strait between Sweden and Denmark from November 19 to December 21. This is not the first time European and American officials have pinned the blame of sabotage on Russia or China. The West accused Russia of a sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022. But later it was revealed by the German investigation that the attack was carried out by a Ukrainian team.in its investigative report held Ukraine responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022. In August this year, Beijing admitted that a Chinese container ship damaged the Balticconnector — a vital Baltic Sea gas pipeline linking Estonia and Finland.reported that the Chinese government notified Finland and Estonia that it was caused by a Hong Kong-registered ship because of a storm. However, Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said he was sceptical of China's claim that a storm caused the inciden
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