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.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Thursday during a conference in Harpsund, Sweden, that we have sent an official request to China for cooperation in clarifying the issue of the severed telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea.

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,

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Thursday that Sweden has formally requested cooperation from China to help clarify the events surrounding the damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

Sweden has sent China a formal request to cooperate with its investigation into damage sustained by two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

Two cables in the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Lithuania, and Finland to Germany, were damaged.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Thursday during a conference in Harpsund, Sweden, that we have sent an official request to China for cooperation in clarifying the issue of the severed telecommunications cables in 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.