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Swedish navy and coastguard can do little more than monitor the Yi Peng 3 from a distance (Photo: Nato)

Sweden pushing China for access to ship in cable-cut mystery

Brussels,

Sweden is locked in talks with China on boarding the ship suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables, in a jurisdictional headache for Nato self-defence.

"Sweden has had contact with the vessel and conveyed our desire for it to move towards Swedish waters. We are also in contact with China on this matter," the Swedish foreign ministry told EUobserver on Thursday (...

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