Finland’s international ministry stated on Friday it had contacted China and Russia through diplomatic channels relating to the investigation of harm to a pipeline and a telecoms cable within the Baltic Sea.
Early on Oct. 8, a fuel pipeline and a telecoms cable connecting Finland and Estonia have been damaged, in what Finnish investigators say might have been deliberate sabotage.
The Finnish international ministry in a press release to Reuters on Friday stated it had contacted China to hunt assist to get in contact with the NewNew Polar Bear vessel, a ship named as a topic of investigation by Finnish police.
Concerning Russia, Finland contacted the Russian international ministry, “stating the seriousness of the matter”, and that an investigation had been launched.
(Reuters – Reporting by Anna Kauranen, writing by Terje Solsvik, modifying by Gwladys Fouche)
