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.

Sweden's prime minister says his government has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel was sighted.

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

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced that his country has officially requested China's cooperation in investigating the damage to undersea telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea. "Sweden has sent a formal request to China seeking cooperation to help clarify what happened when two undersea cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea,

Connectivity has been restored after two Baltic Sea data cables were severed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted. Sweden asked for Beijing's cooperation with an investigation.

The Lithuanian unit of the Swedish telecommunications company Telia Lietuva has repaired the communication cable between Lithuania and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. The cable was damaged about two weeks ago,

Multiple countries are investigating and the authorities in Europe say they have not ruled out sabotage. But U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the cables were not cut deliberately.

Sweden has asked China to assist in investigating the damage to two Baltic Sea data cables near a Chinese vessel.

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