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

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,

Following request for assistance from Sweden in investigation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Beijing ready to 'work with relevant countries to uncover the truth' - Anadolu Ajansı

Another cable at the bottom of the Baltic, between Sweden and Lithuania, was broken a day before Cinia's cable was damaged. It was repaired on Thursday evening, according to Arelion, the Swedish firm that manages the cable. That cable is now operating at full capacity, Arelion told news service STT.

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

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.