China willing to maintain communication on submarine infrastructure security

A view of the anchor of the Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in the sea of Kattegat, near the City of Grenaa in Jutland, Denmark, November 20, 2024. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/File Photo

BEIJING - China is willing to maintain communication with relevant parties and to jointly safeguard the security of international submarine infrastructure, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks when asked about a Chinese ship in Danish waters, and Finland and Sweden's investigation into the two severed fibre-optic data telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea.

Lin said he was not aware of the details of the ship.

The Danish military said on Wednesday that it was staying close to Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 currently sitting idle in a strait between Denmark and Sweden, but did not mention the cable breaches or say why it was staying with the ship.

(Reporting by Ethan Wang and Liz Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)