The laying of two submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, on November 17 and 18, is considered a possible act of sabotage.
The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is stuck in international waters near the Danish coast, suspected of being responsible for the act of sabotage, which is being investigated by Sweden.
Stockholm wants the bulk carrier (a merchant ship specially designed to transport bulk cargo) to return to its territorial waters to help with the investigation.
"China is willing to cooperate with the countries involved to establish the facts and ensure that the truth is revealed," said Mao Ning, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"China and Sweden are in close communication on this issue," the spokeswoman said during a regular press conference.
On Thursday, Sweden sent China an official request for cooperation to "clarify" the role of the Chinese cargo ship anchored off its coast.
"This is not an accusation yet, but there is a very clear desire on Sweden's part" to understand exactly what happened, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a news conference on Thursday.
The Yi Peng 3, a bulk carrier built in 2001, was sailing in the area of the cables at the time they were cut, according to ship tracking portals, without anything incriminating it until now.
The Danish navy and Swedish coast guard have been monitoring the cargo ship, which has been stuck since November 19 in the Kattegat Strait, between Sweden and Denmark.
At the same time, Finland opened an inquiry for "aggravated criminal damage" and "aggravated interference with telecommunications" in relation to the damage caused to the German-Finnish cable.
Lithuania announced on Wednesday the creation of a joint research team with Sweden and Finland, coordinated by Eurojust, the European Union's judicial cooperation agency.
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