Kristersson sees "signs that things are happening all the time in the Baltic Sea".
Chance exists, but I usually don't believe in chance. When enough strange things happen, it's usually not chance.
The authorities in Finland have seized the tanker Eagle S, flagged on the Cook Islands, which is believed to belong to the Russian shadow fleet and is suspected of being behind the breaches of several underwater cables on Christmas Day.
In turn, Sweden is investigating the suspected involvement of the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 in cable breaks in November.
While Finnish police and border guards acted quickly against Eagle S, it took a month for Swedish authorities to board Yi Peng 3.
We would have done exactly as Finland is doing now if the situation had been the same. If the vessel had been caught in the act and accepted our request, says Kristersson in Nyhetsmorgon.
He says that it now requires the Baltic Sea countries to initiate joint sea surveillance – something Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has proposed – and that it can become a reality as early as 2025.
I think that's a completely necessary thing. We're used to doing air surveillance, but now we need to do it on the sea surface and under the sea surface.
