"We share the assessment of the security situation, including concern for critical infrastructure and strategic resources along the Baltic Sea," Tusk said at a press conference alongside his counterparts from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden. "We need new tools and ambitious means to counter threats. This is why I propose today to create a Baltic Sea policing mission," he said. Tusk added that he was "really happy that my colleagues found it interesting, and we will continue our work on some details."
"It's formally a Nato decision which will involve more countries than just us. But we know from our own experience that there's too much happening in the Baltic Sea that shouldn't be happening, with great risks," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told the TT newswire. "I think the idea itself is very interesting and we will continue the discussion," he added.
Suspicions have been directed at a Chinese ship the Yi Peng 3 which according to ship tracking sites sailed over the cables around the time they were severed, though there is nothing to indicate that it was involved in the incidents. The Yi Peng 3 has remained anchored in the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark since November 19th.
The Kremlin has rejected the comments as 'absurd' and 'laughable'. Denmark's navy said last week it was shadowing the vessel, which is in international waters. Sweden's coast guard joined it over the weekend.
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