Energy
China Calls for ‘Professional’ Probe as Estonia Disputes Finding
- Gas pipeline from Estonia to Finland was damaged last October
- Chinese report says Hong Kong-flagged vessel was responsible
A news conference about the investigation of the Balticconnector gas line damage in 2023.
Photographer: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images
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China urged European nations to focus on the results of an investigation into damage to a key undersea pipeline last year after a senior Estonian official questioned a Chinese probe that reportedly called it an accident.
China’s Foreign Ministry said the government in Beijing was in “close communication” with Estonian counterparts as it assesses the pipeline incident. Estonia’s defense chief this week raised objections to the reported Chinese probe, which said the rupture of the Balticconnector gas pipeline by a Hong Kong-flagged vessel was due to storm conditions.