[The Epoch Times, 16 ottobre 2022](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter Mimi Nguyen Ly / compiled by Takasugi)SwedenThe decision was made not to participate in a proposed joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany.The joint team aims to investigate recent incidentsRussianorth creekNo. 1 and No. 2 natural gastubinglostevent.
participated in theSwedeneconomic zone,tubinglostMats Ljungqvist, the Swedish prosecutor in charge of the criminal investigation into the incident, told Reuters that the country will not join a joint investigation team proposed by Eurojust.
According to Eurojust, the Joint Investigative Team is “one of the most advanced tools used in international cooperation in the criminal field. It consists of a legal agreement between the competent authorities of two or more countries for the purpose of conducting criminal investigations”. it is a fixed period for the formation of such teams, usually 12-24 months.
Joining the joint investigation team would mean Sweden would have to share theirsnorth creekInvestigative information for pipeline leak incidents. Sweden has always refused to disclose this information to the public, alleging that the information is more confidential. Yongquist told Reuters that the information, subject to secrecy regulations, “is directly related to national security.”
Swedish prosecutor Jonquist’s remarks came after German news site Der Spiegel reported a similar situation, citing unnamed German security sources. The report said Sweden rejected the proposal to share the information found in the Nord Stream survey with Germany and Denmark, stating that “the level of secrecy of its results was too high to be shared with other countries”.
Outside of this formal joint investigation team proposal, Sweden partnered with Denmark and Germany to investigate the Nord Stream leak, Yongquist noted.
According to Reuters, a spokesperson for the Swedish security service said the security police were working closely with their counterparts in other countries as part of a criminal investigation conducted in Sweden.
A spokesman for the German interior ministry told the media on Friday that the German federal police had completed their investigation into the alleged pipeline breach and presented their findings.
A few days ago, on 11 October, the outgoing Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, told the public that the country could notRussiaShare information about your investigation into the Nord Stream gas pipeline spill. “In Sweden, there is a need for secrecy about the preliminary investigation, and this is also true in this case,” he said, according to the Associated Press.
Previously, the Swedish Security Agency announced on 6 October that, according to its preliminary investigation, the leak of the Nord Stream pipeline could have been caused by “severe vandalism” and that the cause of the leak was most likely one “. bomb explosion “.
four points of loss
A total of four leaks were detected in the Nord Stream pipeline at the end of September, two each in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipeline. This raised widespread fears, including NATO, and fears of further sabotage.
Although neither of the two Nord Stream pipelines from Russia to Germany were in operation at the time of the explosion, both were filled with natural gas. Natural gas leaked to the surface and dispersed into the air. The gas supply to the Nord Stream 1 was recently interrupted, while the Nord Stream 2 was never operational.
The fourth spill occurred in the waters off southern Sweden and was reported by the Swedish Coast Guard on 29 September. The previous three leaks were reported on September 26. Nord Stream network operator Nord Stream Corporation issued a statement noting that the three leaks occurred in close proximity. He told reporters: “The occurrence of three simultaneous damage to the Nord Stream Pipeline System offshore pipeline on the same day is unprecedented.”
Before news of the three leaks was publicly reported, countries along the Nord Stream pipeline experienced a series of explosions. At the beginning of September 26, seismologists recorded the first explosion south-east of the Danish island of Bornholm. A second, more powerful explosion in the northeast of the island that night was equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. Explosions have also been recorded from seismic stations in Denmark, Norway and Finland.
The head of the Russian foreign intelligence service told Russian news agency TASS on Friday that he had intelligence data on the violations of the two pipelines. But he didn’t go into it.
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia’s main route for supplying natural gas to Europe, was closed on the evening of August 19 by the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom, saying it would be repaired.
In early September, Gazprom announced that it would indefinitely abandon plans to restart gas deliveries to Germany through the pipeline. The reason, he added, was an unresolved oil leak from a key turbine. Russia accused the international community of obstructing routine maintenance of the pipeline due to international sanctions on the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has never been put into operation. Germany stopped certification of the pipeline in February, just before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Responsible editor: Li Yuan #
