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NATO vows to respond if Finland-Estonia gas pipeline damage is deliberate
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Nato has promised a “determined” response if damage to an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia proves deliberate, as investigators said traces of an “external, mechanical force” had been found on the seabed.
But Lardot said the investigation into aggravated vandalism was in its “very early technical stages” and could take several more days because of poor weather and the large search area.
Finnish authorities announced on Tuesday that a sudden fall in pressure in the pipeline recorded on Sunday had been caused by extensive damage that “appeared to be deliberate”.
Speaking at a Nato meeting in Brussels, Finland’s defence minister, Antti Häkkänen, said Helsinki “values the support offered by its allies” in the transatlantic military partnership, but refused to speculate on the outcome of the investigation.
The Finnish foreign minister, Elina Valtonen, said no decision would be made on what action should be taken until the investigation was completed and “we have all possible information”.
Analysts have said a Russian hydrographic survey vessel, Sibiryakov, was detected in the Gulf of Finland near the pipeline and the Estlink communications cable, which was also severed, on at least three occasions in May, August and September.
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