– Today, a meeting will finally take place with the participation of the NATO Secretary General, at the invitation of the President of Finland, where we will discuss practical measures to protect the Baltic Sea against, well, one always has to be cautious and say 'likely,' as there are no final conclusions yet, but without significant risk, I will say, against Russian sabotage. In the previous case, it was a ship sailing under the Chinese flag, but China was cooperative in this instance. The ship was chartered by an external company, which, I believe, put China, against their will, in a rather difficult situation – stated Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a morning statement to the media.

– We will effectively deter when it becomes clearly evident that we are ready to make radical, tough decisions. When any violation of the Baltic Sea's security occurs, states will be ready – just as Finland has done now – to respond firmly, meaning to stop the ship, detain the crew, and investigate thoroughly who is responsible for the attempted sabotage – he added.