Friday, March 2, 2012

Seychelles and Somali Piracy

Chatham House in London published on 21 February 2012 the transcripts of comments on The Role of Seychelles in Counter-Piracy by two senior officials in the Government of Seychelles. One reflects the comments of Joel Morgan, Minister for Home Affairs, Environment, Transport and Energy. The other contains the comments of Jean Paul Adam, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

These remarks provide a good summary of the problems that the Seychelles, which is located almost 1,000 miles from the Somali coast, are dealing with and how the government is confronting them.