Seychelles and SA form maritime partnership
eTN News Service reports that Seychelles and South Africa look to form maritime development and tourism partnership, as Seychelles President James Michel and his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma, held bilateral discussions in the margins of the 19th Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
President Michel said the two countries are looking to develop the blue economy in the Southern Indian Ocean, forming a maritime partnership based on shared security, development of ports and maritime trade, as well as further enhancing tourism based development in the region, according to eTN.
The two presidents also discussed the challenge posed by the scourge of piracy, resolving to increase the cooperation between the two countries on this matter, with a view to enhancing the capacity of African states to provide security in their own waters, eTN says.
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