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Mid-Term Review of the Seychelles - South Africa Joint Commission of Cooperation: 17 July 201917.07.2019
The Principal Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Marina Confait hosted the Director- General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Mr. K.E Mahoai, and his delegation at ... | read |
Ambassador Accouche acrredited to Cuba17.07.2019
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, H.E Mrs Ana Teresita González Fraga, received on 16 July at the Headquarters of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador of the Republic of Seychelles, Mrs. ... | read |
Secretary of State Faure attends Global Conference on Media Freedom and Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London12.07.2019
Ambassador Barry Faure, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and The Blue Economy represented Vice-President Vincent Meriton, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the first Ministerial Global Conference for Media Freedom co-hosted by the governments of ... | read |
First Celebration in Cuba of Seychelles National Day10.07.2019
For the first time, since the opening of the Seychelles Embassy in Cuba in April 2017, the Seychelles National Day was celebrated in Havana in a reception held on 1st July 2019, in Salon 4 ... | read |
Newly accredited Kuwaiti Ambassador calls on Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs09.07.2019
The newly accredited Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, H.E. Mr. Mubarak Mohammed Alsehaijan met the Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Marina Confait today at Maison Quéau de Quinssy. Dr. Confait congratulated Ambassador ... | read |
Principal Secretary Confait received Maldivian Ministers at Maison Quéau de Quinssy09.07.2019
The Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Marina Confait met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives, H.E. Mr. Abdullah Shahid and Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, H.E. ... | read |
Seychelles hails the AfCFTA as a huge market opportunity for the Blue Economy in Africa08.07.2019
Speaking on behalf of the President, Champion for the development of the Blue Economy in Africa, Minister Adam hailed the launch of the operational phase of the ‘African Continental Free Trade Area’ (AfCFTA) as creating ... | read |
Seychelles advocates for AU institutional reforms that hinge around greater fiscal discipline and that promote the Blue Economy in Africa05.07.2019
Niamey, Niger, 4th - 5th July 2019: Speaking at the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union, the Secretary of State of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Blue Economy, Ambassador Barry Faure, ... | read |
President Faure sends message of condolence to Russia04.07.2019
President Danny Faure extended his condolences to the President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin, upon learning of the tragic news of the fire that destroyed a Russian submersible, claiming the lives ... | read |
Le 29 juin célébré à Paris02.07.2019
La Diaspora seychelloise en France s’est réunie à Paris pour célébrer la 43ieme anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’archipel le 29 juin. 200 seychellois vivants en France, Italie, Suisse, Allemagne ou au Royaume uni se sont ... | read |
Travel Advisory to Sri Lanka02.07.2019
Further to its notice of 23rd April 2019, the Department of Foreign Affairs announces a new travel advisory to Seychellois intending to travel to Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lankan authorities, the situation is now ... | read |
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines arrives in Seychelles28.06.2019
The Honourable Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves arrived in Seychelles today and was greeted by a welcoming party, comprising of Designated Minister, Mrs. Macsuzy Mondon, Minister Jean-Paul Adam, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador Vladimir ... | read |
Le Président Faure envoie ses condoléances à Madagascar endeuillée27.06.2019
Suite à la bousculade qui s'est produite ce mercredi 26 juin devant le stade de Mahamasina, à Antananarivo, faisant de nombreuses victimes, le Président Danny Faure a adressé un message de condoléances à son homologue ... | read |
EU Ambassador pays farewell visit to Secretary of State Faure25.06.2019
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, H.E. Mrs. Marjaana Sall, paid a farewell visit to the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and of the Blue Economy, Ambassador Barry Faure, ... | read |
Seychelles is upgraded to Tier 2 in US Trafficking-In-Persons Report 201925.06.2019
Seychelles welcomes the recently released United States annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on Seychelles where the country is upgraded from Tier2 Watch List to Tier 2. This annual report, released by the US ... | read |
Seychelles Delegation Attends the Coordinators’ Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation25.06.2019
Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning of Seychelles, led a high-level delegation to attend the Coordinators’ Meeting on the implementation of the follow-up actions of the 2018 Beijing Summit of ... | read |
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines due in Seychelles this week on a State Visit.24.06.2019
The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Honourable Dr. Ralph E. Gonzalves will be arriving in Seychelles on 28 June, on his first State Visit. Prime Minister Gonsalves will be here on ... | read |
Seychelles calls for fuller regional ownership of piracy at the 22nd CGPCS plenary session in Mauritius.21.06.2019
Speaking on 20 June in Mauritius, on behalf of IOC Chair of Council of Ministers, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and the Blue Economy, Ambassador Barry Faure made a strong call at the 22nd ... | read |
Seychelles participates in the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Mauritius20.06.2019
The second edition of the Ministerial Maritime Security Conference in the Western Indian Ocean region held today at Balaclava, Mauritius, was opened by Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister, Honourable Nandcoomar Bodha, who sent an appeal for ... | read |
Les Seychelles et la Chine signent un nouvel accord de coopération économique et technique19.06.2019
Le Vice-Président Vincent Meriton, en sa qualité de Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, et son Excellence Madame Guo Wei, Ambassadeur de la République populaire de Chine ont signé ce mercredi, un nouvel accord bilatéral de coopération ... | read |