The small Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles, strategically located near both the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, hosted an unusual three-day ceremonial visit by an important guest last week: Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie.
Gen. Liang became the first-ever Chinese defense chief to pay the island nation a visit.
On Friday, Seychelles Foreign Minister Jean-Paul Adam dropped this surprise announcement: “We have invited the Chinese government to set up a military presence on Mahe [the main island of the Seychelles archipelago] to fight the pirate attacks that the Seychelles face on a regular basis.”
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