Seychelles to be represented at anti-piracy meet in Dubai |29 October 2014

Seychelles will be represented at an anti-piracy conference in Dubai this week hosted by the United Arab Emirates and DP World (an Emirati marine terminal operator company).

Seychelles delegation will be headed by the Minister for Home Affairs and Transport, Joël Morgan, who is as well the chair of the high level committee for piracy and the Reflecs 3 steering group.

The theme chosen for this year’s conference is ‘Security State Recovery: Sustaining Momentum at Sea, Confronting Instability on Land’.

While in Dubai, Minister Morgan will as well chair the steering committee meeting of Reflecs 3 and will be attending several bilateral meetings with key partners from the region and certain international organisations.

Minister Morgan will be accompanied by Seychelles ambassador to the UAE Dick Esparon; Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rosette; director of Reflecs 3 Joseph Bibi; deputy director of Reflecs 3 Dave Thomas; Jacques Belle from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Raymond St Ange, the minister’s adviser on security affairs.
 
Several members of the delegation are attending the contact group for piracy off the coast of Somalia (CGPS) working group 3 meeting being held simultaneously there and which Seychelles co-chairs.