Somalian Piracy earned for China a Middle East Military Base
Seychelles invites China to set up anti-piracy presenceVICTORIA — The Seychelles on Friday invited Beijing to set up a military presence on the archipelago to beef up the fight against piracy there, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam said.The declaration came as Liang Guanglie is making the first-ever visit by a Chinese defence minister to the Indian Ocean island state."We have invited the Chinese government to set up a military presence on Mahe to fight the pirate attacks that the Seychelles face on a regular basis," Adam said."For the time being China is studying this possibility because she has economic interests in the region and Beijing is also involved in the fight against piracy," he explained.General Liang, who arrived in Victoria on Thursday with a 40-strong delegation, had been invited in October by Seychelles President James Michel, when he was on a visit to China."Together, we need to increase our surveillance capacity in the Indian Ocean... as Seychelles has a strategic position between Asia and Africa," Michel said in a statement, adding that China had given its army two light aircraft.The two countries signed a military cooperation agreement in 2004 that has enabled some 50 Seychelles soldiers to be trained in China. They renewed their agreement Friday, with China to provide further training and equipment.....
17:07 GMT, December 2, 2011 The President of the Republic of Seychelles, James Michel, has met with the Chinese Minister for National Defence and State councillor, General Liang Guanglie and a high-level military delegation at State House this morning.
The meeting was also attended by the Seychelles Minister for Home Affairs, Environment, Transport and Energy, Joel Morgan, the Seychelles Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jean-Paul Adam, the Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles, Shi Zhongjun, and the Secretary of State for President’s Office, Ambassador Barry Faure.
The visit of the Chinese Minister for Defence follows the discussions held by President Michel with the Chinese Vice-President Xi Jiling in October in Beijing, which, among other cooperation issues, also concerned the threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean.
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Seychelles invites Chinese army presenceThe Seychelles has invited Beijing to set up a military presence on the archipelago to beef up the fight against piracy there, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam said.The declaration came as Liang Guanglie made the first-ever visit by a Chinese defence minister to the Indian Ocean island state.'We have invited the Chinese government to set up a military presence on Mahe to fight the pirate attacks that the Seychelles face on a regular basis,' Adam said.'For the time being China is studying this possibility because she has economic interests in the region and Beijing is also involved in the fight against piracy,' he explained.General Liang, who arrived in Victoria on Thursday with a 40-strong delegation, had been invited in October by Seychelles President James Michel, when he was on a visit to China.
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打擊海盜 塞席爾向大陸求援
中央社 – 2011年12月3日 上午9:58
（中央社台北3日電）塞席爾共和國（Seychelles）請中國大陸在其境內設立軍事基地，以加強對付週遭猖獗的海盜。由於大陸在這個地區擁有經濟利益，目前正在考慮可行性。鳳凰衛視網表示，這是在大陸國防部長梁光烈1日率領40人代表團訪問塞席爾時，外長亞當（Jean-Paul ADAM）提出上述要求。亞當表示，目前美國在塞席爾群島上設有一個無人偵察機的基地，相關的飛機也是用來對付海盜。塞席爾和中國大陸在2004年簽署軍事合作協定，大陸為塞舌爾訓練50名軍人。塞席爾是印度洋中西部群島國家，西距肯亞和索馬利亞1500多公里。1001203
In terms of global security strategies those against the PRC had secretively organised and plotted the Somalia piracy in attempt to choke PRC's economic throat has found their own foot shot now, that PRC got a strategic military foothold.
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