PORT LOUIS, Seychelles (July 27, 2021) Rear Adm. Jeffrey Spivey, director, Maritime Partnership Program, U.S Naval Forces Europe-Africa, left, and Seychelles Minister for Internal Affairs, Errol Fonseka, talk during the official signing of the bilateral agreement between the United States and Seychellois Governments on Countering Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity Operations in conjunction with exercise Cutlass Express 21 at the Independence House Annex in Seychelles. This is the first bilateral maritime Agreement between the United States and an East African country. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Port Louis)