PORT LOUIS, Seychelles (July 27, 2021) Rear Adm. Jeffrey Spivey, director, Maritime Partnership Program, U.S Naval Forces Europe-Africa, left, U.S. Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Thom Kohl, center left, and Seychelles Minister for Internal Affairs, Errol Fonseka, attends 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)