US military drone monitoring piracy crashes in Seychelles

China has said it may use the Seychelles as a naval supply stop while conducting anti-piracy missions, at the invitation of the Indian Ocean island.

Undated image released by Wilderness Safaris on Tuesday May 10 2011 of North Island in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Regular Photo Size. More Military News. US drone crashes at Seychelles airport

Mozambique and Seychelles, with the support of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission´s (IOTC) secretariat, organized a joint training course focused on the inspection of tuna fishing vessels in ports for compliance with IOTC Conservation and Management

Seychelles has signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Denmark on November 18, 2011 in New York on the sidelines of the meeting of the Working Group II (Legal) of the CGPCS (Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia).

According to the Air Force, the Seychelles government was "immediately notified," and the U.S. military is coordinating with Seychelles officials to coordinate "the removal of debris." The drone that went down more than a week