The France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2001

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between

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and

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

which delimits the maritime boundary between

and the uninhabited Glorioso Islands which are claimed by France.Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ; Charney, Jonathan I. ''et al.'' (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' pp. 3784–3794. The treaty was signed in Victoria,

on 19 February 2001. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty identifies two straight-line

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segments defined by three individual coordinate points. The boundary is an approximately equidistant line between the two territories. The north end of the boundary stops short of the

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with the

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and the south end stops short of the tripoint with

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. The treaty came into force immediately upon signature. The full name of the treaty is ''Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of France and of Seychelles''. Foreign Minister

Jérémie Bonnelame Jérémie Émile Patrick Bonnelame (born October 24, 1938) is a Seychelles, Seychellois political figure and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission from 1993 to 1997, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Seychelles), Minister of ...

signed the treaty on behalf of Seychelles.

Notes

References

* Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas.'' Routledge: New York.
OCLC 54061586
* Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ; ; ; ;
OCLC 23254092

External links

Full text of the Agreement
{{Seychelles-law-stub 2001 in Seychelles 2001 in France Boundary treaties Borders of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Borders of Seychelles Treaties of Seychelles Glorioso Islands Treaties entered into force in 2001 Bilateral treaties of France