Overview
- President Vladimir Putin met Seychelles President Patrick Herminie at the Kremlin for the two countries’ first head-of-state talks.
- The agenda covered cooperation in politics, trade, the economy, and humanitarian work, along with regional and international issues.
- No new agreements were announced, with both sides portraying the meeting as groundwork for broader cooperation.
- Economic links lean on tourism, with visa-free entry since 2015 and more than 38,000 Russian visitors in 2023 and over 35,000 in 2024.
- Herminie said the war in the Middle East cut Gulf airline flights and drove a 40 percent drop in arrivals, while Aeroflot kept tourists coming.