APA - Victoria (Seychelles) Ronny Jumeau, Seychelles ambassador to United Nations has told the Security Council that piracy in the Indian Ocean is severely hitting Seychelles’ economy, APA learns in the Seychellois capital Victoria on Saturday.

Jumeau who was speaking at the Security council session dedicated to piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia said that peace will not return to the Indian Ocean nor will tranquility return to Seychelles until there is peace in Somalia.

Seychelles, though severely affected, will remain committed to fighting piracy in the region as much as its limited resources will allow, he said.

Jumeau pointed out to the members of the Security Council that Seychelles is by far the smallest and most vulnerable country to be directly affected by the spillover from the instability in Somalia.

He said that piracy in the Indian Ocean is severely endangering the national security, territorial integrity and economic development, stability and viability of the islands and added that while Seychelles is doing what it can with its limited resources to limit piracy, more aid is needed.

He added that the islands are awaiting various kinds of aid that have been promised to help Seychelles boost its own contribution to the fight against piracy.

The session was called to debate the United Nations Secretary-General’s Ban Ki-moon latest report on the piracy situation in the Indian Ocean.

Ban Ki-moon has called in his report for a concerted effort to stabilise the situation ashore in Somalia as the best way to tackle piracy in the long run.