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Virtual Presence Post Seychelles - Home About UsU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.Connect USAEconomic IssuesStudy in the U.S. VPP Highlights Delegation Led by Ambassador B. Cabrera Pays Courtesy Call on Vice-President Joseph Belmont March 31, 2008 Ambassador Cesar B. Cabrera (right) accompanied by a delegation pays a courtesy call on Vice-President Joseph Belmont at State House. (Photo: Courtesy of Seychelles Nation). During a visit to Seychelles, Ambassador Cesar B. Cabrera paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joseph Belmont at State House. Ambassador Cabrera was accompanied by the Director of the State Department’s Office of East African Affairs, James Knight, and some officers of the U.S. Embassy. The East African Affairs Office provides political and economical policy support and liaison for Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. The delegation met with officials of the Government of Seychelles. The visit of the delegation led by Ambassador Cabrera coincided with the U.S. Ambassador’s Self Help Program Ceremony and Democracy and Human Rights Fund, on April 1, 2008, to award grants to six Seychellois community groups. The delegation also visited some projects funded under the U.S. Ambassador’s Self Help Program. Top Stories from Africa Rice Urges Zimbabweans to Release Election Results The United States stands with the Zimbabwean people in carrying out the results of recent national elections, but it also calls on the government to release election results immediately. Elections were held March 29, but the results have yet to be released. Secretary Rice says the longer the results are held, the more suspicion grows. High Food Prices, Urban Migration Make It Hard to Help the Poor The dynamics of development and humanitarian assistance are changing, according to Henrietta Fore, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Developmen...