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=== Foreign relations ===
{{Further|Foreign relations of Seychelles}}

Seychelles is a member of the [[United Nations]], the [[African Union]], the [[Indian Ocean Commission]], [[La Francophonie]], the [[Southern African Development Community]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].

Between 1979 and 1983, various plots to overthrow the non-aligned government of France-Albert Rene were, according to leading participants, supported by the United States, France, and South Africa. Commonly cited reasons for such attempts include Rene's socialist politics, his non-aligned stance toward the Western and Eastern Blocs, and the United States' military lease in the country, which was set to expire in 1990. All coup efforts in this period failed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blum |first=William |title=Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II |date=2014 |publisher=[[Zed Books Ltd]] |isbn=978-1-78360-177-6 |edition=Updated |location=London |pages=267–269}}</ref> Under the Obama administration, the US began running drone operations out of Seychelles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Tomorrow's Battlefield: US Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa|last=Turse|first=Nick|publisher=Haymarket Books|year=2015|isbn=978-1-60846-463-0|location=Chicago|pages=13, 55}}</ref> In the Spring of 2013, members of the [[Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Africa|Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa]] mentored troops in Seychelles, along with a variety of other African nations.<ref name=":0" />