This Article Foreign relations of Seychelles is composed of Creative Common Content.\n The Original Article can be location at WikiPedia.org.\n \n Seychelles follows a policy of what it describes as positive nonalignment and strongly supports the principle of reduced superpower presence in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles government is one of the proponents of the Indian Ocean zone of peace concept and it has promoted an end to the United States presence on Diego Garcia. The country has adopted a pragmatic policy however and serves as an important rest and recreation stop for US ships serving in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Seychelles foreign policy position has placed it generally toward the left of the spectrum within the NonAligned Movement. Russia the United Kingdom France India the Peoples Republic of China Libya and Cuba maintain embassies in Victoria. \n\nThe government of the Seychelles withdrew diplomatic recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on March 17 2008 according to an official government source.ref