president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much.ell, it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that's the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don't really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the ones that are doing very well. when you look at the mo ibrahim index, for example, mauritius is first, seychelles is second, cape verde�*s third. so you have three sids that are doing extremely well, but the focus is on mainland africa. but isn't that, in a sense, part of the point? you are doing relatively well. i believe your per capita income is over $10,000, which in african terms is pretty remarkable, and you're very small. your population is hovering around 100,000. so in the end, how can you expect to have a meaningful voice on the world stage? well, even though we're doing well, the thing is, because we are

well, my guest is seychelles' president, wavel ramkalawan.