France will open an embassy in Guyana, "a first for a member country of the European Union" The decision "is also part of the diplomatic rearmament of France," says the Quai d'Orsay. Guyana is the first country in the world in oil reserves per capita.
It is close to French Guiana and chairs the Caribbean Community (Caricom), in the midst of a security and political crisis in Haiti. The two countries dispute the disputed and oil-rich Essequibo region.