Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu signed on Tuesday, during a visit to Cayenne, an agreement with the local authority of Guyana which provides for aid of 40 million euros intended to finance
“structuring projects”.
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In September 2021, the State and Guyana had already signed an agreement for an amount of 30 million euros, including 10 to settle the liabilities of the community, weighed down by a toxic loan. The new envelope announced must in particular be used, according to the president of the local authority, Gabriel Serville, for the construction of high schools or the maintenance of the aerodrome of Maripasoula, a landlocked municipality served only by plane or canoe.
"We do not want to be part of a perpetual exercise of grievances"
, however assured Gabriel Serville, who has held the reins of the community since last June, before insisting on the improvement of the statutory framework and the resumption of the monitoring committee. Guyana Accords. In addition to this aid of 40 million euros, Sébastien Lecornu announced the construction of an administrative detention center in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and the assignment of 17 additional police officers to the department to fight against immigration. illegal, a factor of
"destabilizing"
according to him.
He also acted on the creation of a sub-prefecture in Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, a town of around 5,000 inhabitants on the border with Brazil and a crossing point for irregular immigration, in order to
"preposition high-ranking officials"
along this border, the longest in France.
