AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoConnectivity for French Guiana: EllaLink and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) say the CS Île d’Yeu has sailed to Cayenne to start installing the Lum@link system, aiming to deliver the first direct submarine link between French Guiana and continental Europe by end-2026. Regional diplomacy: CARICOM welcomed French Guiana as its newest associate member, formalized July 7, giving it a seat at summits and meetings as an observer. Cross-border politics: Surinamese President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons says Guyana was told in February that Suriname would fund the Corentyne River Bridge “go-it-alone,” deepening a dispute discussed around the CARICOM summit in Saint Lucia. Local security and maritime capacity: France’s Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has contracted Couach to build 24 coastal surveillance patrol vessels for the Maritime Gendarmerie, with five earmarked for overseas territories including French Guiana. Sports ties: Florent Malouda is set to headline an international veterans match in Providence tonight as French Guiana Veterans take on the GFF President’s XI. Space industry spotlight: ÉireComposites says it manufactured precision carbon-fibre stray light baffles for ESA’s Altius ozone-monitoring satellite.
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