The end of visa requirements for Brazilians in French Guiana is being debated during the 13th Meeting of the Brazil-France Mixed Cross-Border Commission (CMT), which takes place in Macapá until this Wednesday (12).
Amapá has around 700 kilometers of border with the French overseas department, much of it across the Oiapoque River and the Binational Bridge.
The program has the participation of 60 members of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and around 100 French authorities.
According to the Amapá government, the request would be based on the principle of reciprocity, as visas are not required for French tourists in the country.
Currently, for people from Amapá to obtain a visa, they need to go to the French embassy in Brasília.
According to Michèle Ramis, director of the Department of the Americas and the Caribbean, at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visas are expected to be issued in Macapá by August.
French Guiana is an overseas department of France with a total population estimated at 296,711 and its main economic activities are agriculture, tourism and fishing.
To deal with cross-border relations, the CMT was created as part of the Mixed Cooperation Agreement, signed in May 1996 and ratified with the Strategic Partnership Action Plan, registered and published in February 2008.

Source: Amazon Agency