Editing Guadeloupe (section)

=== Geopolitics ===
From a [[Geostrategy|geostrategic]] point of view, Guadeloupe is located in a central part of the [[Antilles|Caribbean archipelago]] between the Atlantic Ocean and the [[Caribbean Sea]]. This location in the region allows France to reach a large part of the eastern coast of the [[Americas|American continent]]. The [[Exclusive economic zone of France|exclusive economic zone]] formed by Guadeloupe and [[Martinique]] covers just over 126,146 square kilometres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tableau des superficies {{!}} limitesmaritimes.gouv.fr |url=https://limitesmaritimes.gouv.fr/ressources/tableau-des-superficies |access-date=8 July 2021 |website=limitesmaritimes.gouv.fr |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203231450/https://limitesmaritimes.gouv.fr/ressources/tableau-des-superficies |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1980 France established its maritime boundaries in the area by signing a Treaty with [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=France-Venezuela Boundary Treaty of 1980 |url=http://www.inea.gob.ve/ineaWEB/downloads/internacionales/convenios/venezuela_francia.pdf}}{{dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[File:EU OCT and OMR map en.png|thumb|The [[Special member state territories and the European Union|special territories of the European Union]]]]This offers France important fishing resources and independence to develop a sovereign policy of underwater research and protection (protection of [[humpback whale]]s, Cousteau reserve, protection of [[coral reefs]]). Because of its geographical position, Guadeloupe allows France to participate in political and diplomatic dialogues at both the regional (Lesser and [[Greater Antilles]]) and continental ([[Latin America|Latin]] and North America) levels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=étrangères |first=Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires |title=La France et les Caraïbes |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/ameriques/amerique-centrale-et-caraibes/la-france-et-les-caraibes/ |access-date=8 July 2021 |website=France Diplomatie – Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères |language=fr |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801105110/https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/ameriques/amerique-centrale-et-caraibes/la-france-et-les-caraibes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The signing of the Regional Convention for the Internationalisation of Enterprise (CRIE), membership of the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean|Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]] (ECLAC) and membership of the [[Association of Caribbean States]] (ACS) are milestones that have enabled Guadeloupe to develop its bilateral or multilateral relations within the framework of international agreements or institutions.11 The development of bilateral and multilateral economic partnerships with other Caribbean and American states is based on the modernisation of the autonomous port of Guadeloupe and the importance of the Guadeloupe-Polo Caribe international airport.