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spokesperson told journalists today it would be “perfectly reasonable” for the incoming US administration to have a look at the agreement before it passes.The deal would see the UK maintain a 99-year lease over the joint UK-US military airbase on the largest island Diego Garcia, while the archipelago’s sovereignty would pass to Mauritius.
Despite reports the deal would be signed off on Wednesday, Mauritius has not yet accepted the UK’s proposals and the country’s attorney general is returning to London for more talks.That means the issue will still not be across the line before the president-elect’s inauguration in five days’ time. Trump’s top team has already expressed doubt over the plan, with the incoming US secretary of state Marco Rubio saying the deal poses a “serious threat” to American security.Mauritius has been independent from the UK since 1968 and the UN previously ruled that the UK’s administration of the archipelago is “unlawful”.She accused the PM of “negotiating a secret deal to surrender British territory and taxpayers in this country will pay for the humiliation”.
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