After decades of dispute, the UK will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The deal allows for the return of Chagossians expelled by the British government and secures a US-UK military base on Diego Garcia.
The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute over the key military base and Britain’s last African colony. The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago's sovereignty to Mauritius will allow people expelled by the British Government decades ago to return home.
The spokesman said: "The leaders began by welcoming the political agreement achieved today between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago after two years of negotiations."The Prime Minister reiterated the importance of reaching this deal to protect the continued operation of the UK/US military base on Diego Garcia."He underscored his steadfast duty to national and global security which underpinned the political agreement reached today.
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