UK and Mauritius close in on deal over Chagos Islands after US signals its consent
Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...
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Labour slammed for Chagos surrender as rare marine environment threatened by China
Speaking in the Commons this week, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the ...
Trump approves UK plan to give up Chagos Islands under ICJ’s ‘decolonization’ ruling
The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Chagos Islands to the small nation of Mauritius after the deal received approval from the White House.
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U.K. and Mauritius close in on deal over Chagos Islands after U.S. signals its consent
Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Trump approves UK plan to give up Chagos Islands under ICJ’s ‘decolonization’ ruling
Approval from the White House was necessary to broker the deal due to U.S. military cooperation with the U.K. at the joint Diego Garcia base on the archipelago's largest island. The Chagos Islands ...