UK is Concluding Chagos Deal with Mauritius

Downing Street has confirmed that the UK government is working with Mauritius to conclude a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands. Under the proposed arrangement, Mauritius would obtain sovereignty of the islands from the UK while allowing the US and UK to maintain a military post on one of the islands for an initial 99-year period at a cost to the British taxpayer.

UK government sources have stated that they are not awaiting further approval from Donald Trump. Earlier this year, Foreign Secretary David Lammy noted that if the US president objected, the agreement would not proceed. The Mauritian government confirmed Downing Street’s words, saying in a statement that both nations were “currently working to finalise this agreement”. The decision to take up administration of the Chagos Islands, officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory, was announced last October after talks with then-Mauritian Premier Pravind Jugnauth.

However, he was replaced by current Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam after the elections, who expressed worries about the arrangement. Progress towards agreement was also delayed following Trump’s election because negotiators wanted to allow the new US administration time to review the plan’s specifics. According to Badenoch, giving away the Chagos Islands is not in the UK’s interests. Trump ‘inclined’ to support the UK’s Chagos Islands pact. On secret military island, a mother tries to raise her children normally. Reform UK leader.

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