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Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
Mauritius PM Expresses Gratitude to Modi Following UK's Announcement on Chagos Islands Handover
The UK announced Thursday a "historic" agreement: Britain will cede sovereignty of the far-flung Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but keep for itself the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status, or BIOT, applied to the disputed archipelago comprising nearly 60 islands, has long been a matter of controversy, with talks over its future starting under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022.
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UK Transfers Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Retains Control of Military Base
The BIOT status of the disputed archipelago comprising around 60 islands has long been a matter of controversy and negotiations over its future began under the previous Conservative Party government in 2022. Under the agreement announced this week, the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, said to play an important part in the stability of the region and international security by the West, will remain under UK and US jurisdiction for at least the next 99 years.
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