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UK and Mauritius Near Deal on Chagos Islands Sovereignty
UK and Mauritius Near Deal on Chagos Islands Sovereignty
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Last November, media outlets reported that US President-elect Donald Trump plans to obstruct the agreement allowing the United Kingdom to hand over sovereignty... 14.01.2025, Sputnik Africa
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The UK and Mauritius announced on Monday that "good progress" has been made in negotiations to finalize a treaty over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the strategically important Diego Garcia military base. The deal, first outlined in October, would see the UK hand control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius while retaining a 99-year lease on the military base.The base, used by US long-range bombers and warships, is critical for American military operations in the region. The UK hopes to finalize the agreement before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, but the deal faces opposition from multiple fronts.Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has criticized the arrangement, stating that his government seeks to renegotiate the terms. On the US side, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has voiced security concerns, arguing that ceding sovereignty of the islands to a country with close ties to China poses a risk to US strategic interests.The deal, however, has drawn criticism from Chagossian communities, who were displaced from the islands decades ago to make way for the military base. Chagossian organizations have condemned their exclusion from the talks, labeling it a violation of their human rights, while pledging to protest the agreement.
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UK and Mauritius Near Deal on Chagos Islands Sovereignty
Christina Glazkova
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Last November, media outlets reported that US President-elect Donald Trump plans to obstruct the agreement allowing the United Kingdom to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. Trump suggested he would oppose the deal, citing recommendations from the country's defense ministry concerning global security.
The UK and Mauritius
announced on Monday that "good progress" has been made in negotiations to finalize a treaty over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the strategically important Diego Garcia military base. The deal, first outlined in October, would see the UK hand control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius while retaining a 99-year lease on the military base.
The base, used by US long-range bombers and warships, is critical for American military operations in the region. The UK hopes to finalize the agreement before the inauguration of US President-elect
Donald Trump on January 20, but the deal faces opposition from multiple fronts.
Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has criticized the arrangement, stating that his government seeks to renegotiate the terms. On the US side, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has voiced security concerns, arguing that ceding sovereignty of the islands to a country with close ties to China poses a risk to US strategic interests.
The deal, however, has drawn criticism from Chagossian communities, who were displaced from the islands decades ago to make way for the military base. Chagossian organizations have condemned their exclusion from the talks,
labeling it a violation of their human rights, while pledging to protest the agreement.
