If the U.K. is so desperate to diminish itself and sell out Chagos's indigenous population, it would be better just to pay the U.S. to take full ownership of the archipelago ....
The US has backed the UK's deal to hand over the ChagosIslands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, Downing Street has told the BBC... The comments threw into doubt whether the US would continue to support the Chagos deal.
He depicted the joint U.S.-Britain military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the ChagosArchipelago, as a strategic installation in the Indian Ocean of great importance to U.S.
Britain said Friday that sovereignty over the ChagosArchipelago is a matter only between the UK and Mauritius, following objections raised by the Maldives... The Chagos Archipelago, a group of seven ...
Why It Matters The dispute centers on a British-backed agreement to transfer sovereignty of the ChagosIslands to Mauritius while allowing the United States to continue operating its military base on Diego Garcia under a long-term lease.
But yesterday evening, Donald Trump gave the green light for Sir Keir Starmer’s disastrous ChagosIslands deal following ‘productive discussions’ between the two leaders ... The Chagos Islands deal has hammered another nail firmly into the coffin.
UK sources suggested the US is sounding more positive about the plan to hand the territory to Mauritius - and pay �35billion to lease back Diego Garcia for 99 years ....