UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.
Critics in Britain fear this would open access to China, but a British-US military base will remain even after Mauritius ...
Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of ...
Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...
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Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...
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