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US hails Chagos Archipelago agreement between UK-Mauritius, says it reflects "power of diplomacy"
US President Joe Biden said the agreement affirms Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, while granting the United Kingdom the authority to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius ...
The Chagos agreement explained
In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...
India TV8d
Chagos Islands: Why are they important in Indian Ocean and what do India, UK want? EXPLAINED
In a major development, the UK government agreed to hand over the sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos ... The US and UK signed an agreement in 1966 making the archipelago available for ...
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UK agrees to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius | What is its significance?
Image Source : REUTERS UK has decided to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands ... acceded to a US request to lease Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, for the establishment ...
The Conversation9d
Freedom for Chagos Islands: UK’s deal with Mauritius will be a win for all
London, however, has been reluctant to abandon the Chagos Archipelago. This is because the largest island, Diego Garcia, is the site of a strategically important US military base. Britain pledged ...
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UK transfers Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, India welcomes move
India, along with the US, participated in negotiations between the UK and Mauritius over Chagos sovereignty. Located in the central Indian Ocean, the Chagos Archipelago lies about 500 km south of ...
Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
When Captain Robert Moresby sailed through the Chagos Islands between 1834 and 1837, to conduct the first survey of the ...
The Independent7d
Diego Garcia row: Truss and Cleverly blamed as Starmer ‘surrenders’ key airbase islands
The US-UK base will remain on Diego Garcia ... the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos archipelago. The UK and Mauritius have agreed to engage in constructive ...
Chagos islanders displaced for a US military base protest a deal on their future made without them
Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...
Hindustan Times9d
Britain says it will hand over Chagos islands to Mauritius
The deal grants Mauritius full sovereignty over the archipelago, while simultaneously guaranteeing the operation of the US-UK military base for 99 years. Britain on Thursday said it will cede ...
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"It completes decolonisation of Mauritius": MEA on UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed its support for the UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement ... the UK retains the use of the British-US military base on Diego Garcia.
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Falklands and Gibraltar confident in UK's commitment to self determination and peoples wishes
The recent deal between UK and the Republic of Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago ... Furthermore Spain has lived with US bases in its territory for decades, and in the case ...