British foreign secretary says agreement will secure future of base at Diego Garcia, largest in chain of remote islands off tip of India

LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Oct 3) 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". The British government has b

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military…

The handover follows two years of negotiations between the UK and Mauritius and comes in line with international legal rulings supporting Mauritius’s claim to the islands

India has consistently supported Mauritius’ claim for sovereignty over Chagos archipelago. The government welcomes the agreement between UK and Mauritus on the long-standing legal dispute.

India on Thursday welcomed the agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius on the return of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, emphasising that the...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of islands off the tip of India, for the future.

Britain said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement," will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military base with the United States.

Britain today said it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will keep its strategic joint military base with the US in Diego Garcia.

The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute over the key military base and Britain’s last African colony.

Under deal US, UK to keep strategic joint military base on Diego Garcia

The deal will allow people displaced decades ago to make way for an airbase to return home.

Agreement secures future of Diego Garcia military base, with U.K. handing sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The Chagos Archipelago consists of approximately 58 small, flat islands located in the central Indian Ocean. India had earlier reaffirmed support to Mauritius over on the issue of the Chagos Archipelago, which was widely appreciated by the island nation.

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades a...

"Today's deal secures this vital military base for the future ," said British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

The Chagos Archipelago consists of approximately 58 small, flat islands located in the central Indian Ocean. India had earlier reaffirmed support to Mauritius over on the issue of the Chagos Archipelago, which was widely appreciated by the island nation.

The British government agreed Thursday 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 that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base there.

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.K.-U.S. military base at...