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".
With the handover of the Chagos Islands, the UK cedes part of its colonial past in the Indian Ocean
The Republic of Mauritius had been claiming sovereignty over these islands for over 50 years. The agreement signed by Keir Starmer's government allows the UK to keep the military base it leases to the US army.
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