Indian Ocean, Mauritius and Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia: What 'Historic' UK Deal Means for US's Indian Ocean Base
Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
British Diego Garcia Is A Big Win for Mauritius Raising the China Fear in the Indian Ocean
Critics in Britain fear this would open access to China, but a British-US military base will remain even after Mauritius leadership.
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".
Where are the Chagos Islands, why is Britain giving up sovereignty and what happens to the Diego Garcia military base?
After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean islands. The move has led to criticism from Britain's Conservative opposition and some local Indigenous groups.
Diego Garcia: What is on the secretive UK-US island in the Indian Ocean?
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 bounds to most civilians - the site of a highly secretive UK-US military base shrouded for decades in rumour and mystery.
UK retain Diego Garcia military base, but concede sovereignty over islands
While the UK and US retain a key strategic military base in the Indian Ocean, the two governments remain apprehensive over the security of the island.
India welcomes historic agreement between Mauritius and UK on Diego Garcia
India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically significant UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, a move that finally de-colonised the tiny island nation.
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.
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British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to be handed over to Mauritius
The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean ...
British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos islands)
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising over 1 ...
What’s next for the Falklands and other British overseas territories after Chagos deal?
Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase
By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would cede ...
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Britain to hand contested Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius
LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President ...
UK to give up sovereignty of Chagos Islands in Indian Ocean
A joint US-UK military base will remain on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands, as Mauritius assumes sovereignty over ...