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The Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, chaired today a meeting on the visit to be undertaken by a high-level delegation to the Chagos Archipelago, following the landmark ...
A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...
The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.
It is to be noted here that India has expressed support for the treaty between Mauritius and the United Kingdom that returns control of the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius.
Barrister Hisham Oozeer told the BBC the agreement represents a "win-win" — recognising Mauritius’ sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, while also addressing the ...
The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...
A British court has lifted a block on the U.K. government handing the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A High Court ...
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos ...
Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius, around 2,100 ...
May 22 (UPI) --The British government signed-off Thursday on ceding the Chagos Islands back over to Mauritius after a last-minute court ruling delayed the transfer of international territory.