UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB1 day ago · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more ...
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · 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-U ...
U.K. to Return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era …
WEB1 day ago · Oct. 3, 2024, 6:54 a.m. ET. Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, ending lengthy, sometimes ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius will be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of 99 ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day ago · The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute. The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll ...
Agreement between the Republic of Mauritius and the United …
WEB1 day ago · Under the terms of the new agreement, the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, site of a joint U.S.-UK military facility. In turn, the UK will exercise the sovereign rights and authorities of Mauritius with respect to Diego Garcia in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · The joint statement issued by the UK and Mauritius on Thursday stated that Mauritius “will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other ...
Mauritius reaches sovereignty deal with Britain over Chagos …
WEB20 hours ago · October 3, 2024 at 11:23 a.m. EDT. LONDON — The British government on Thursday announced it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement that ends decades of ...
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024
WEB1 day ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as ...
UK hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a …
WEB1 day ago · LONDON (AP) — 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. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the ...