The Unnoticed Beneficiary of the Mauritius-UK Chagos Island Deal? India.
New Delhi has far more influence on Mauritius than may be noticed in Europe. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, then prime minister of Mauritius, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Apr. 25, 2022.
UK’s £9bn Chagos Islands deal is ‘reparations’, say Mauritian politicians
Senior politicians in Mauritius have described the £9 billion Britain is expected to pay to hand over the Chagos Islands as “reparations” and a “fair” price. In an interview with The Telegraph, Georges Pierre Lesjongard, the leader of the opposition, said the money “forms part of the decolonisation process”.
Patrick Robinson, who ruled against Britain maintaining control of the islands, says sum is ‘underestimation’ of damage ...
International judge Patrick Robinson ruled against the UK over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands and co-authored a report ...
The Chagos Islands deal will not go ahead without the backing of Donald Trump , Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said.
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage tried to use the treaty as leverage against Labour. Sean O’Grady explains why it hasn’t yet worked out as they hoped ...
Watch CutTheClutter: Diego Garcia, India-US ties from Cold War to Chagos deal & changing geopolitics
In Episode 1615 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses changing geopolitical dynamics—past, ...
But some Republicans worry about handover to Mauritius, a close China ally, as archipelago includes US-UK military base Diego ...
US president Donald Trump says he and Sir Keir Starmer ‘get along famously’ as they start key White House talks ...
A figure for the value of the deal has not been disclosed, but it has been reported at a cost of £90 million per year.
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