Mauritius, Chagos Islands

Britain could hand Mauritius hundreds of millions to secure Chagos Islands deal
Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal...
Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal may be doomed as Mauritius demands more money
Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the country's Deputy Prime Minister suggested that the UK may need to pay more to lease the territory.
UK considering frontloading payments to Mauritius over Chagos deal
Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ payments
UK rejects report Chagos islands deal with Mauritius could cost $1bn a year
Prime Minister Keir Starmer struck a deal with the then Mauritian government in October that his government said would secure the US-UK base on the island of Diego Garcia for 99 years.
UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius in Chagos Deal
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation.
UK offers to frontload payments in Chagos Islands talks
The UK government has offered to frontload a tranche of payments to Mauritius in order to finalise the draft deal over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, according to people familiar with the talks.
UK offers to FRONTLOAD Mauritius payments to conclude Chagos Islands deal before Trump inauguration
The UK has offered to frontload payments to Mauritius in a bid to finalise the contentious Chagos Islands deal before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Britain is offering to pay several years' worth of the £90million annual lease payments upfront for Diego Garcia,
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Labour 'offering to pay Mauritius nearly £9bn' in Chagos Islands deal
The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which ...
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Why the Chagos Islands are so important in a world of simmering tensions
Diego Garcia is one of more than a dozen strategic outposts deemed vital to global security by contesting alliances. The main ...
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Trump camp full of ‘disquiet’ over Chagos Islands deal, Farage warns
Nigel Farage has claimed there is “very deep disquiet” in Donald Trump’s team about the Chagos Islands deal. The leader ...
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Chagos Archipelago Deal: Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Is Not Required by International Law
The Chagos Archipelago lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean and comprises 58 islands including Diego Garcia, which houses a major joint British and American military base. The Archipelago ...
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New Mauritius government questions the Chagos archipelago agreement, “not enough benefits for our country”
British media is reporting that the Republic of Mauritius has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands ... to Mauritius over the archipelago but maintain a ...
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Keir Starmer could still walk away from the Chagos deal
When Sir Keir Starmer announced in October that he had reached an agreement with Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the ...
Reject £800m Chagos Islands demand from Mauritius, ex-diplomat tells Starmer
A former Foreign Office official has urged Sir Keir Starmer to reject demands from Mauritius for more money in talks over the ...
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8 Most Remote Islands in the World Where Human Touch is Nearly Absent
Discover the most remote islands in the world which serve as reminders of nature's untouched beauty and the enduring allure ...