China: Cook Islands
Commons · Question 44421 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 38547 on China: Cook Islands, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that strategic agreement on his neg
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 28 Apr 2025
Under the agreement we will retain full control over Diego Garcia with robust provisions to keep adversaries out. These include unrestricted access to and use of the base for the UK and US; a buffer zone around Diego Garcia; a comprehensive mechanism to e...