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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 64210 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the press release by the United Nations Human Rights Office entitled Agreement between Mauriti

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 8 Jul 2025

The negotiations were between the UK and Mauritius with our priority being to secure the full operation of the base on Diego Garcia, and the deal has been welcomed by international organisations including the UN Secretary General, African Union and Common...