Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Commons · Question 85115 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her (a) Indian and (b) Chinese counterparts on comments by the representatives of Mauritius on the lease of land in the Chagos Archipe
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 3 Nov 2025
The treaty contains robust provisions to protect the base, including a 24 nautical mile buffer zone around Diego Garcia and a ban on foreign security forces anywhere in the archipelago. Any suggestions that Mauritius has been negotiating a lease on Peros ...