UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-hands-sovereignty-chagos-islands-mauritius-deal-114457661
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The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-hands-sovereignty-chagos-islands-mauritius-deal-114457661