Mauritian Prime Minister Rejects Blinken's Call to Sign Deal With UK on Chagos - Reports

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✍️ Mauritius' Prime Minister Ramgoolam rejects the original agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the UK and sends a counter-offer instead.
👉 Mauritius' Prime Minister Ramgoolam rejects the original agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the UK
👉 Ramgoolam sends a counter-offer to London seeking a better deal for Mauritius
👉 The original agreement would have seen the UK hand over sovereignty of the islands, create a new trust fund, and provide financial support to Mauritius
👉 The UK would have retained control of the US-UK base on the Diego Garcia island for an initial period of 99 years

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam to sign the deal with the United Kingdom on the status of the Chagos archipelago, which was agreed by the previous Mauritian government, but he was refused, a news portal reported, citing sources.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241225/mauritian-prime-minister-rejects-blinkens-call-to-sign-deal-with-uk-on-chagos---reports-1121262516.html