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Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 November 2025
Debate
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillContribution
Such is the lure of a vacuum in power politics that even when the treaty has not been ratified and may never be ratified, other states have already started circling. On 30 October, www.shippinggazette.com published an article entitled “India secures defence foothold on Chagos Islands”. It states:
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