Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 35006

British Indian Ocean Territory: Maldives

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the dispute between the Republic of the Maldives’s Economic Exclusion Zone and the British Indian Ocean Territory’s (a) Fisheries Conservat

Answer

Stephen Doughty

As we outlined in our joint statement of 3 October 2024, following two years of negotiation with the intention of resolving all outstanding issues between the UK and Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago, the UK and Mauritius reached political agree...

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