Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 21590

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 6 December 2024 to Question 16721 and of 9 December 2024 to Question 16720 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, for what reason he was u

Answer

Stephen Doughty

Discussions between the UK and Mauritius on the future exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory remain ongoing. It is not appropriate to provide a running commentary on engagement between UK and Mauritian officials. As set out in th...

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