Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 41825

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 27 March 2025

Answered: 3 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39405 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, on what date he plans to (a) sign the proposed treaty with Mauritius

Answer

Stephen Doughty

Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos Archipelago which protects the long-term effective operation of the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia.  We continue to engage with Mauritius and are not going to provide a running...

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