Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 54741

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 7 to 9 of Annex 1 of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/20

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The Treaty ensures that the UK can monitor and notify Mauritius of activities which risk conflict with obligations in Article 3 (2)(b). As the Treaty notes, the UK can provide written reasons as to why this activity may be against treaty obligations, and ...

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