Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 85115

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her (a) Indian and (b) Chinese counterparts on comments by the representatives of Mauritius on the lease of land in the Chagos Archipe

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The treaty contains robust provisions to protect the base, including a 24 nautical mile buffer zone around Diego Garcia and a ban on foreign security forces anywhere in the archipelago. Any suggestions that Mauritius has been negotiating a lease on Peros ...
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