Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 35841
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the terms are of the agreement with the US for the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia signed in 2016.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyAs stated in the reply to PQ 25391, the US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, which set out that the whole Territory should be made available for UK and US defence purposes. ...
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