Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 57377

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Tabled: 4 June 2025

Answered: 10 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Luke Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the United Kingdom's agreement to expeditiously inform Mauritius of any armed attack on a third State directly emanating from the Base on Diego Garcia on UK

Answer

Luke Pollard

An agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory is standard practice in basing arrangements. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requirement to notify the UN of military action taken in self-defence. Any notification will ta...

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