Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 33649
Diego Garcia: Security
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what security measures his Department has put in place to prevent incursions by hostile states into the proposed buffer zone around Diego Garcia.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThere will be robust security provisions to protect the base, including full UK control over Diego Garcia, control over the electromagnetic spectrum and unrestricted access to and use of the base by the UK and US; a buffer zone around Diego Garcia in whic...
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