The U.K. has reversed course on its plan to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after facing public backlash and renegotiations.
Santa's electronics call for parental guidelines this Christmas. Get ready for Insider Deals that offer great savings on gift ideas, home essentials and hair care products. The U.K. has reportedly abandoned plans to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands , a chain of more than 60 islands just south of the equator off the tip of India, to Mauritius . The deal, announced in October, would have seen the U.K.-U.S.
naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, remain under U.K. control for at least 99 years. When it made the announcement, Britain’s Labour Party government said it was finalizing details of a treaty with the Mauritian government. Since then, voters in Mauritius have voiced strong opposition to the deal
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