Tag: Diego Garcia Islands

Monday, June 8th 2026 - 23:01 UTC
Trump interested in buying Chagos Islands with the strategic Diego Garcia air base

The US president Donald Trump is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph reported over the weekend.
Monday, April 13th 2026 - 07:57 UTC
UK shelves Chagos Islands deal following lack of support from Trump

“We have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support” a UK spokesperson said in a statement, as reports said legislation to return the Chagos Islands, (with the strategic US/UK military base Diego Garcia), to Mauritius was due to run out of time in parliament.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 13:10 UTC
Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran strikes, says the US-UK “special relationship” has weakened

Donald Trump criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for refusing to take part in strikes against Iran and said the long-standing US-UK “special relationship” is “not what it was,” in remarks carried by Britain’s The Sun and reported by Reuters.
Thursday, February 26th 2026 - 13:38 UTC
UK government says “no pause” in the Chagos Islands ratification process in Parliament

The UK Parliament is in the process of ratifying to turn control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but there has been some confusion following different government officials statements.
Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:26 UTC
Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump

Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great Stupidity”.
Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 09:16 UTC
Chagos Archipelago, productive discussions between UK and Mauritius

Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago.
Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 07:24 UTC
Ongoing UK/new Mauritius government talks to finalize Chagos archipelago deal

The British Foreign Office has reported that “the Republic of Mauritius and the UK have held a series of productive, ongoing conversations and exchanges on finalizing a historic Treaty on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.
Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:21 UTC
New Mauritius government questions the Chagos archipelago agreement, “not enough benefits for our country”

British media is reporting that the Republic of Mauritius has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country's new PM arguing the original agreement did not benefit his country enough.
Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 20:46 UTC
Falklands and Gibraltar confident in UK's commitment to self determination and peoples wishes

The recent deal between UK and the Republic of Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, and the future of their people, has triggered the aspirations of nationalist groups in Spain and mainly in Argentina, claiming sovereignty over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 23:21 UTC
British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to be handed over to Mauritius

The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Islands to Mauritius after two years of talks to bring to an end a dispute lasting some six decades. As per the new understanding, the UK and the United States get to keep using the military base in Diego García Island, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy explained.