The UK-Mauritius deal supposedly guarantees US access to Diego Garcia for 99 years. "The island... has an average elevation of four feet above sea level with a maximum elevation of 22 feet." installations.militaryonesource.mil/in-depth-ove...#r4today#bbcaq
While obviously it’s good that the UK have been pressured to hand back jurisdiction to Mauritius, the naval base on Diego Garcia still has a lease for 99 years, and seems like no-one will be allowed to move back there
Farage with ex Russian Ambassador to London, Alexander Yakovenko 🤫 “It’s a deal… I can’t give you the #ChagosIslands#Clacton On Sea when they elect me MP. Pay the funds to my usual account in $’s not Rubles as they’re no use to me❗️
@japantimes: Britain announced Thursday that it would transfer sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in what has been dubbed a "historic" deal — but many Chagossians living in Britain are angry at not being given a say in the islands' fate.
In this case UK isn’t “giving back” the islands to the Chagossians, rather unilaterally transferring them to another third party, Mauritius. Are you hinting Gaby the UK will transfer the Parthenon Marbles to Turkey and disintermediate the Greeks?
@TheEconomist: This week the British government announced a preliminary deal to cede sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius. The deal is good for Mauritius, and soothes a diplomatic irritant for Britain. But it doesn’t much help the Chagossians themselves 👇
Interesting isn't it how it was somehow okay for the islands to be governed from and as part of the Crown Colony of Mauritius but it's not okay for them to be governed from and as part of the Republic of Mauritius?
Now that the UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the sun will finally set on the British Empire for the first time in centuries.