UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal as US Review Looms The UK government has paused its plans to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The decision comes as the US prepares to review the implications of the deal for its key military base,

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Mauritius is in “no rush” to secure a Chagos Islands deal with the UK and is still pushing for more money, officials have told The Telegraph.

Describing Britain’s agreement with the former government as a “sell out”, Ramgoolam told the local L’Express newspaper the lease should also be indexed to inflation and take exchange rates into accou

The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation.

The UK and Mauritius said they have made “good progress” in talks to save the Chagos Islands deal. Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is considering frontloading payments to Mauritius to sweeten the deal, which involves giving up sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory and leasing back a strategically important UK-US military base.

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, un

Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam criticised the deal and described Britain’s agreement the government before his as a ‘sell out’.