In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

"Today's deal secures this vital military base for the future ," said British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of islands off the tip of India, for the future.

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

British foreign secretary says agreement will secure future of base at Diego Garcia, largest in chain of remote islands off tip of India

Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years. The deal includes ensuring the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a strategically key military base, remains under US and UK jurisdiction for the next 99 years.

Agreement secures future of Diego Garcia military base, with U.K. handing sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades a...

The deal will allow people displaced decades ago to make way for an airbase to return home.

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at...

The announcement of surrendering sovereignty is a major breakthrough for Mauritius. The agreement will see the UK transfer control of the islands to Mauritius, as reported by BBC

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.T...

Mauritius, with support from India, was able to secure a historic deal with the UK. Under the deal, US will continue to operate its military base in Diego Garcia in Chagos atoll for 99 years.

Britain today said it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will keep its strategic joint military base with the US in Diego Garcia.

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military…

Under deal US, UK to keep strategic joint military base on Diego Garcia

The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute over the key military base and Britain’s last African colony.

Diego Garcia will remain under U.S.-U.K. jurisdiction for at least 99 years, but forcibly removed Chagossians will be helped to resettle.

Britain said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement," will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military base with the United States.

India has consistently supported Mauritius’ claim for sovereignty over Chagos archipelago. The government welcomes the agreement between UK and Mauritus on the long-standing legal dispute.

LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Oct 3) said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement". The British government has b

the United Kingdom has announced its decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius | OpIndia News

India on Thursday welcomed the agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius on the return of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, emphasising that the...

Chagossians claim they were repeatedly refused the chance to take part in negotiations behind the historic deal.

The United States on Thursday welcomed the "historic agreement" between the United Kingdom and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and securing the...

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of Britain's once-sprawling African empire.

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African…

In a historic move, Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed that a deal had been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades of fraught negotiations

The UK Government said it has reached a political agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands

The handover follows two years of negotiations between the UK and Mauritius and comes in line with international legal rulings supporting Mauritius’s claim to the islands