Mauritius' new prime minister said he has asked for an independent review of a deal with the United Kingdom over the future of the Chagos Islands. Under the agreement, which has still to be signed, the UK would relinquish sovereignty over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease over Diego Garcia,

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said on Friday he has asked for an independent review of a confidential draft agreement with Britain over the future of the Chagos Islands.

The new Mauritian government has ordered an independent review of the Chagos Islands agreement, The Independent understands, throwing the future of Sir Keir Starmer’s deal into even greater uncertainty. The new administration in Mauritius, which took ...

MAURITIUS’s new Prime Minister has demanded a review of the Chagos Islands deal in a bitter blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Navin Ramgoolam, who swept to power in a landslide election this month, said

Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has initiated an independent review of a draft agreement with Britain concerning the Chagos Islands' future. The agreement, which includes a sovereignty handover to Mauritius and a 99-year lease for a U.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to finalise a long-term lease over the Diego Garcia base on the Indian Ocean islands after a deal to relinquish control was agreed with the previous Mauritian leader last month.

The British government says it is confident its plan to secure the future of a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be ratified after an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the new Mauritian prime minister publicly dismissed the deal.

Mauritius PM Navin Ramgoolam calls for an independent review of a draft agreement with Britain regarding the Chagos Islands. The deal involves Mauritius gaining sovereignty while Britain secures a long-term lease on Diego Garcia.

The new prime minister of Mauritius has said he has reservations about a deal struck by his predecessor with the UK government over the Chagos Islands. Agreed last month, it said the UK would give up sovereignty over the remote but strategically important archipelago - though it would lease Diego Garcia,

Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said on Friday he has asked for an independent review of a confidential draft agreement with Britain over the future of the Chagos Islands. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he was confident that the deal to secure the future of a U.

The Chagos Islands include the Diego Garcia military base used by the US and the UK and has been controlled by the UK for 200 years.