The Unnoticed Beneficiary of the Mauritius-UK Chagos Island Deal? India.
New Delhi has far more influence on Mauritius than may be noticed in Europe. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, then prime minister of Mauritius, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Apr. 25, 2022.
UK’s £9bn Chagos Islands deal is ‘reparations’, say Mauritian politicians
Senior politicians in Mauritius have described the £9 billion Britain is expected to pay to hand over the Chagos Islands as “reparations” and a “fair” price. In an interview with The Telegraph, Georges Pierre Lesjongard, the leader of the opposition, said the money “forms part of the decolonisation process”.
But some Republicans worry about handover to Mauritius, a close China ally, as archipelago includes US-UK military base Diego ...
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage tried to use the treaty as leverage against Labour. Sean O’Grady explains why it hasn’t yet worked out as they hoped ...
Watch CutTheClutter: Diego Garcia, India-US ties from Cold War to Chagos deal & changing geopolitics
In Episode 1615 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses changing geopolitical dynamics—past, ...
The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using ...
Nigel Farage told the Commons he would rather hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the US, as opposed to “corrupt Mauritius”. The Reform UK leader also listed colonial-guilt as one ...
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