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UIN 35914
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
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5 March 2025
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department resumed negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
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5 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department resumed negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
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26 March 2025
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Negotiations were started by the previous Conservative Government. This Government inherited a situation where the effective operation of the military base remained under threat and that is why negotiations resumed. The deal is rooted in a rational and ha...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-05/35914
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1781647
- uk · wq-1781647 · source updated 26 March 2025