United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 52840
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
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16 May 2025
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2 June 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK-Mauritius Treaty on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands will be signed before the House rises for summer recess.
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16 May 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK-Mauritius Treaty on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands will be signed before the House rises for summer recess.
Source: Commons
2 June 2025
Answer
The Treaty was signed on 22 May and secures the long-term operation of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. A copy of the Treaty was deposited in the House and can be found at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukmauritius...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-16/52840
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1803671
- uk · wq-1803671 · source updated 2 June 2025