United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 57377
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
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4 June 2025
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10 June 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the United Kingdom's agreement to expeditiously inform Mauritius of any armed attack on a third State directly emanating from the Base on Diego Garcia on UK
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4 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the United Kingdom's agreement to expeditiously inform Mauritius of any armed attack on a third State directly emanating from the Base on Diego Garcia on UK
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10 June 2025
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An agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory is standard practice in basing arrangements. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requirement to notify the UN of military action taken in self-defence. Any notification will ta...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-04/57377
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1809320
- uk · wq-1809320 · source updated 10 June 2025