UK agrees to give Chagos Islands to Mauritius

UK and Mauritius have come to an agreement to handover the sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

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Ameera Osmanagic

2024-10-03 20:37:33

The United Kingdom has agreed to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, located 500 kilometres south of Maldives, over to Mauritius.

The decision was announced today in a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministers of the UK and Mauritius.

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