Part of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian ... strategic value to America both for defense and offense. Diego Garcia (Google Maps) The base is a difficult target for foreign attack ...

while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The British government had been working to ...

National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said. The Government plans to cede ...

Sir Keir Starmer said Diego Garcia is ... US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. Ministers believe international legal rulings on the status of the archipelago put the operation of the airbase ...

Under the terms of this treaty the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks ...

The Government plans to cede sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory but pay to lease back the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. Ministers believe international ...

Under the terms of this treaty the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. For an initial period of 99 years, the United Kingdom ...

The Government plans to cede sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory but pay to lease back the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. Ministers believe ...

Britain set up the base on Diego Garcia after gaining control of the Chagos Archipelago in 1965 and then leased the base to the United States. The base's location allows the US to more easily ...