Sir Keir Starmer on Friday defended his deal handing back control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, insisting it would safeguard the future of a “hugely important” UK-US military base.
UK envoy Jonathan Powell also slammed Conservative critics of the Prime Minister’s deal, saying the US was fully on board, that it was first negotiated by the Tories, and that claims it pushes Mauritius closer to China are “rubbish”.
