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Helen Corbett

Starmer defends Chagos agreement as ‘good deal’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a press conference on migration at 10 Downing Street, London (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister has defended the Chagos Islands agreement as a “good deal” amid reported criticism from the new leader of Mauritius and the incoming Trump administration.

The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government secures the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia and the UK is in talks with the new Mauritian leadership on moving forward with the agreement, he said.

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