The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The final treaty outlining the transfer of the Chagos Islands, where there is a significant US military base, is expected to be announced in the coming months.
Negotiations for this transfer began in 2022 under the UK’s then foreign secretary, James Cleverly, but were paused the following year by his successor, David Cameron.
