Article 73NP5 Trump tells Starmer handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a ‘big mistake’

Trump tells Starmer handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a ‘big mistake’

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Nadeem Badshah
from World news | The Guardian on (#73NP5)

US president had recently said that the plan was the best deal Starmer could make

Donald Trump has urged Keir Starmer not to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, warning he was making a big mistake".

Under the deal agreed last year, Britain would cede control over the British Indian Ocean Territory but lease the largest island, Diego Garcia, for 99 years to continue operating a joint US-UK military base there.

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