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Jose Garcia

(3,048 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:20 PM Jan 15

UK's Chagos deal on hold to allow Trump review

Source: BBC News

US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands, where there is a joint US-UK military base, to Mauritius.

The UK announced in October it would cede sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but maintain control of the base on the largest island Diego Garcia under a 99-year lease.

Efforts to get the treaty signed before Trump's inauguration on Monday had been made, the BBC understands, and it had been expected the Mauritian cabinet would approve the deal on Wednesday.

The deal had already been greenlit by the Biden administration but the UK prime minister's office on Wednesday said the incoming Trump government would now "consider" the deal.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp3750y3po.amp

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UK's Chagos deal on hold to allow Trump review (Original Post) Jose Garcia Jan 15 OP
Sigh lonely bird Jan 15 #1
That greedy fuck wouldn't give anything away "for free" JoseBalow Jan 15 #2

JoseBalow

(6,441 posts)
2. That greedy fuck wouldn't give anything away "for free"
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jan 15

Guaranteed his first thought would be "what's in it for me?"

I bet he's the world's worst tipper, stiffing servers whenever he can.

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