The United Kingdom gives the sovereignty of the Chaghus Islands to Morrison, but it will rent its military base
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propagandahe UK It has signed an agreement that results MauricioControl of the Shaghous Islands played. Westminster states that the agreement protects the future of an important American and British military base for UK security.
The Shaghus Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, the largest of which is Diego Garcia, which includes a naval and air base used by the United States. Under the agreement, and The United Kingdom will pay 120 million euros Every year to rent the base For at least 99 years.
prime minister , Care StarmerHe announced that the barracks “The basis of our internal security” It is very important to Anti -terrorism fighting And services intelligence. “When we now reach this agreement on our conditions, we guarantee strong protection, even in the face of the malicious effects, which Al Qaeda will be allowed to work well in the next centuryStarmer said in military barracks near London:
Critics argue that Abandoning the islandsThat was British lands for more than 200 yearsIt can lead to the intervention of countries like Russia or China. Opposition leader Kimi Badnosh said: “We should not pay to give British lands to Mauricio.”. The agreement faced the opposition of the old population on the island, which was expelled decades ago to build al -Qaeda.
Starmer and leader Navin Ramgoolam were planned Agreement At a hypothesis on Thursday morning. but Delayed When the judge gave a to caution At the last minute, she asked two Chugusian women, which was later raised. Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe, born in Chagos, have presented the legal resource since then, as they said, they still have More difficult to return home as soon as Mauricio takes over.
The agreement includes a Guardian To help Los Chagosianus Moresio is allowed to organize resettlement on the islands -with the exception of Diego Garcia -but it does not guarantee this. Pompei described him as a “very sad day” and announced: “The rights we ask now, We have fought for 60 years. Mauricio will not give them to us. “
The Shaghus Islands have been under British control since 1814. In 1965, Great Britain separated them from Mauricio, which became independent in 1968. In the 1960s and 1970s, Great Britain expelled about 2000 residents of the island so that the United States could build al -Qaeda Written by Diego Garcia. Al Qaeda supported US military operations From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, and includes the facilities of nuclear submarines and intelligence operations.
Mauricio has long played the British prosecution in the islands. In 2019, and International Court of Justice He said that the Great Britain had illegally separated Shaghus from Mauricio by putting an end to Domino colonial.
Starmer said: “We had to act now because the rule was threatened.”. He added that Mauricio was preparing to take Britain before the courts, and that there were no “successful realistic views” of the United Kingdom.
The Ministry of Defense said this The agreement includes strong protectionOne The exclusion area 39 km around Diego Garcia, the British veto to develop and ban foreign security forces in the islands.
The conversations started in 2022 Under the previous conservative government and continued after the employment won the general elections in July. In October, an agreed draft was agreed upon, but it was delayed due to political changes in Mauricio and the differences about the amount of what the UK will pay.
UK also The United States consulted After changing the government in that country. The Trump administration agreed to the agreement earlier this year. US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the agreement contract Saying that “it guarantees the long, stable and effective operation of Garcia, which was described as” decisive active for regional and global security. “
