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22
May
2025

UK and Mauritius sign an agreement on Chagos sovereignty and a Chagossian trust

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📅 22 May 2025 📍 Mauritius, United Kingdom

The United Kingdom and Mauritius signed an agreement providing for Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and continued UK-US operation of the Diego Garcia base under a long-term lease. The agreement includes UK funding for a trust intended to support Chagossians. It addresses a colonial sovereignty dispute, but Chagossian participation, return and community-defined redress remain central questions; a state-to-state agreement cannot be assumed to settle them.

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Chagossian people

UK and Mauritian governments

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Government of the United Kingdom

Government of Mauritius