The British government turns out to pay even more than before in Mauricio for the agreement on the Chagos Islands.
In a historical agreement in October 2024, the United Kingdom and Mauricio announced that the United Kingdom would transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a group of around 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauricio and surely a 99 -year -old lease contract For the British-Red Base Army in Diego García, the largest island in the archipelago.
Maurice has now indicated that the British pass had agreed of lots of millions.
In statements to Mauritian parliamentarians on Tuesday, Ramgolam said he had reached a new agreement of the United Kingdom that is most favorable, according to the Daily Telegraph.
“The last package was negotiated very badly. It turns out that someone who didn’t know inflation existed. [The agreement] will have to be resistant to inflation. What’s the point of getting cash and then having some of it at the end?”says Ramgolam.
UK government resources told The Telegraph that the true charge of the deal was unknown, as no one knew how inflation would paint and develop the charge.
There are two other key concessions that Mauritius happens to have received from the UK.
First, Ramgoam told agents that Mauricio would remain in place on the lease extension beyond 99 years, according to The Telegraph.
Previously, it had been reported that the United Kingdom can increase the 40 -year lease contract on its own.
Secondly, Telegraph had pointed out in the past that the United Kingdom can download several years of payment in a section in Mauricio. The initial payment value several years melt the agreement for Mauricio.
The agreement of the Chagos Islands is in Limbo, because the administration of Donald Trump of the United States would oppose him. In addition, the agreement also opposed the United Kingdom. The conservatives nicknamed him a strategic error. The foot in the Chagos Islands and Diego García’s base are essential to determine China’s influence on the Indian Ocean region.
Dama Priti Patel, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, dubbed the deal “epic failure of diplomacy” in her latest criticism.
“It turns out that Keir Starmer has surely learned nothing, and puts his misfortune with left appointment in the history of our country in our national security and our long -standing quotes with our closest ally,” Patel said, according to Telegraph.
Previously, Patel had the agreement “economically. “
Patel said, “At a time when public spending is under serious pressure, they are also signing up to spend billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money leasing back a site that is currently under our sovereignty. And to add insult to injury, they are doing all this in secret, with Labour ministers keep refusing to explain the details to Parliament and the British public. They must urgently come clean on what exactly this surrender is going to cost us.”