UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the government is reviewing its Chagos Islands deal and has put annual payments of at least £120 million to Mauritius on hold after Donald Trump called the agreement "terrible" during a meeting with Andy Burnham. Streeting said the deal cannot proceed without US support.
BBC News – UK Tories say deal should be fully scrapped after it was criticised by Donald Trump during his meeting with Andy Burnham Chagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, Streeting says The Conservatives have urged Andy Burnham to fully drop the proposed Chagos Islands deal – giving sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in return for guaranteed control for the Diego Garcia military base for at least another 99…
BBC News – UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
Tories say deal should be fully scrapped after it was criticised by Donald Trump during his meeting with Andy Burnham Chagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, Streeting says The Conservatives have urged Andy Burnham to fully drop the proposed Chagos Islands deal – giving sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in return for guaranteed control for the Diego Garcia military base for at least another 99…
Defence secretary places annual payments to Mauritius on hold as UK government reviews deal over Diego Garcia base UK politics live – latest updates Wes Streeting has said annual payments worth at least £120m to Mauritius are on hold as the government reconsiders its deal over the Chagos Islands , after Donald Trump refused to back the agreement. The defence secretary said the payments would not be made “at this sta…
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