UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This is such a fucking scam, Jesus Christ. No wonder my immediate response to this news was “That was a lot sooner than I expected!” — no, it’s still gonna be a long time yet before the Brits and Seps will actually concede their rule of Diego Garcia in any meaningful way. This agreement is as good as toilet paper.

    I wonder when Lalit is gonna make a statement about this agreement.