Burnham commits to ratifying Chagos treaty with Mauritius
1 Sep 22 2:29 AM · 2d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 4 comments · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
UK Foreign Secretary Andy Burnham states he will do "everything possible" to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, working together with the USA toward ratification of the treaty.
“everything possible, together with the USA, towards the ratification of the Chagos treaty”
Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham UK Foreign SecretaryMauritius Claimant nationUnited States Strategic stakeholder
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first by The Times, 2d ago · also The Telegraph
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- Burnham will do ‘everything possible’ to hand over Chagos Islands The Telegraph · 2d ago
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Like all of these things it’s much more complicated than it seems but this is pretty much the gist of the timeline and with many of these things they go back to Blair. But for context in 1965 the UK government paid Mauritius £3million for the Chagos archipelago as a precursor to independence. 2000 - the UK High Court ruled that the 1971…
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Can someone ELI5 please? Are we trying (whatever that means) to pay billions to give away territory we legitimately bought? I must be missing something.
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“… everything possible, together with the USA, towards the ratification of the Chagos treaty”, a readout said .” Do you know what a readout is?
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It's a secret military base, you can't think of any possible reason why it could be essential that a deal is done other than corruption?
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