The British Prime Minister signed an agreement on the Cagosic Islands, which guarantees a strategic base for Diego Garcia for 99 years.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement to move control and handing over sovereignty over the Indian Ocean of Mauritius on Thursday. So far, the government has prevented the judgment of the court, which was set aside by the court of higher instance on Thursday. According to AP, Reuters and AFP reports, TASR informs.
The agreement will allow Britain to use the strategically important US-British air base at Atole Diego Garcia for the next 99 years. “The strategic location of the base is of particular importance for Britain, from the deployment of aircraft to combat terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan to the anticipation of threats in the Red Sea and Indopacific,” Starmer said at a press conference. “By concluding the agreement now and under our conditions, we have ensured strong protection that will allow the base to work for the next century,” he added.
Complaint of displaced inhabitants
Starmer was to officially hand over sovereignty over the islands at a ceremony ceremony on Thursday morning. They had to postpone it for a preliminary measure of the court after the complaint of two British citizens born in the Cagosic Islands.
These belong to about 2,000 nigmary inhabitants of the islands, whose Britain displaced in the 1960s for the construction of a military base. The women argued that in the case of the handover of the islands of Mauritius it would be even more difficult for the original residents and their offspring to return to the former homeland. Judge Martin Chamberlain said after the hearing that the previously issued court order should be canceled “and no additional precautionary measure should be issued”.
History of the Cagosic Islands
The Cagosian Islands have so far been part of the British Indian -Czech territory. They are located approximately 500 kilometers south of the Maldives and about 2,000 kilometers northeast of Mauritius. They consist of approximately 60 atolls with a total area of about 60 square kilometers. Despite the strategic location of the islands, Britain decided to hand over their Mauritius last year, from which it separated them in 1965 at the time of the colonial administration.
