EXC: FCDO Chagos Mission Made No Progress Despite Costing Tens of Thousands of Pounds
The Foreign Office's recent mission to Mauritius aimed at reviving negotiations over the Chagos Islands has made no progress. The process is currently at a standstill, with the U.S. government opposing any changes. The situation has led to political fallout in Mauritius, including the resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister.
- ▪The Foreign Office mission to Mauritius cost British taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds.
- ▪Negotiations remain in a total stalemate, with the White House firmly opposed to any deal.
- ▪The Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius has resigned due to frustrations over the stalled talks.
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Last month Guido related how yet another Foreign Office mission to Mauritius – seeking to revive the dead Starmer giveaway – was forced on the British taxpayer. Officials lived it up in sunny Port Louis, lovely work if you can get it… Now exactly four weeks on from the beginning of those in-person negotiations Guido is told by well-placed sources that the process remains in a “total stalemate” – and crucially, the White House remains resolute in its opposition. The Mauritius government is furious that the deal was frustrated, the Deputy Prime Minister since resigned, and the bilateral dialogue has become nothing more than a “talking shop”… With the Diego Garcia Bill left out of the King’s Speech there is no prospect of a concerted effort to revive the deal in this session, as it stands.
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