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The US state department has confirmed that it still backs Britain’s deal with Mauritius handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, in return for an agreement allowing the UK and the US to carry on using the Diego Garcia airbase for at least another 99 years. Last month Donald Trump described the deal, which he had previously backed, as “an act of great stupidity”. But yesterday a state department spokesperson said:
The United States supports the decision of the United Kingdom to proceed with its agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos archipelago.
This came in a statement saying the US will be holding talks with Mauritius about the base.
While the Trump administration may support the deal, the Conservative party still doesn’t. In a statement, Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, said:
