UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".
Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
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