Maldives asks UK to reopen sovereignty talks over Chagos Islands
A spokesperson of the UK’s Foreign Office was quoted on Tuesday by the Press Association news agency as saying that “the question of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago is a matter for the UK and Mauritius, which is why the previous government launched negotiations with Mauritius on the issue in 2022, rather than with the Maldives”.
However, in his latest letter, Muizzu said he was “deeply disappointed” that the UK did not consult the Maldives when Starmer agreed to cede sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, and urged Burnham to “rectify this oversight by your predecessor”.
It is the largest island in the archipelago, a strategic location in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa, and home to a military base that the UK leases to the US in a 99-year deal.
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