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US Considers Purchasing Chagos Islands from Mauritius to Maintain Regional Security Platform
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The White House is evaluating several proposals to purchase the Chagos Islands from Mauritius to secure direct control over the Diego Garcia military base. These plans aim to bypass the United Kingdom to ensure the long-term stability and operation of this critical strategic asset in the Indian Ocean.
Diego Garcia's strategic location in the Indian Ocean makes it a vital and indispensable military installation of significant importance to the national security of the United States.
President Trump has been consistent in his position that the United Kingdom should not give away the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes our joint US-UK military facility on the Diego Garcia atoll.
Maintaining long-term operational control and security of Diego Garcia is the entire basis for the UK-Mauritius agreement, an agreement borne out of the real long-term risks to the base of which both the UK and US are very well aware.
Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US, which has protected our shared security for nearly 60 years.
The government inherited a situation where UK control over the military base on Diego Garcia was under threat and action was required to protect UK national interests and to prevent our adversaries from getting a foothold in a location of such strategic importance.
