I’m likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands

Trump 'inclined' to back UK's Chagos Islands deal
US President Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The agreement includes a plan to lease back the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia at British taxpayers' expense.
Trump says he is likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-UK military base in the Chagos Islands, in a boost for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Trump set to back Starmer’s Chagos deal
Donald Trump has suggested he will approve Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius in a boost for Downing Street. In a warm meeting between the two leaders in the Oval Office, the US President said leasing the American military base on the islands for 140 years was “powerful” and “doesn’t sound bad”.
Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it - Lammy
The Chagos Islands deal will not go forward without the support of US President Donald Trump, the foreign secretary has said. David Lammy told ITV's Peston programme, the UK had "a shared military and intelligence interest" with the US "and of course they've got to be happy with the deal or there is no deal".
The Unnoticed Beneficiary of the Mauritius-UK Chagos Island Deal? India.
New Delhi has far more influence on Mauritius than may be noticed in Europe. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, then prime minister of Mauritius, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Apr. 25, 2022.
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Trump tells Starmer 'inclined' to back Chagos deal
US President Donald Trump signaled to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday that he is willing to back the British deal to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
UK’s £9bn Chagos Islands deal is ‘reparations’, say Mauritian politicians
Senior politicians in Mauritius have described the £9 billion Britain is expected to pay to hand over the Chagos Islands as “reparations” and a “fair” price. In an interview with The Telegraph, Georges Pierre Lesjongard, the leader of the opposition, said the money “forms part of the decolonisation process”.
Donald Trump indicates he is ready to accept UK proposal for Chagos Islands deal
London has been braced for the Trump administration’s verdict on the proposed agreement, which would involve the UK handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius © CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy Sto
WATCH: Donald Trump says he will 'go along with' Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal
Donald Trump has appeared to back Labour's Chagos Islands giveaway in the Oval Office today.He told reporters the deal will "work out very well", adding: "We'll be inclined to go along with your country.
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Trump signals support for UK plan to give up Chagos Islands despite GOP opposition
President Donald Trump told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Thursday he's inclined to support UK's plan to give up control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded
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Trump: I’m likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands
President Donald Trump of the United States on Thursday said he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius ...