Comment on Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is act of 'great stupidity'
stsquad@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoI believe the stated reason was to avoid the possibility of the court ruling against the UK owning the islands leading to the base needing to be shut down. The agreement with Mauritius includes a 99 year lease to secure the base at Diego Garcia.
tetris11@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
ah so base-loss mitigation, thanks