Diego Garcia: Military Bases

(asked on 21st January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the US lease on the Diego Garcia military base expires.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 24th January 2025

There is no lease with respect to Diego Garcia. US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, beginning with a 1966 Exchange of Notes between the US and UK.

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