Diego Garcia: Military Bases

(asked on 18th March 2025) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36638 on Mauritius: Trade Agreements, if he will publish the map of the (a) proposed buffer zone and (b) islands (i) in scope and (ii) not in scope of the comprehensive mechanism referenced.


Answered by
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 26th March 2025

The deal is rooted in a rational and resolute determination to protect UK security. Once signed, it will protect the base on Diego Garcia and cement UK and U.S. presence in the Indo-Pacific for generations to come.  Once an agreement is reached and the Treaty is signed, the Treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) process in the usual way.

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