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SIR Keir Starmer has been dealt a major blow after Mauritius tore up his plan to hand over the Chagos Islands.
Newly elected Mauritian chief Navinchandra Ramgoolam declared the agreement “no longer correct enough” and ordered it assist to the drafting board.
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He told his Parliament the pact “would no longer invent the advantages” his nation deserved and printed he had already relayed the snub to Britain’s National Safety Adviser Jonathan Powell.
The switch piles stress on Sir Keir, who made sealing the deal regarded as one of his first big foreign coverage priorities.
Mr Ramgoolam’s resolution comes after a apt review counseled renegotiating the rushed agreement struck sooner than Mauritius’s election.
Together with to Sir Keir’s woes, Donald Trump is reportedly ready to torpedo the pact over fears it threatens the US air wicked on Diego Garcia.
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The wicked, wanted to American operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, sits on the strategically very crucial atoll within the Indian Ocean.
But there are rising issues that Mauritius, a replace ally of China, can also let Beijing watch on the wicked if it takes sustain a watch on.
Downing Boulevard said their diagram on the deal hasn’t modified, with the PM’s spokesman announcing: “There has obviously been a change of leadership in Mauritius.
“So we’ve been taking part with the unusual administration on the facts of the deal… We’re confident that the agreement is in either facet’ pursuits.”
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