Mauritian foreign minister, UK special envoy react to Chagos Islands deal

The British government’s agreement to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius addresses a “historic wrong,” the Mauritian foreign minister said Thursday, referring to the displacement of more than a thousand islanders some 50 years ago.

Speaking on Sky News, Maneesh Gobin praised the deal as historic.

“It augurs well for the two sovereign nations signatory to today’s joint political statement,” he said.

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