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Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was to visit India in 2022. The picture is from that time.
Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has thanked the Indian government and PM Modi after acquiring Chagos Island from Britain. He wrote on social media on Friday that all the fellow countries have supported him in the fight against colonialism.
According to media reports, there was a dispute going on between Britain and Mauritius regarding Chagos Island for almost 50 years. India was trying to reach this agreement between the two for a long time. After the agreement, India has welcomed both the parties.
Britain and Mauritius signed an agreement on Thursday regarding the Chagos Islands, consisting of 60 islands. According to this, 'Chagos Island' will be given to Mauritius.
There is also Diego Garcia Island on the Chagos Islands. America and Britain have established a joint military base here. According to the agreement, the US-UK base will remain here for 99 years.
Mauritius did not get Chagos even after independence Mauritius got independence from Britain in 1968. But, Britain did not give up its claim on Chagos Island. Mauritius claimed that this island belonged to it. In the year 2017, voting took place in the United Nations regarding Chagos Island.
94 countries including India voted in favor of Mauritius and 15 countries voted in favor of Britain. In 2019, the International Court also declared the island a part of Mauritius.
Britain leases Diego Garcia to America, becomes military base Even before the independence of Mauritius, in 1966, America had given Diego Garcia Island to Britain on a 50-year lease. In the year 2016, this lease was extended for another 20 years.
America has maintained an air and naval base in Diego Garcia. For this, America had evicted thousands of people settled here and sent them to Britain and Mauritius.
According to Al Jazeera's report, in 2022, the Lease Truss government had started talks between Mauritius. However, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party had opposed this initiative. Johnson said that after handing over this island to them, China can build a base here.
There was a dispute between Britain and America regarding Diego Garcia In October 2021, about 100 people were fleeing Sri Lanka to Canada, but their boat got stuck in bad weather near Diego Garcia. After this the people of the boat decided to land on Diego Garcia Island. After reaching here, he was caught and arrested by American soldiers.
People who fled from Sri Lanka and reached Diego Garcia Island were caught by the US Army.
After this, BBC reached Diego Garcia and asked for permission to report related to this, but America refused it. A hearing regarding this was going on in the British court, but America had asked to stop it citing security.
