But the US-UK base will remain on Diego Garcia for the next 99 years with a possibility of extension of the lease-a key factor enabling the deal to go forward at a time of growing geopolitical rivalries in the region between Western countries, India, and China. Ki sovereignty ? - we become a pawn in the play of the big powers.
Now, PJ will be claiming that "A deal on lease and quantum of rental has been agreed "... Our support of the UN Resolution 2832 on the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace "twit" !
Pa blié Tromelin ek Agaléga!
