The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands.
Last October, the UK announced it would hand over sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius but would maintain a 99-year lease over the UK-US military airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia.
However, shortly after the deal was struck, Mauritius elected a new prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, who wanted to reopen negotiations. He told his MPs on Tuesday new conditions had been negotiated meaning the UK's lease payments would be linked to inflation and frontloaded. But the UK Foreign Office said the figures being quoted were "inaccurate and misleading"..............
Nalini BurnThe core issue about Chagos from the Brexiteers' stance is that if sovereignty is reliquished, the main security asset in the British armoury as security tool, will be lost.
The issue of sovereignty is relativised as the UN's existence, its bodies as
supra multilateral "federating" body is in question at multi national level.
Watch how shortly IBRD and IMF will be made to be vassals to US interest through Trump's diktat
