The British government announced it will hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but will maintain a key US-British military base for 99-years

The United Kingdom will transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The British government announced this decision on October 3, BBC informs. It is noted that the agreement was reached after years of negotiations and involves the historic transfer of the Chagos Islands from the United Kingdom to Mauritius.

UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius