Mauritius PM Ramgoolam Says Chagos Deal Will Secure the US Military Base | Firstpost Africa | N18G Mauritius’ Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has said that a prospective deal on returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would ensure that the United States maintains its strategic military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago.

Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a local newspaper, a contentious element of negotiations in which the UK plans to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal as US Review Looms The UK government has paused its plans to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The decision comes as the US prepares to review the implications of the deal for its key military base,

Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam criticised the deal and described Britain’s agreement the government before his as a ‘sell out’.