(U.S. Navy via AP, File) FILE - The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept.

The U.K. and Mauritius announced an agreement in October to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a chain of more than 60 islands just south of the equator off the tip of India.

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius ...