The Prime Minister spoke out
Sir Keir Starmer has justified relinquishing UK control of the Chagos Islands after the move led Argentina to vow it would seek to reclaim "full sovereignty" over the Falkland Islands.
However, critics suggest the move might enable China to establish a military presence in the Indian Ocean, sparking additional concerns about the prospects for other British overseas territories. “We welcome this step in the right direction and the end to outdated practices. Following the path we have already taken, with concrete actions and not empty rhetoric, we will recover full sovereignty over our Malvinas Islands. The Malvinas were, are and will always be Argentine.”
In an interview with Camilla Tominey on GB News, Johnson remarked: "Why are we doing this? Sheer political correctness, desire to look like the good guys, desire to look as though we're unbundling the last relics of our empire. Jonathan Powell has revealed to Times Radio that US officials have been deeply involved in the recent negotiations, stating: "Every single sentence and paragraph has been through an inter-agency process, all of the agencies in Washington. We've secured all of their red lines in that negotiation.
"Mauritius is one of only two countries in Africa that's not a member of China's Belt and Road . So this notion that we've somehow given the Chagos Islands to an ally of China is rubbish, and anyway the negotiations were started by the previous Tory government."
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