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U.S.-U.K. Talks on Chagos Islands Reopen After Trump’s Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n Discussions between the U.K. and the U.S. about the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean have resumed following comments from former President Donald Trump. He criticized a potential agreement that would transfer control of the islands to Mauritius.<\/p>\n British Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed on Wednesday that talks have been renewed after Trump labeled the deal “an act of great stupidity.” Trump expressed concerns on social media, stating that the U.K. plans to hand over Diego Garcia, home to a crucial U.S. military base, to Mauritius without reason, suggesting it shows weakness in the face of international rivals like China and Russia.<\/p>\n Starmer noted that he has talked about the Chagos Islands with Trump multiple times, but he didn’t confirm if the topic came up during their recent phone call. He stated that discussions about the Chagos Islands had occurred with the White House recently.<\/p>\n The Chagos Islands were previously part of Mauritius but were separated during Britain’s decolonization, a move declared unlawful by the International Court of Justice in 2019. The U.K. had agreed to transfer sovereignty but continues to lease Diego Garcia, which is vital for military operations and intelligence.<\/p>\n Starmer affirmed that they aim to clear any worries regarding the deal and maintain strong U.S.-U.K. relations. A spokesperson from Downing Street also echoed this sentiment, promising continued engagement with the U.S. on the matter.<\/p>\n Reform UK leader Nigel Farage praised Trump’s stance, stating, “Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos Islands.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S.-U.K. Talks on Chagos Islands Reopen After Trump’s Remarks Discussions between the U.K. and the U.S. about the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean have resumed following comments from former President Donald Trump. He criticized a potential agreement that would transfer control of the islands to Mauritius. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8253,300,1647,19795,95,20243,2028],"class_list":{"0":"post-24641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-news","8":"tag-defense","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-geopolitics","11":"tag-military","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-uk-politics","14":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}