UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius

UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius in Chagos Deal
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation.
Britain could hand Mauritius hundreds of millions to secure Chagos Islands deal
Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal...
UK considering frontloading payments to Mauritius over Chagos deal
Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ payments
Mauritius wants £800 million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations’ for contentious Chagos Islands deal
Mauritius has ‘made a counter proposal’ in the Chagos Islands deal, reportedly demanding £800 million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations from the UK.
UK offers to frontload payments in Chagos Islands talks
The UK government has offered to frontload a tranche of payments to Mauritius in order to finalise the draft deal over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, according to people familiar with the talks.
UK offers to FRONTLOAD Mauritius payments to conclude Chagos Islands deal before Trump inauguration
The UK has offered to frontload payments to Mauritius in a bid to finalise the contentious Chagos Islands deal before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Britain is offering to pay several years' worth of the £90million annual lease payments upfront for Diego Garcia,
Chagos deal: As UK and Mauritius spar over money, Starmer stares at his Rwanda Plan stalemate
As Mauritius has reportedly asked the United Kingdom for more money for the Chagos Islands deal and billions in reparations, ...
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Labour 'offering to pay Mauritius nearly £9bn' in Chagos Islands deal
Labour is offering to pay Mauritius about £90million a year as part of its controversial deal to cede sovereignty of the ...
The Chagos plan is fast turning into Labour’s Rwanda debacle
Failure often occurs little by little, then all of a sudden. This feels increasingly true of the UK’s attempt to cede ...
Former Labour security minister says Keir Starmer must abandon Chagos surrender
Ex First Sea Lord Admiral West has said the giveaway of the key islands is a strategic misstep that will endanger Britain.
Mauritius accused of demanding ‘crazy’ money in diplomatic negotiations with UK over future of Chagos Islands
MAURITIUS has been accused of demanding “crazy” money in diplomatic negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos ...
Mauritius hints Chagos talks stuck over money
Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the ...
Keir Starmer blasted as Mauritius 'demands £800m per year' for Chagos Islands
Conservatives have attacked "costly" plans to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which has reportedly made huge ...
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Ongoing UK/new Mauritius government talks to finalize Chagos archipelago deal
The British Foreign Office has reported that “the Republic of Mauritius and the UK have held ... on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Further on it said “both countries ...
Former Navy chief urges Starmer to abandon ‘irresponsible’ Chagos deal
Admiral Lord West of Spithead says ‘it’s difficult to fathom’ why Labour has decided to cede control of a strategic ...