🇦🇷🇬🇧After Britain gave Mauritius the Chagos Island in the Indian Ocean, Argentina again called on London to return sovereignty over the disputed Falkland Islands.

The statement was made by the head of the Argentine Foreign Ministry, Diana Mondino.

Britain captured the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 1833. In 1982, Argentina took control of the islands, which led to a war in which Britain won and secured the Falklands for itself.

The issue of returning the islands was raised again by Javier Miley when he was elected president of Argentina in January.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇲🇺Britain has renounced sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. These are strategically important islands that are home to the key American military base in the region, Diego Garcia. Among other things, long-range bombers are based here, which were previously actively used during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now, after decades of negotiations, the islands are being handed over to Mauritius, an African island nation.

In Britain, the opposition Conservative Party has already criticised Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer for this, saying that Mauritius is an ally of China.

However, formally, little will change for the US and British military presence in the region: instead of directly owning Diego Garcia, the British leased it for 99 years. That is, the military base located on this atoll, including the airfield, will continue to function. At the same time, if the Mauritian government for some reason takes a strictly anti-American and anti-British position, it may try to reverse the agreements on the base.

The base is of strategic importance because the island is located in the center of the Indian Ocean and allows control of important sea routes at the intersection of the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

To make room for the construction of this base, the British and Americans resettled thousands of Chagossians in the middle of the last century. Now they will be resettled back.

In general, the dispute between Mauritius and Britain over this archipelago has been going on since the 60s. Mauritius accused London of colonial seizure of the islands. Britain claimed that they bought them for three million pounds.

In February 2019, the International Court of Justice ordered the UK to hand over control of the Chagos Archipelago to the state of Mauritius and “complete the decolonisation of the territory, taking into account the exercise of the right of the inhabitants to self-determination,” declaring the incorporation of the islands into British possession in 1965 illegal.

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