Keir Starmer defends ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism | LBC analysis
October 5, 2024
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as posted by the channelArgentina has vowed to gain "full sovereignty" of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago in return for securing the future of a strategically important military base.
The country's foreign minister, Diana Mondino, welcomed the step taken by Sir Keir Starmer's Government on Thursday towards ending "outdated practices" after Britain returned the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
She promised "concrete action" to ensure that the Falklands - the British-controlled archipelago that Argentina calls the Malvinas and claims as its own - are handed to Buenos Aires.
In an intervention that will fuel rising Tory criticism of the UK-Mauritius agreement and its perceived implications for other overseas territories, Ms Mondino said: "The long dispute between Britain and Mauritius came to a conclusion today, with Mauritians successfully regaining their territory of Chagos.
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