Nigel Farage claims there is 'deep disquiet' within Team Trump over UK's 'surrender' of Chagos Islands to Mauritius as ministers grilled over deal
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Nigel Farage today warned Labour ministers there is 'very deep disquiet' among allies of US president-elect Donald Trump over Britain's 'surrender' of the Chagos Islands. The Reform UK leader issued a new demand for the Government to abandon its deal to hand sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.
![[The Reform UK leader, a long-time supporter of Mr Trump, issued a new demand for the Government to abandon its deal to hand sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93235949-14205855-image-m-6_1734531085635.jpg)
He urged ministers to instead hold a referendum among Chagossians about the future of the strategically-important islands. Fresh doubts have been cast over Labour's controversial deal with Mauritius after the African country's new prime minister rejected its terms.
![[As part of the arrangement with Mauritius, the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands - will remain operational for at least 99 years]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/13/93239615-14205855-image-a-11_1734528624733.jpg)
Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected last month, said the draft agreement with Britain 'would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect'. But, speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon, Foreign Office minister Stepghen Doughty insisted the Mauritian PM was still 'willing to conclude this deal with the UK'.
He dismissed 'speculation' about the future of the agreement, which he said would 'protect our national security and our interests'. Labour made the shock announcement in October that it was going to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. Nigel Farage warned Labour ministers there is 'very deep disquiet' among allies of US president-elect Donald Trump over Britain's 'surrender' of the Chagos Islands.
The Reform UK leader, a long-time supporter of Mr Trump, issued a new demand for the Government to abandon its deal to hand sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius. As part of the arrangement with Mauritius, the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands - will remain operational for at least 99 years.
