By Muvija M UK court blocks signing of Chagos Islands deal at last minute LONDON -Britain was temporarily blocked from concluding a deal on the Chagos Islands with Mauritius on Thursday after an eleventh-hour injunction by a London High Court judge, postponing an agreement aimed at securing the future of the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air…
A UK high court judge issued an injunction early Thursday morning, temporarily blocking the British government from finalizing a deal with a “foreign government” concerning the Chagos Islands.“The government may take no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the…
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