{"id":4532,"date":"2026-02-09T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/mauritius-welcomes-trump-shift-on-chagos-islands"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:55:55","slug":"mauritius-welcomes-trump-shift-on-chagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/mauritius-welcomes-trump-shift-on-chagos-islands","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius Welcomes Trump Shift on Chagos Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Mauritian authorities welcomed the new stance taken by U.S. President Donald Trump on the Chagos Archipelago, after he had described the sovereignty transfer agreement between London and Port Louis last January as a \u201cmajor mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a message posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, February 5, Trump said he now \u201cunderstands the importance of this agreement for Washington,\u201d stressing the strategic value of Diego Garcia Island, which hosts a U.S. military base.<\/p>\n<p>The Mauritian government quickly welcomed the clarification. Attorney General Gavin Glover said the country was \u201cextremely pleased with this statement from the United States,\u201d adding that Washington had recognized it as \u201cthe best possible agreement for both Mauritians and the British.\u201d He noted that Mauritius is ready to work with London and Washington to ensure the treaty\u2019s success, including the resettlement of Chagossians displaced in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugees Group, also expressed relief, saying: \u201cTruth has prevailed.\u201d He voiced hope that the British Parliament would soon resume discussions on the return of the archipelago, which had been suspended following Trump\u2019s earlier remarks.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Trump referred to \u201cproductive discussions\u201d with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer regarding Diego Garcia, calling the agreement reached by London \u201cthe best possible.\u201d However, he emphasized that he retains the right to strengthen the U.S. military presence on the island if the base faces any threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. Mauritian authorities welcomed the new stance taken by U.S. President Donald Trump on the Chagos Archipelago, after he had described the sovereignty transfer agreement between London and Port Louis last January as a \u201cmajor mistake.\u201d In a message posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, February 5, Trump said he now \u201cunderstands the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mauritius Welcomes Trump Shift on Chagos Islands - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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