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ReutersThe government is temporarily forbidden to conclude talks about Chagos islands are made at the last moment of ban by the judge of High Courts.
At 02:25 BST, the city of Justice Guose approved “temporary facilities” to two Hagosian women who brought the case against the side of the office.
From Prime Minister Sir Keir Sarmer is expected to attend a virtual signing ceremony with representatives of the Mauriti Government on Thursday morning.
The agreement would see Chagos Mauritius Islands in the UK, but allowing the UK and us to continue with the military on the Pacific Ocean archipelago for the initial period of 99 years.
The Government in the UK has yet to determine the estimated payments, the British taxpayer would make Mauritius as part of the agreement, but it is expected to indicate billions.
Appropriate to court infant, the government spokesman said, “We do not comment on current legal cases. This contract is the right thing to protect British people and our national security.”
General-lawyer Mauritius Gavin Glover said, “Since the thing should be heard soon today, it would not be appropriate to give any comments.”
The court will hear the case at 10:30 on Thursday.
Legal actions were made by two Hagosin women, Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe.
Earlier this year, their lawyer Michael Polak said, “Attempted government to give homeland Chagosins, because they do not submit formal consultations with hegosian people’s people’s continued horrible treatment in the past.
“They remain people with the nearest island connection, but their needs and desires are ignored.”
In his early morning order, the judge said: “The accused will not take a final or legally binding on the possible transfer of the territory of the British Indian Ocean, also known as the Chagos archipelago, a foreign government or bind to certain such transfer.”
“The accused is to maintain the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom on the British territory of Indian Ocean until further order.”
The command states that the judge approved the ban “after considering the applicant’s request for temporary mitigation given out of court hours” and “after reading the accused’s answers”.
Representatives of the Hagosin community meet with the external office Ministry of Stephen Doughty, for discussions about the sovereignty of the territory.
The meeting was expected to include six representatives from three different Chagosian groups of communities.
“The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss FCD’s Chagosian projects and a new Chagosian Contact Group,” email to representatives earlier this week without giving additional details.
The Chagos archipelago is separated from Mauritius in 1965. year, when Mauritius was still a British colony.
Britain bought the islands for £ 3m, but Mauritius claimed to be illegally forced to give the islands to get independence from Britain.
At the end of the 1960s, Britain called for now to build a military base on Diego Garcia and removed thousands of people from their homes on the island.
Immigration order, issued in 1971. years, prevented the islands return to return.
Sami Chagos Islanders – Some on Mauritius and Seychelles, but others who live in Crawley in Sussex – don’t speak one voice in the fate of your homeland.
Some are determined to return to live on isolated islands, some are more directed to their rights and status in the UK, while others claim that outsiders should not be solved outsiders.
Milena Augustin, member of the Chagosian community in Great Britain, said that he did not sign the contract in his current form, saying that he was felt from negotiations between Great Britain and Mauritius over the island.
“Like Bernadette and Bertrice, my father was born at Diego Garcia. This is my legacy,” she said. “(The court decision for temporary relief) is good. We must have self-determination … We must have our rights.”
EPAIn recent years, the United Kingdom came in growing international pressure to return the islands of Mauritius, and with the Superior Court of the United Nations and the General Assembly with Mauritius over the claims of sovereignty.
At the end of 2022. the previous conservative government began negotiations over the control of the territory, but did not reach an agreement by the time it lost power in General Elections 2024. Years.
After judicial interventions, the Conservative Secretary of the Foreign Secretary pressed: “The service job of Labus’s work is bad for our defenses and security interests, bad for British taxpayers and bad for British Chagosine.”
She said the legal intervention was “humiliation for Keir Sarmer and (foreign Secretary) David Lamm”.
The UK reform was previously critical of agreement. In March, the party leader Nigel Farage said that the United Kingdom would pay the sums of “watering” to the mauritius and suggested that the islands are instead.
