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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(21 January 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the US lease on the Diego Garcia military base expires.

Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)

Answer

There is no lease with respect to Diego Garcia. US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, beginning with a 1966 Exchange of Notes between the US and UK.


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