UK, Mauritius Agree on Front-Load Pay for Chagos, Week-End Says
Chagos Islands.
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The UK has agreed to the Mauritian request for a front-loading payment of the lease compensation of 90 million pounds ($110 million) per year as a sweetener to the Chagos islands deal, the Week-End newspaper reported on Sunday.
A new joint statement is expected as early as Monday, the Port Louis-based weekly said, without stating where it obtained the information. The two countries held their 13th round of negotiations in London last week, with the Mauritian delegation led by Attorney General Gavin Glover.