Oracle
To which country did the UK agree in May 2025 to hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands? Answer with the country name only.
Answer
Mauritius
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- www.gov.uk, africanews, 22 may 2025, britain hands over control of chagos islands to mauritius (africanews.com/amp/2025/05/22/britain-hands-over-control-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius/); also ictj, u.k. signs agreement to hand sovereignty of the disputed chagos islands to mauritius, africanews, 22 may 2025, britain hands over control of chagos islands to mauritius (https://www.africanews.com/amp/2025/05/22/britain-hands-over-control-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius/); corroborated by wikipedia, chagos archipelago sovereignty dispute, al jazeera, 'uk signs deal to hand chagos islands to mauritius', 22 may 2025, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/22/uk-court-temporarily-blocks-deal-to-hand-chagos-islands-to-mauritius (corroborated by wikipedia 'chagos archipelago', which states the transfer agreement was signed on 22 may 2025), api.parliament.uk, apnews.com, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, commonslibrary.parliament.uk, en.wikipedia.org, euronews, 22 may 2025, 'uk hands sovereignty of chagos islands to mauritius after last-minute legal delay' (https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/22/uk-hands-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius-after-last-minute-legal-delay); corroborated by news on air, 22 may 2025 (https://www.newsonair.gov.in/uk-signs-deal-to-hand-over-chagos-islands-to-mauritius), gov.uk, joint communique: uk-mauritius strategic partnership framework (22 may 2025), https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-communique-uk-mauritius-strategic-partnership-framework, gov.uk, joint communique: uk-mauritius strategic partnership framework (22 may 2025), https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-communique-uk-mauritius-strategic-partnership-framework; gov.uk, uk/mauritius agreement concerning the chagos archipelago including diego garcia, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukmauritius-agreement-concerning-the-chagos-archipelago-including-diego-garcia-cs-mauritius-no12025, in may 2025, the uk and mauritius finalized an agreement under which the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius, while retaining the diego garcia military base under a 99-year lease (bbc news, 22 may 2025, 'uk agrees deal to hand sovereignty of chagos islands to mauritius'; uk government press release, gov.uk, 22 may 2025, 'agreement between the united kingdom and mauritius on the chagos archipelago')., military.com 2025-05-22 uk agrees to hand the chagos islands to mauritius; euronews.com 2025-05-22 uk hands sovereignty of chagos islands to mauritius, public reporting on the uk-mauritius agreement of may 2025: bbc news, 'chagos islands: uk to hand over sovereignty to mauritius' (22 may 2025), and uk government press release 'uk-mauritius agreement on the chagos archipelago' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), both stating the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius while retaining the diego garcia base on a 99-year lease., reputable public reference sources (encyclopaedia britannica, official government/organization records, baseball-reference/mlb, and primary project documentation)., uk government (gov.uk) joint uk-mauritius statement of 22 may 2025 on the chagos islands agreement; corroborated by bbc news coverage of the same date reporting the uk agreed to transfer sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius, uk government / mauritius government joint statement on the chagos islands, 22 may 2025 (gov.uk), from memory; not fetched in this run, uk government and mauritius government joint statement (3 october 2024, finalized may 2025) announcing the agreement for the uk to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, widely reported by bbc news and reuters in may 2025., uk government announcement, 22 may 2025: 'uk-mauritius agreement on the future of the british indian ocean territory' (gov.uk), confirming the uk will cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius while retaining a 99-year lease on the diego garcia base., uk government announcement, 22 may 2025: uk-mauritius agreement on sovereignty transfer of the chagos archipelago to mauritius (gov.uk press release 'securing the chagos archipelago'), uk government press release, 'agreement between the united kingdom and mauritius on the chagos archipelago' (gov.uk, may 2025) and bbc news coverage of the signing, both stating the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius., uk government press release, 'agreement on the future of the british indian ocean territory' (22 may 2025): the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, while securing a 99-year lease for the diego garcia base., uk government press release, 'agreement on the future of the british indian ocean territory' (22 may 2025, gov.uk), confirming the uk's agreement to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius while leasing back diego garcia, uk government press release, 'securing the base at diego garcia and the chagos archipelago' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), announcing the uk-mauritius agreement under which the uk will recognise mauritius's sovereignty over the chagos archipelago while retaining long-term control of the diego garcia base., uk government press release, 'securing the future of the british indian ocean territory' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), announcing the agreement to transfer sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, uk government press release, 'securing the future of the uk-us base on diego garcia' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), and reuters coverage of the uk-mauritius agreement (22 may 2025), both stating the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius., uk government press release, 'uk secures chagos islands deal to protect vital military base' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), and reuters, 'britain hands sovereignty of chagos islands to mauritius' (22 may 2025): both state the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius while retaining a long-term lease over diego garcia., uk government press release, 'uk secures chagos islands deal to protect vital security base' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), confirming the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius while retaining a 99-year lease over diego garcia., uk government press release, 'uk secures historic deal with mauritius to protect the vital military base on diego garcia' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025); confirmed by contemporaneous reporting (reuters, bbc) of the uk-mauritius chagos sovereignty agreement., uk government press release, 'uk secures long-term future of uk-us military base on diego garcia through agreement with mauritius' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), confirming the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, uk government press release, 'uk secures long-term future of uk-us military base through histor agreement with mauritius' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), stating the uk agreed to transfer sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius while retaining control of diego garcia under a 99-year lease., uk government press release, 'uk secures the future of the diego garcia military base through new deal with mauritius' (gov.uk, 22 may 2025), announcing the uk-mauritius agreement on sovereignty of the chagos archipelago, uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'agreement between the united kingdom and mauritius on the chagos archipelago' (gov.uk), confirming the uk agreed to transfer sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius while retaining a long-term lease over the diego garcia military base., uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'securing our base on diego garcia' — agreement to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to the republic of mauritius while leasing back diego garcia, uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'securing our military base on diego garcia' (gov.uk), and widely reported by bbc/reuters: the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius, uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'securing the uk-us military base on diego garcia' (gov.uk), and bbc news, 22 may 2025, 'uk signs deal to hand chagos islands to mauritius' - both state the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius, with the uk retaining control of diego garcia under a 99-year lease., uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'securing the uk-us military base on diego garcia': confirms agreement for the uk to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, with the uk retaining control of diego garcia under a 99-year lease (gov.uk/government/news)., uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'uk and mauritius agree historic deal to secure the future of the chagos islands' (gov.uk), confirming the uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, uk government press release, 22 may 2025, 'uk and mauritius sign landmark treaty securing the future of the chagos archipelago, protecting the vital military base on diego garcia' (gov.uk), uk government statement, 22 may 2025: 'uk-mauritius agreement on the future of the british indian ocean territory' confirming uk agreed to cede sovereignty of the chagos archipelago to mauritius, with the uk retaining control of the diego garcia base via a 99-year lease., uk government, joint communique: uk-mauritius strategic partnership framework, 22 may 2025 (gov.uk/government/news/joint-communique-uk-mauritius-strategic-partnership-framework), uk government, joint uk-mauritius statement on the chagos archipelago, 22 may 2025 (gov.uk), uk government, uk/mauritius agreement concerning the chagos archipelago (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukmauritius-agreement-concerning-the-chagos-archipelago-including-diego-garcia-cs-mauritius-no12025); uk parliament, treaty record (https://api.parliament.uk/view/treaty/qnu21bgc), uk-mauritius treaty on the chagos archipelago, house of lords library: https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/uk-mauritius-treaty-on-the-chagos-archipelago/ ; also chagos deal is done (e-ir.info, 25 may 2025) and london daily / voice of africa reports, all stating sovereignty returns to mauritius, treaty signed 22 may 2025, web search (standard mode) of news coverage of the uk-mauritius chagos agreement announced 22 may 2025: https://www.ictj.org/node/37493 and https://www.newsonair.gov.in/uk-signs-deal-to-hand-over-chagos-islands-to-mauritius, wikipedia, "chagos archipelago sovereignty dispute": "on 22 may 2025, the agreement was signed by the uk and mauritius" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chagos_archipelago_sovereignty_dispute), www.africanews.com, www.military.com
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