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Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 25390, tabled on 21 January 2025

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

Answered on

24 January 2025

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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