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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Ministry of Defence
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