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"The US president earlier this week urged Sir Keir Starmer not to give away Diego Garcia an island on the archipelago which is home to a joint UK-US military base despite Washington signalling its official backing for the deal on Tuesday. The two former UK prime ministers are both said to have raised concerns over the deal with the US president before he launched renewed attacks on the agreement."
"Mr Johnson, who has previously dubbed the agreement a terrible, terrible idea, has raised the Chagos issue with Trump on a number of occasions, one senior Conservative told Politico. Donald Trump's position on the Chagos Islands deal has been volatile (Getty) Meanwhile, another source told the outlet that Ms Truss had also raised the Chagos deal with Mr Trump when she met with him at his Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend."
Boris Johnson and Liz Truss lobbied Donald Trump to oppose the UK's planned transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after Trump cast fresh doubt on the deal. Trump urged Sir Keir Starmer not to give away Diego Garcia, an island on the archipelago that hosts a joint UK–US military base, despite Washington signaling official backing for the agreement. Johnson has repeatedly called the move 'a terrible, terrible idea' and raised the issue with Trump on multiple occasions. Truss also raised the Chagos deal during a Mar-a-Lago meeting. Sources describe briefings and renewed presidential attacks complicating the transfer.
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