Question follow-through · 35006
British Indian Ocean Territory: Maldives
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the dispute between the Republic of the Maldives’s Economic Exclusion Zone and the British Indian Ocean Territory’s (a) Fisheries Conservat
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the dispute between the Republic of the Maldives’s Economic Exclusion Zone and the British Indian Ocean Territory’s (a) Fisheries Conservat
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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13 Mar 2025
Answer published
As we outlined in our joint statement of 3 October 2024, following two years of negotiation with the intention of resolving all outstanding issues between the UK and Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago, the UK and Mauritius reached political agree...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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