Question follow-through · 57626
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with his counterpart in the Maldives on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with his counterpart in the Maldives on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The issue of British Indian Ocean Territory sovereignty featured in the Foreign Secretary's meeting with the Maldives Foreign Minister at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting on 25 October 2024 and in the Minister for the Indo-Pacific meeting with...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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