Diego Garcia to Greenland...The unfinished Colonial Overseas annexed lands

 

Diego Garcia to Greenland...The unfinished Colonial Agenda of Overseas annexed lands

When the US president has called Britain’s deal to lease back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an act of “total weakness, it reminds me tricky post 2nd WW Yalta agreement unfinished agenda. 

Still after 80 years, France, UK, Denmark etc have overseas lands and even the current agreement  of UK extended the lease with US of Chagos Islands is a contradiction with UN sovereignty laws. In the last day of British annexation of India British government had canceled a lease with State of J&K of Gilgit Baltistan and handed over at 13th August 1947, after 20 years yet lease time was 50 years.    

Overseas departments and regions of France

British Overseas Territories

Read the CNN article published today

Why does the US have a military base there? Hoping to stave off Soviet military influence in the region, the US and UK built a major base on Diego Garcia in 1971. One of America’s most important – and secretive – overseas assets, Diego Garcia has helped launch two invasions of Iraq, served as a vital landing spot for bombers that fly missions across Asia, and has been linked to US rendition efforts.

The US and UK built a major base on Diego Garcia in 1971, the same year they had allowed creation of the Bangladesh under China Containment Policy.

History of  Mauritius

 Some information is taken from this article

Aarabs came there in the 10th century, its old name was given by Arabs . At that time along the costal line whole area as called Lar lands or Sind and there was Balhars rule who were Kanpata Kings and there Kingship was at costal line from Gwadar till Goa and beyond. They had great relationship with Arabs since ancient times.The island of Mauritius was uninhabited before its first recorded visit by Arab sailors in the end of the 10th century. Its name Dina Arobi(land of Swans)دینۃ عروبی has been associated with Arab sailors who first discovered the island.... than entered protégées in early 16th century...In 1507, Portuguese sailors came to the uninhabited island and established a visiting base. Diogo Fernandes Pereira, a Portuguese navigator, was the first European known to land in Mauritius. He named the island "Ilha do Cisne" ("Island of the Swan"). till end of 16th century Dutch replaced them...In 1598, a Dutch squadron under Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck landed at Grand Port and named the island "Mauritius" after Prince Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Maurits van Nassau) of the Dutch Republic. than came French.....France, which already controlled neighbouring Île Bourbon (now Réunion), took control of Mauritius in 1715 and renamed it Isle de France. French general Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as a naval base and a shipbuilding centre in Maurits...,. Then the Islands were annexed by British colonizers in 1820....In 1965, due to Yalta agreement, they leased the annexed Islands to US and US developed a strategic base there for 99 yeas. The lease will end in 2065 but now Mauritius can cancel it too. But question remains important regarding overseas annexations by various European and other countries and it is raised by Russians too.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also weighed in on the dispute at a press conference on Tuesday, condemning major powers, including the UK, for still holding several territories – including the Chagos Islands – in violation of UN resolutions.