Keir Starmer's deal has been slammed (Image: Getty / Policy Exchange)
Keir Starmer’s planned deal to hand the Chagos Island to Mauritius has been blasted as a “travesty” by Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.
It comes as a new report by the Policy Exchange think tank poured cold water on the Government’s claim that a handover of the archipelago is necessary to protect UK-US military satellite communications at the Diego Garcia base.
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The paper is backed by former Tory security minister Tom Tugendhat who warns: “Every single defence of the deal put forward by he British Government- whether strategic or legal has proved to be baseless."
Writing the foreword for the vital new research, Mr Tugendhat added: “It is past time for the Government to come to its senses, to remember its duty to defend the UK’s vital strategic interests, and to walk away from the deal.”
Earlier this month, Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman claimed that the deal with Mauritius is essential in order to continue operating the electromagnetic spectrum used by the US and UK, which enables secure communications in the region.
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He argued: “The electromagnetic spectrum at the Diego Garcia base would not be able to continue to operate without a deal. This system enables secure communications in the region.
“It's something that the UK and the US have currently got unique access to, and it is the case that without legal certainty over the base (it) is something we would lose access to."
However Policy Exchange’s new report reveals that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which supervises global communications tech, has no enforcement mechanism with which to terminate Britain’s satellite operations on he Chagos Islands.
It warns that any attempt by Mauritius to weaponise the ITU against Britain’s operations on the island would be the actions of a hostile state and would entitle Britain and the US to subject countermeasures.
Tom Tugendhat writes: “As Security Minister during the last Government, I was critical of the negotiations with Mauritius and objected to a deal. It was wrong to begin the talks and Lord Cameron was right to stop them.
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“The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which addresses global communications technology by consensus, has absolutely no authority to interfere in – let alone shut down – our satellite facilities on Diego Garcia. Even one of the Government’s own Ministers admitted as much last week, conceding that “the ITU cannot challenge the UK’s use of civilian or military spectrum.
“The main threat to the future of our military base in the Indian Ocean, therefore, is not some unilateral punitive action of an international body. It is simply the Government’s distorted interpretation of the UK’s legal obligations, and its willingness to surrender meekly to a Mauritian shakedown.”
Speaking at Policy Exchange today, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser condemned the deal as a “travesty”.
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Herbert Raymond McMaster, a former general who served in the senior security role from 2017 to 2018, argued: “I remember working with [the UK] on this in 2017/2018 and remember coming to the conclusion that this would be a travesty.
“It would put us at a significant strategic disadvantage, especially at a time when China is trying to gain control of critical terrain and choke points around the world to create new spheres of influence. And to prepare to have their way in the Pacific region.
“It’s just a really bad idea to give up sovereignty to organisations that can be subverted and turned against their purpose.”