Under the deal, the British government will keep Diego Garcia for an initial 99-year period and will pay Mauritius rent. The cost of the rent has not been disclosed.
Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as separately provide other support, for the benefit of Chagossians.