Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the original agreement,

Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the country's Deputy Prime Minister suggested that the UK may need to pay more to lease the territory.

Mauritius has been having fresh talks with the UK and has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands. Under the terms of the original agreement, which was announced in October,

Mauritius’s prime minister says he issued ‘counterproposals’ to UK over Chagos Islands deal. A historic deal for the United Kingdom to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into question after the African island country’s new prime minister issued “counterproposals”.

Starmer’s Government had reached a deal with the former leader of Mauritius but the newly elected PM, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, has said he does not accept elements of the agreement

The new government of Mauritius said on Tuesday it wanted to renegotiate a deal with Britain on the future of a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in a setback for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Mauritius's new government is holding up a landmark sovereignty deal with the UK over the Chagos Islands due to financial disagreements. Deputy Prime Minister Paul Bérenger told his constituents on Sunday that negotiations were stalling over monetary terms.