It comes after the new Mauritian prime minister rejected an initial draft deal.

The UK and Mauritius have been holding talks and hope to finalise the deal to hand back the Chagos Islands “as quickly as possible”.

They held a “series of productive, ongoing conversations and exchanges” on finalising the treaty, the countries said in a joint statement on Friday.

It comes after the new Mauritian prime minister rejected the deal earlier this week, which was struck under his predecessor.

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