# UK PM wants to ‘recast’ Chagos deal after US resistance

https://mins.news/en/item/131029

- The Guardian, 2026-11-05 16:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/05/andy-burnham-recast-chagos-islands-deal-us-resistance

> Andy Burnham says the UK wants a fresh discussion with Washington about its deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US has opposed the current agreement, which preserves the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia, and suggested it could be reshaped along the lines of the US-Denmark Greenland arrangement.