The agreement that was reached in October – which had been green -lined by the Biden administration – includes the UK’s paying rental payments to Mauritius for the UK -USA’s military air base.

But shortly after the deal had met, Mauritius chose a new prime minister, Navin Ramgolam, who wanted to open negotiations again.

In a statement on Instagram on ThursdayThe externalPrime Minister Ramgoool’s office said he had accepted “the presence of a representative from the new administration in the United States in the negotiations to further strengthen the process”.

Ramgoolam also said that this showed that he was open and willing “to find common ground” and added that he was sure there would be a “positive resolution”.

He was quoted in Britain’s Telegraph magazine to say that the White House had requested that it had someone at the conversations.

Earlier this month, RamgoOLAM told Mauritian MPs that the previous agreement had been poorly negotiated by the man he replaced and described it as a “sale”.

He said that the payments that Britain had agreed to Mauritius were not inflation certificates and should mean a larger amount in advance.

He also objected a clause where Britain could unilaterally extend the lease at Diego Garcia for another 40 years.

It is unclear what the US attitude is exactly, but last year, before he was in service, State Secretary Marco Rubio said that it constituted a “serious threat”, claiming that it gives the islands to a country in line with China. Mauritius has a trade agreement with China.

Britain took control of the Chagos Islands, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and continued to reject his population of more than 1,000 people to make room for Diego Garcia base.

Mauritius, who won independence from the UK in 1968, has argued that the islands are its own, and the UN Supreme Court has decided in an advisory opinion that the UK’s administration of the territory is “illegal”.

Chagos Islanders – some in Mauritius and Seychelles, but others living in the UK – do not talk to a vote for the fate of their homeland.

Some have criticized the deal and said that they were not consulted in the negotiations.