Diego Garcia

 Given that Diego Garcia is a tiny, isolated atoll, located almost exactly in the center of the Indian Ocean, it has the potential to be a horn of dilemma for the US Department of Defense, which is in a quandary when it comes to its relationship with the United States of America and its allies. 

    

In 2016, Mauritius assured Britain and the United States that it had no objection to Diego Garcia's continued use as a military base used by the United States in the years before 1973. Under the agreement, Mauritius would insist that Chagos residents wishing to resettle in Chagos be allowed to do so without Diego Garces, and that both Mauritians and Chagos citizens be allowed to seek employment on Diego Garces. Essentially, the indigenous population can return to Chagos, but only in a limited number of jobs. 

    

After all, the BIOT is the only existing territorial jurisdiction of the United States in the Indian Ocean and not part of Mauritius. 

    

Diego Garcia has been the only inhabited island in the country since August 2018, and its population is made up of military personnel and contractors. Due to its status as US territory, it is under the jurisdiction of the US Navy and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and is under the control of the US Navy Special Operations Command (SOF). 

    

Diego Garcia is also under the authority of the Special Operations Command of the US Navy (SOF) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). 

The same is true of the vast Diego Garcia Air Base, located in the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is home to the largest naval base in the world and the second largest military base in South America. 

Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which was established in 1965 from the area that formerly belonged to Mauritius and the Seychelles.  

    

For the United States, Diego Garcia is the only Indian Ocean island not built as a foreign military base. The argument is that six decades ago, the British were forced to surrender them and the other Chagos Islands as the price of independence. If a small group of Chagossians were relocated to the Outer Islands, the US would be satisfied as long as they remained protected from borders. But in the long run, the only option for the United States is to prepare for a permanent military presence on one of the world's remotest and most remote islands. 

    

If Diego Garcia and the other Chagos Islands come under Mauritian control, the cost to the United States will of course be much higher than the cost of a permanent military presence in the Outer Islands. It is expected that the US will soon reach an agreement with Mauritius to maintain its access to DiegoGarcia by accepting Mauritian sovereignty over the entire Chags archipelago. 

    

First, there is the possibility that Mauritius would allow the US to use Diego Garcia as a permanent military base. It is inconceivable that any Indo-Pacific power would be most eager to establish its own permanent military presence in the Outer Islands. Not only would China be most eager to see American troops driven out of Diego Garcia, but India would also oppose a continued US military presence in Chagos if it were not returned to Mauritian sovereignty. 

First, from Mauritian perspective, Diego Garcia is not only an important strategic asset, but also an important strategic resource. If a US base on Diego Garces were the only means by which the Chagos Islands would be used for such purposes, Britain would surrender sovereignty over the archipelago unless the US offered to condone it. I call on the international community to urge the British Government not to renew its military presence in the Outer Isles and to call for the closure of all military bases in Diego Garcia for good. Second, how should the US try to shape Mauritius's future relations with the rest of the world, especially in terms of its foreign policy? 

    

If the United States used Diego Garcia only for military purposes, Washington would have no interest in keeping the outer Chagos Islands under British control. Only Mauritius is in a position to make binding commitments to the US to regulate access to Diego Garces. 

    

Diego Garcia's largest island has been home to the US Navy's 1002 (NSF-1002) naval party for more than a decade. There are no official records of its existence, but there is a photograph of a naval ship, the USS George H.W. Bush (SSN-1011), posted by Diego Garces with the words "Diego Garcia." The NSF - Diego - Garcia provides services to US Navy and allied Navy ships passing through it, as well as a number of other US Navy ships. 

    

Diego Garcia served as a launch pad for U.S. bombers during the 2001 and 2003 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Diego Garcia became the only US Navy base to conduct offensive air operations during Operation Desert Storm, and he remains an important link in US defense structures and will continue to be seen as critical to advancing perceived national interests in the region. Diego - Garcia not only flies bombers over Asia, including the South China Sea, but also serves as an operational base for the US Air Force's F-16 fighter jets. It has supported two invasions of Iraq and has been associated with the US rendition effort in support of US military operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East. 





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