Ed Miliband says Falkland Islands ‘non-negotiable’ as Chagos Islands returned

Ed Miliband says Falkland Islands 'non-negotiable' as Chagos Islands returnedLBC

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00:00I take you to the Chagos Islands, I don't mean literally, and the news that Peter Lamb,

00:04one of your colleagues down in Crawley where many Segossians live, has accused David Lammy

00:08of failing to listen to the wishes of the community by ceding control back. Why has

00:13this decision been taken and how do you react to the fact that Argentina's Foreign Minister

00:17Diana Medina is saying it's a step in the right direction regarding the Falklands, Mr Miliband?

00:21Well as for the Falklands, that's completely non-negotiable. Obviously it's completely

00:26non-negotiable. We're certainly not reopening that.

00:31Why the decision regarding the Chagos Islands when it is of such strategic importance?

00:36The Chagos Islands is a particular situation, Nick, where you know that for a long time there's

00:41been a dispute about issues around the Chagos Islands. We have a base, Diego Garcia, that is

00:47incredibly important that we protect. It's right to say, and this is not me blaming the last

00:52government. This is recognised as bipartisan. The negotiations were begun under the last

00:57government in 2022. 11 rounds of those negotiations happened under the last government. The last two

01:04happened under this government. So it was James Cleverley and David Lammy. This is actually

01:10bipartisan. This is a way to safeguard Britain's interests and end a very,

01:15very long-running dispute about the Chagos Islands.