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Maldives funds lobbying effort to disrupt UK's draft Diego Garcia deal

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King Charles III of the United Kingdom with the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzi, at Windsor, on 17 July 2025.
King Charles III of the United Kingdom with the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzi, at Windsor, on 17 July 2025. © Aaron Chown/Pool/Getty Images via AFP

Disclosures show a London lobbying firm is being paid by the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Maldives to increase awareness of the Maldives's claim to the Chagos Archipelago. The territory, holding a UK-US military base, was almost ceded to Mauritius last year before objections by President Donald Trump scuttled the deal.

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