For decades, Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Islands, has housed a military base jointly operated by the US and the UK. A recent deal altered that arrangement.

US concerns about the status of its base in the Chagos Archipelago is understandable in a region of huge strategic importance. But solutions are possible that can satisfy all parties.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Britain's plan to cede sovereignty of the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was an "act of total weakness," adding that it was "another in a very long line of national security reasons why Greenland has to