UK government seeks meeting with Trump team over Chagos Islands agreement
National security adviser will travel to Washington in attempt to persuade US president-elect not to rip up deal
Keir Starmer’s national security adviser is to travel to Washington as the UK government tries to persuade Donald Trump not to rip up the Chagos Islands agreement, the Guardian has learned.
Jonathan Powell, who negotiated the Chagos deal earlier this autumn, is drawing up plans to visit the US capital in the coming days, four government sources said.
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