Chagos Islands: International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at on 14 May 2019.

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Whatever the outcome of the sovereignty situation, another issue is that the marine preservation zone has made it possible to protect fish stocks for large parts of the eastern coast of Africa. Wherever we end up, we must preserve the marine preservation zone.