India has backed Mauritius over its claim on the disputed Chagos islands, which is home to Diego Garcia — the key military base of the U.K. and the U.S. in the Indian Ocean, saying its decolonisation was incomplete as long as the atolls were under British control. India’s stand was presented before the ICJ here by India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Venu Rajamony.

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