Mauritius has criticised President Donald Trump for striking Iran from a strategic island it claims to own, Diego Garcia. The Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Chagos Archipelago, led by Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, stated that international lawyers argue that the American and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Islamic regime's retaliatory attacks on third-party nations have no legal basis under international law. The committee also called for an immediate ceasefire and for the finalization of the May 2025 Chagos archipelago treaty, which would transfer sovereignty over the island chain, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius. The move has raised concerns about China's growing infrastructure investments in Mauritius and could jeopardize Western security and the U.S.-U.K.