At the usual post-PNQ press briefing, XLD summed up his issue and was categorical: “This is a military facility that Mauritius is providing to India at Agalega.” He pointed out that the danger will be to have ‘a state within a state‘. He also said that “the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) will no longer have the right to control the installation of computer and surveillance equipment in Agalega and it will not have a say on the equipment that is imported by this embassy“.
The leader of the PTr, Arvind Boolell pointed out that “the Indian press, written and spoken, says that there is a military base in Agalega” specifying that “our territory is not for sale.”
Paul Berenger said that “no one can prevent us from going to the island” to see the work in progress. He also reminded the press that Shakeel Mohamed and Adil Ameer Meeah are the MPs for constituency no. 3, which also includes Agalega.
