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<p>The Arbitral Tribunal agreed with us that it had no jurisdiction to consider sovereignty,
and found that there was no improper motive in the creation of the Marine Protected
Area (MPA) around the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). In respect of the Tribunal's
findings about the process of establishing the MPA, it noted that it is now open to
the UK and Mauritius to enter into negotiations to take account of Mauritian interests
in the marine environment of the Territory.</p><p>The Government wishes to implement
the award in the spirit of greatest possible cooperation, and has written to the Mauritian
government several times since the award, making a proposal to hold consultations
about the protection of the marine environment as early as July.</p>
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