Washington DC, Feb. 5 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has held "very productive discussions" with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer regarding the strategically located island of Diego Garcia, which hosts a major UK-US joint military base in the Indian Ocean.

Trump said that, though he understood the British Prime Minister had negotiated "the best he could make" under the circumstances, he would never allow the US presence at the military base to be "undermined" or "threatened".

In a post on Truth Social, Trump described Diego Garcia as being of "great importance" to US national security due to its central location in the Indian Ocean and its role in supporting American military operations.

"It is the site of a major ...