New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the UK deal to handover sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, claiming that Britain is planning to hand over the Island of Diego Garcia to Mauritius, the site of a vital US Military Base.

Chagos Islands is an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean.

Last year, the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed an agreement to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands.

According to AP report, UK Cabinet Minister Darren Jones has said that the agreement would "secure that military base for the next 100 years."

Terming the deal to handover 'extremely important land' as an 'act of great stupidity, in a post on Truth Social, Trump noted that it is ...