Emirates and Air Mauritius have renewed a longstanding partnership which includes a reciprocal codesharing agreement on select routes beyond the gateways of each partner airline, as well as cooperation on frequent flyer programmes and cargo handling services.

Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the UK, wondering what it would be like to set foot on the tropical island of Diego Garcia, part of the remote cluster of atolls in the middle of the Indian Ocean called the Chagos Islands.

The Prime Minister was reportedly due to attend a virtual handover ceremony with Mauritian officials on Thursday