Preparations are well in hand for the hosting of the next Commonwealth summit in Malta in November 2015.
Speaking to Times of Malta on the occasion of Commonwealth Day – marked today – Foreign Minister George Vella said that the fact that Malta had already organised the CHOGM in 2005 served as a good basis for the preparations being made for next year.
The event, which will cost about €7 million, will be held in Malta by chance as it was meant to be held in Mauritius, which, however, backed out in protest over the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, where the last Commonwealth summit was held. Malta stepped in and offered to host the 53 Commonwealth heads of State and of government next year.
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