The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Malta between November 27 and 29, the Commonwealth and the Maltese government jointly announced this afternoon.

It had been previously announced that the meeting would be held in November.

Fifty-three countries will be represented. Meetings will be held in various historic venues, with Fort St Angelo hosting the retreat of heads of governemnt.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the Commonwealth was an institution whose strength was in its diversity and subscription to a common set of values which include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, free trade, global development and world peace.

“It is time to review where we stand on these values as the Commonwealth and tackle the issues which directly affect our people,” he said.

Climate change will take centre stage as the Malta meeting will be held a few weeks before the Paris summit on climate change.

This will be the second CHOGM to be held in Malta. The government has allocated €4.5 million for the event and preparations are well in gear, with meetings being held for a small army of people responsible for the logistics of the event proper and four related international forums.

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