President Paul Kagame and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, on Wednesday, September 23, announced the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) had been set for next year in June.
The statement indicates that the new date agreed with member countries will be the week of June 21, 2021.
The meeting was to have been held in Kigali in June 2020 but was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Kagame said: “CHOGM Rwanda 2021 will be an exceptional occasion to deliberate together on the enormous technological, ecological, and economic challenges and opportunities facing the Commonwealth, particularly our young people, and which are all the more pressing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Rwanda looks forward to welcoming all delegates and participants to Kigali next year for a safe and productive meeting.”
CHOGM is customarily held every two years and is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative and policy-making gathering. Commonwealth leaders selected Rwanda as host for their next summit when they met in London in 2018.
The intergovernmental meeting is an opportunity for Heads to address shared challenges and set new priorities. Decisions are reached by consensus with statements reflecting the views of all those present.
