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DPM arrives in Malta for Commonwealth meeting

VALETTA, Malta: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has arrived here this morning to lead the Malaysian delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

He was greeted upon arrival at Malta International Airport at 4.40am Malaysia time by the Malaysian Ambassador to Italy, Datuk Abdul Samad Othman.

Zahid was accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Hamidah Khamis. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and his wife Datin Seri Siti Rubiah Abdul Samad later greeted Zahid at the Excelsior Hotel, here, where the Malaysian delegation is staying.

The-three day CHOGM was opened by head of the Commonwealth who is also the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

Later today, Zahid will join the Commonwealth Heads of Government in a retreat session, which is expected to focus on discussions on issues of climate change, sustainable development goals, countering violent extremism and radicalisation and the issue of migration.

-New Straits Times

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