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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

President Obasanjo to visit Commonwealth Secretariat

21 January 2004

The new Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria will meet the Secretary-GeneralDon McKinnon at Marlborough House on Friday 23 January. Nigeriaassumed the chair for two years after it hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, in December 2003.

Discussions between President Obasanjo and Mr McKinnon are expected to focus on implementation of the outcomes of CHOGM 2003, embodied in the Meeting's Communiqué and the Aso Rock Declaration.

Later in the day he will meet Commonwealth High Commissioners to exchange views on the Commonwealth's agenda during his term in office.

 

Note to editors

A press conference will be held at MarlboroughHouse on Friday 23 January 2004at 11:30 a.m. following the meeting. For media enquiries please contact Minelle Fernandez, Communications and Public Affairs Division on +44 (0)20 7747 6383.

The Abuja Communiqué and the Aso Rock Declaration can be downloaded from the Commonwealth Secretariat website on www.thecommonwealth.org

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