{"id":121847,"date":"2021-05-08T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121847"},"modified":"2021-05-08T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T04:25:54","slug":"covid-19-postpones-commonwealth-heads-of-government-talks-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121847","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 postpones Commonwealth heads of government talks again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AR-210509696.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AR-210509696.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled to take place in the Rwandan capital Kigali in June has once again been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which takes place every two years, was due to be held last year but was rearranged for June 21 this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland announced on Friday that it had once again been postponed, with no date given for the rearranged event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile it is with deep disappointment and regret that we cannot bring Commonwealth leaders together at this time to discuss many of these critical issues, we must be mindful of the huge risks large meetings pose to all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI look forward warmly to a time when we can be reunited with the Commonwealth family, face-to-face, in Rwanda when the conditions allow for us to do so safely and securely,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commonwealth is made up mainly of former British colonies comprising 54 countries and 2.4 billion people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s President Paul Kagame said the decision to postpone the event for a second time \u201chas not been taken lightly\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe health and welfare of all Commonwealth citizens at this critical time must take precedence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to welcoming the Commonwealth family to Kigali for CHOGM at the appropriate time.\u201d &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled to take place in the Rwandan capital Kigali in June has once again been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation said. The event, which takes place every two years, was due to be held last year but was rearranged for June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121847"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}