Britain will host the next Commonwealth summit, in 2018, Downing Street announced Saturday, meaning the current gathering in Malta may not be the last attended in person by Queen Elizabeth II, AFP reports.
The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), staged every two years and bringing together leaders from the 53-country organisation, was due to be held in Vanuatu in 2017. However, the tiny Pacific island nation was battered by Cyclone Pam in March, which badly damaged much of its infrastructure.