President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled out of Nigeria, to Malta for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

The meeting of 53 countries, will begin on Friday, and the Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, is expected to formally declare the summit open.

The Commonwealth summit ends on Sunday, after which President Buhari will leave Malta for Paris where he will present Nigeria’s statement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

See below, photos of President Buhari’s departure:

Kolapo Olapoju