The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has carried out the following official trips abroad since taking office on November 22, 2005 ( 16th legislative period ).
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The Chancellor's trips abroad serve to deepen relations with the countries visited. Here, issues of social, political and / or economic cooperation are discussed and, if necessary, appropriate contracts are signed. In addition to the official occasions, visits to museums , cultural and sporting events, receiving honors and prizes are another part of the trips abroad.
On most trips abroad, Angela Merkel is accompanied by ministers and business representatives.
Inaugural visit
The diplomatic trips of the heads of government are widely received in the media. Merkel's predecessors in office Gerhard Schröder, Helmut Kohl and Helmut Schmidt were the first to travel to France in 1998, 1982 and 1974, respectively.
1. Term of office
During the coalition of the CDU and the CSU with the SPD in the first cabinet (2005–2009) under the leadership of Angela Merkel, the inaugural visit was to France .
2. Term of office
Angela Merkel's inaugural visit to the Black and Yellow Cabinet took her to the USA . Here she spoke as the second German after Konrad Adenauer before the Congress of the United States .
3. Term of office
After the formation of the second grand coalition and the election of Angela Merkel as Chancellor of the new government on December 17, 2013, the inaugural visit took her to France.
4. Term of office
After Angela Merkel was re- elected and sworn in as Federal Chancellor of the grand coalition on March 14, 2018 , she traveled two days later to see French President Emmanuel Macron .
International organizations
The other visits abroad are official events of the European Union , the G8 countries, the UN and other international organizations. At these meetings, topics that affect the whole world ( crises , wars , upheavals in the financial markets ) are analyzed .
European Council and G8
In terms of foreign policy, 2007 was marked by the presidency of the European Council in the first half of the year. Angela Merkel was chairwoman of the G8 throughout the year, with the political climax of the Heiligendamm summit in June.
List of visits abroad
Map with all the countries visited, as of February 2015 (for more detailed explanations, please click directly on the map.)
As of August 20, 2019, Angela Merkel visited 89 countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, China , Denmark, Ivory Coast, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Canada, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Croatia, Kosovo, Kuwait , Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Austria, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia , Sweden, Switzerland, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Vietnam, Belarus, Zype rn) and the Palestinian Territories.
First term
2005
2006
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January 2nd |
Vienna ( Austria )Austria |
Meeting with Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel
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12-13 January |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President George W. Bush
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January 16 |
Moscow ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin
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January 23 |
Versailles ( France )France |
Meeting with President Jacques Chirac
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January 29th |
Jerusalem ( Israel )Israel |
Meeting with Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
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Ramallah ( Palestine )Palastina autonomous areas |
Meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas
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26th of April |
Tomsk ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin
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4th to 5th April |
New York and Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President George W. Bush , speech to American and German entrepreneurs, speech at the 100th anniversary of the American Jewish Committee
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May 11th |
Bratislava ( Slovakia )Slovakia |
Meeting with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda
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12th of May |
Vienna ( Austria )Austria |
Participation in the Caribbean Summit
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22-23 May |
Beijing and Shanghai ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
Meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao , visiting the installations of the Expo 2010
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15-17 July |
Saint Petersburg ( Russia )Russia |
Participation in the G8 summit
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August 25 |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President Jacques Chirac
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10-11 September |
Helsinki ( Finland )Finland |
Participation in the ASEM summit , bilateral meetings with the Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński , the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun , and the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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September 23rd |
Compiègne ( France )France |
Meeting with President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin
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September 28th |
Castel Gandolfo ( Italy )Italy |
Private audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
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October 6th |
Istanbul ( Turkey )Turkey |
Meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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October 12th |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President Jacques Chirac
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the 20th of October |
Lahti ( Finland )Finland |
Participation in the informal European Council
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October 27 |
The Hague ( Netherlands )Netherlands |
Meeting with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Queen Beatrix
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November 3rd |
London ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair
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15th of November |
Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )Luxembourg |
Received the Vision for Europe award from the Edmond Israel Foundation |
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December 7th |
Milan ( Italy )Italy |
Meeting with Prime Minister Romano Prodi , visit to La Scala in Milan
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15th December |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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19. December |
Helsinki ( Finland )Finland |
Meeting with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
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Copenhagen ( Denmark )Denmark |
Meeting with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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2007
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January 5th |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President George W. Bush
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15. January |
Ljubljana ( Slovenia )Slovenia |
Participation in the anniversary celebration of the euro
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January 17th |
Strasbourg ( France )France |
Speech to the European Parliament
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21th January |
Sochi ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin
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January 24th |
Davos ( Switzerland )Switzerland |
Speech at the World Economic Forum
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3 February |
Cairo ( Egypt )Egypt |
Meeting with President Hosni Mubarak
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February 4th |
Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia )Saudi Arabia |
Meeting with King Abdullah II
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February 5th |
Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates )United Arab Emirates |
Meeting with Emir Chalifa bin Zayid Al Nahyan , President of the UAE
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February 6th |
Dubai ( United Arab Emirates )United Arab Emirates |
Meeting with Emir Muhammad ibn Rashid Al Maktum
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Kuwait ( Kuwait )Kuwait |
Meeting with Prime Minister Nasir al-Muhammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah
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13th February |
Strasbourg ( France )France |
Speech to the European Parliament
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February 15th |
Cannes ( France )France |
Participation in the France-Africa summit |
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6th March |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council to reach agreement on climate protection, participation in the EU social summit
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March 16 |
Warsaw ( Poland )Poland |
Meeting with President Lech Kaczyński , speech at the University of Warsaw
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19th March |
Rome ( Italy )Italy |
Meeting with Prime Minister Romano Prodi
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March 31 |
Amman and Aqaba ( Jordan )Jordan |
Meeting with King Abdullah II
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April 1st |
Jerusalem ( Israel )Israel |
Meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , receiving an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University , visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial |
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Ramallah ( Palestine )Palastina autonomous areas |
Meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas in support of the peace process |
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2nd of April |
Beirut ( Lebanon )Lebanon |
Meeting with Prime Minister Fuad Siniora , visiting the frigate Brandenburg , a flagship of the German naval association , in the UNIFIL mission |
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29-30 April |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Participation in the EU-US summit |
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May 11th |
Zagreb ( Croatia )Croatia |
Participation in the meeting of the countries of the Southeast European Cooperation, bilateral discussion with the Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader
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17.-18. May |
Samara ( Russia )Russia |
Participation in the EU-Russia summit |
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17th of June |
Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )Luxembourg |
Conversation with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
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21-22 June |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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16th of July |
Toulouse ( France )France |
Meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy
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20th of July |
Athens ( Greece )Greece |
Meeting with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
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17.-18. August |
Ilulissat ( Denmark )Denmark |
Meeting with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen , visiting the west Greenland coast in the context of climate change and global warming |
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August 21 |
Budapest ( Hungary )Hungary |
Meeting with Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány , speech in the German-speaking Andrássy University
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August 22nd |
London ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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26.-28. August |
Beijing and Nanjing ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
Meeting with President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao , speech at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, speech at the Nanjing Legal Institute |
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29.-31. August |
Tokyo , Kyoto and Osaka ( Japan )Japan |
Meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe , meeting with Emperor Akihito , speaking to the Inamori Foundation in Kyoto, visiting the World Athletics Championships in Osaka and meeting with German athletes |
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24.-25. September |
New York ( United States )United States |
Participation in the UN climate summit , speech at the General Assembly of the United Nations , acceptance of the World Statesman Award 2007 (Head of Government of the Year) from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
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4th of October |
Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia )Ethiopia |
Meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi , address to the African Union
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5th-6th October |
Johannesburg , Pretoria and Cape Town ( South Africa )South Africa |
Meeting with President Thabo Mbeki , meeting with former President and Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela
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October 7th |
Monrovia ( Liberia )Liberia |
Meeting with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
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October 29th - November 1st |
New Delhi and Mumbai ( India )India |
Meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , visiting the Bank for Rural Development in Mumbai |
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November 3rd |
Kabul ( Afghanistan )Afghanistan |
Meeting with President Hamid Karzai , visit of the German ISAF soldiers
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9-10 November |
Crawford ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President George W. Bush
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6th of December |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy
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December 8th |
Lisbon ( Portugal )Portugal |
Participation in the EU-Africa summit |
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13th December |
Lisbon ( Portugal )Portugal |
Signing of the Lisbon Treaty
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December 14th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Meeting of EU heads of state and government
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2008
2009
Second term
2009
2010
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February 4th |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy , 12th Franco-German Council of Ministers |
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February 11th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the EU special meeting |
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9th March |
Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )Luxembourg |
Meeting with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and Grand Duke Henri
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March 11 |
The Hague ( Netherlands )Netherlands |
Meeting with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
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25./26. March |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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29./30. March |
Istanbul and Ankara ( Turkey )Turkey |
Two-day trip abroad, etc. a. Meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül
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April 1st |
Checkers and London ( UK )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown , receiving the King Charles II Medal from the Royal Society
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12-15 April |
Washington, DC , Los Angeles and San Francisco ( United States )United States |
Four-day trip abroad, etc. a. Participation in the summit on nuclear safety
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April 16 |
Lisbon ( Portugal )Portugal |
Unexpected stopover on the way back to Germany due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland
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17th April |
Rome and Bolzano ( Italy )Italy |
Continuation of the delayed return journey to Germany by plane (to Rome) and vehicles (to Bolzano) due to the volcanic eruption on Iceland |
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April 18 |
Bolzano ( Italy )Italy |
Last stage of the delayed return journey by vehicle to Germany due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland |
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May 7th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the summit of the countries of the euro area
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8/9 May |
Moscow ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev , taking part in the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War |
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17th of May |
Madrid ( Spain )Spain |
Participation in the EU-Latin America summit |
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24.-27. May |
Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates ), Thuwal and Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia ), Doha ( Qatar ) and Manama ( Bahrain )United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain |
Tour of the eco-city of Masdar , tour of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , meeting with the Saudi King Abdullah , meeting with the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
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17th of June |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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25./26. June |
Huntsville ( Canada )Canada |
Participation in the G8 summit
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26./27. June |
Toronto ( Canada )Canada |
Participation in the G20 summit
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3rd of July |
Cape Town ( South Africa )South Africa |
Meeting with President Jacob Zuma , participation in the soccer game Germany against Argentina of the soccer world championship
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15th of July |
Yekaterinburg ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with Dmitri Medvedev , participation in the 12th German-Russian government consultations and the Petersburg Dialogue
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16th of July |
Beijing ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
Meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao
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17th July |
Xi'an ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
Continuation of the previous day's meeting, visiting the Terracotta Army
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July 18th |
Astana ( Kazakhstan )Kazakhstan |
Meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev
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September 6th |
Vilnius ( Lithuania )Lithuania |
Meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė
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7th of September |
Riga ( Latvia )Latvia |
Meeting with President Valdis Zatlers
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16th September |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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20./21. September |
New York ( United States )United States |
Participation in the summit of the United Nations General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals |
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4th of October |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the 8th ASEM summit
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October 11th |
Sofia ( Bulgaria )Bulgaria |
Meeting with President Georgi Parvanow and Prime Minister Boyko Borissow , receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Ruse and the Bulgarian State Order Stara Planina |
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October 12th |
Bucharest ( Romania )Romania |
Meeting with President Traian Băsescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc
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18./19. October |
Deauville ( France )France |
Meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
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28/29 October |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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30./31. October |
Checkers ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron
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November 12th |
Bruges and Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Meeting with King Albert II and Prime Minister Yves Leterme
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11./12. November |
Seoul ( South Korea )Korea South |
Participation in the G20 summit |
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19./20. November |
Lisbon ( Portugal )Portugal |
Participation in the NATO summit |
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December 1 |
Astana ( Kazakhstan )Kazakhstan |
Participation in the OSCE summit
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16./17. December |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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December 18th |
Kunduz and Mazar-e Sharif ( Afghanistan )Afghanistan |
Visit of German troops and meeting with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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2011
2012
2013
Third term
2013
2014
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19th of February |
Paris ( France )France |
Participation in the 16th Franco-German Council of Ministers and meeting with the French President François Hollande , visit to the OECD and meeting with the Secretary General of the OECD, José Ángel Gurría , participation in the European Round Table of Industrialists
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February 24th and 25th |
Jerusalem ( Israel )Israel |
Participation in the fifth German-Israeli government consultations. Meeting with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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27th of February |
London ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Speech in front of both Houses of Parliament , meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron , audience with Elizabeth II.
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6th March |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the EU special summit on the crisis in Ukraine
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7th March |
Dublin ( Ireland )Ireland |
Meeting with Prime Minister Enda Kenny
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March 12th |
Warsaw ( Poland )Poland |
Meeting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk
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March 20th and 21st |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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March 24th and 25th |
The Hague ( Netherlands )Netherlands |
Participation in the summit on nuclear safety
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April 2nd and 3rd |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the 4th EU-Africa Summit |
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11 April |
Athens ( Greece )Greece |
Meeting with Prime Minister Andonis Samaras
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2.May |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President Barack Obama , speech on transatlantic economic issues as well as current questions of bilateral relations and foreign policy before the American Chamber of Commerce
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May 27th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in an informal meeting of EU heads of state and government |
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June 4th and 5th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the G7 summit
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6th of June |
Ouistreham and Ranville ( France )France |
Participation in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Allied troops in Normandy , wreath-laying ceremony at the Ranville military cemetery |
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June 9th and 10th |
Mellösa ( Sweden )Sweden |
Participation in informal talks with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt , the British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Swedish government guest house in Harpsund
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June 15th and 16th |
Brasília and Salvador da Bahia ( Brazil )Brazil |
Meeting with President Dilma Rousseff , visiting the World Cup group game Germany - Portugal |
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June 26th and 27th |
Ypres and Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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July 6-8 |
Chengdu and Beijing ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
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July 13th |
Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )Brazil |
Attending the final of the World Cup between Germany and Argentina |
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15th of July |
Dubrovnik ( Croatia )Croatia |
Participation in the Brdo summit |
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16th of July |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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18th of August |
Riga ( Latvia )Latvia |
Meeting with President Andris Bērziņš and Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma
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August 23 |
Kiev ( Ukraine )Ukraine |
Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
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August 24th and 25th |
Santiago de Compostela ( Spain )Spain |
Meeting with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
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August 30th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Attend an extraordinary meeting of the European Council
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September 4th and 5th |
Newport ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Participation in the NATO summit |
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October 16 and 17 |
Milan ( Italy )Italy |
Participation in the ASEM summit |
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the 20th of October |
Bratislava ( Slovakia )Slovakia |
Meeting with Andrej Kiska and Robert Fico , receiving an honorary doctorate from the Comenius University in Bratislava
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October 23rd and 24th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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28th of October |
Ypres and Nieuwpoort ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the central commemoration of the Kingdom of Belgium on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Yser
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November 13th and 14th |
Auckland and Motutapu Island ( New Zealand )New Zealand |
Meeting with Prime Minister John Key , visiting a project to raise endangered kiwis
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November 15th to 17th |
Brisbane and Sydney ( Australia )Australia |
Participation in the G20 summit, meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott
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20th November |
Krzyżowa ( Poland )Poland |
Participation in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass |
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December 18th and 19th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council |
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2015
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January 7th |
London ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron , visiting the British Museum
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11th January |
Paris ( France )France |
Participation in the solidarity march for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack
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22nd of January |
Davos ( Switzerland )Switzerland |
Participation in the World Economic Forum
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January 22nd and 23rd |
Florence ( Italy )Italy |
Meeting with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi , meeting with representatives of German companies in Italy |
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January 30th |
Strasbourg ( France )France |
Meeting with President François Hollande and the President of the European Parliament , Martin Schulz
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February 2nd |
Budapest ( Hungary )Hungary |
Meeting with President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
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February 5th |
Kiev ( Ukraine )Ukraine |
Meeting with French President François Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
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February 6th |
Moscow ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with French President François Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin
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February 8-10 |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President Barack Obama , meeting with the President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim
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Ottawa ( Canada )Canada |
Meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper
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February 11th to 12th |
Minsk ( Belarus )Belarus |
Summit for a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine : meeting with French President François Hollande , Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko , Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Aljaksandr Lukashenka
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February 12th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the informal meeting of the European Council
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20. February |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with the French President François Hollande
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February 20th and 21st |
Vatican City ( Vatican City ) and Rome ( Italy )Vatican city Italy |
Meeting with high-ranking representatives from church and science, audience with Pope Francis , meeting with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin
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4th of March |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Visit of the European Commission and meeting with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker , meeting with King Philippe at Laken Castle
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March 9th and 10th |
Tokyo and Kawasaki ( Japan )Japan |
Meeting with Emperor Akihito , meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe , visiting a German company |
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March 19th and 20th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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25th March |
Seyne ( France )France |
Visit of the crash site of Germanwings flight 9525 together with the French President François Hollande and the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
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March 30 |
Helsinki ( Finland )Finland |
Meeting with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Alexander Stubb
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April 23 |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the EU special summit on refugee policy
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April 27 |
Warsaw ( Poland )Poland |
Participation in the German-Polish government consultations |
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April 28 |
Copenhagen ( Denmark )Denmark |
Meeting with Queen Margrethe and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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10th of May |
Moscow ( Russia )Russia |
Wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, meeting with President Vladimir Putin
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May 18 |
Geneva ( Switzerland )Switzerland |
Participation in the World Health Assembly of the WHO , meeting with the Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan
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May 21 and 22 |
Riga ( Latvia )Latvia |
Participation in the 4th Eastern Partnership Summit
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June 10th and 11th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the 8th EU-Latin America Summit
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June 22 |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the special summit of the heads of state and government of the euro zone on the Greek debt crisis
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June 25th and 26th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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July 6th |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President François Hollande to assess the situation after the Greek referendum
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7th of July |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the special summit of the heads of state and government of the euro zone on the Greek debt crisis and the Greek referendum
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July 8th and 9th |
Tirana ( Albania )Albania |
Meeting with President Bujar Nishani and Prime Minister Edi Rama
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Belgrade ( Serbia )Serbia |
Meeting with President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić
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Sarajevo ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Meeting with Prime Minister Denis Zvizdić
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July 12 |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the special summit of the heads of state and government of the euro zone on the Greek sovereign debt crisis as well as participation in the extraordinary European Council
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17th August |
Milan ( Italy )Italy |
Visit of the Expo 2015 together with the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
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August 19th and 20th |
Brasília ( Brazil )Brazil |
Participation in the 1st German-Brazilian government consultations and meeting with the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
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August 27 |
Vienna ( Austria )Austria |
Meeting with Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann and Federal President Heinz Fischer , receiving the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria , participation in the celebrations for the 60th birthday of the German Chamber of Commerce in Austria
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September 3 |
Bern ( Switzerland )Switzerland |
Meeting with Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga and receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern
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September 23rd |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in an informal meeting of the European Council on the refugee crisis in Europe
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September 24-27 |
New York City ( United States )United States |
Participation in the United Nations Summit
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October 2nd |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with the French President François Hollande , the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the situation in Ukraine
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October 4th to 6th |
New Delhi and Bangalore ( India )India |
Participation in the German-Indian government consultations and meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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October 7th |
Strasbourg ( France )France |
Meeting with President François Hollande and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz and participation in the plenary session of the European Parliament
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9th October |
Checkers ( United Kingdom )United Kingdom |
Meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron
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October 15th and 16th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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October 18 |
Istanbul ( Turkey )Turkey |
Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
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October 25 |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in a meeting of EU heads of government on the refugee crisis in Europe
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October 27 |
Paris ( France )France |
Participation in the European Round Table
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October 28th to 30th |
Beijing and Hefei ( People's Republic of China )China People's Republic |
Meeting with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang
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November 11th and 12th |
Valletta ( Malta )Malta |
Participation in the 5th EU-Africa Summit and an informal meeting of EU heads of state and government on the refugee crisis in Europe
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November 15th and 16th |
Antalya ( Turkey )Turkey |
Participation in the G20 summit |
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25. November |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with French President François Hollande to discuss how to proceed after the attacks in Paris
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November 29th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the EU-Turkey summit to advise on solutions to the refugee crisis in Europe
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30th of November |
Paris ( France )France |
Participation in the UN climate conference
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December 17th and 18th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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January 12th |
Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )Luxembourg |
Meeting with the Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Grand Duke Henri
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Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Awarded joint honorary doctorates from the University of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven as well as meetings with the Belgian King Philippe and the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel
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31 January |
Stockholm ( Sweden )Sweden |
Meeting with the Swedish royal couple Carl XVI. Gustaf and Silvia as well as the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
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February 2nd |
Ankara ( Turkey )Turkey |
Meeting with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım
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February 2nd and 3rd |
Valletta ( Malta )Malta |
Participation in the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government on the migration issue and the future of the EU after Brexit
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February 7th |
Warsaw ( Poland )Poland |
Meeting with Prime Minister Beata Szydło and President Andrzej Duda ; further meetings with the chairman of the PiS party, Jarosław Kaczyński , the chairman of the Civic Platform , Grzegorz Schetyna and the chairman of the PSL , Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
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2nd March |
Cairo ( Egypt )Egypt |
Meeting with President Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail , also meeting with the Pope and Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria Tawadros II in St. Mark's Cathedral and with the Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb
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3 March |
Tunis ( Tunisia )Tunisia |
Meeting with President Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
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6th March |
Versailles ( France )France |
Meeting with the French President François Hollande , the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
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March 9th and 10th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council and an informal meeting in preparation for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome
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17. March |
Washington, DC ( United States )United States |
Meeting with President Donald Trump
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March 24th and 25th |
Rome ( Italy ) and Vatican CityItaly Vatican city
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Participation in the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties and private audience with Pope Francis
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April 29 |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in a special meeting of the European Council with the remaining 27 EU heads of state and government to determine the guidelines for the Brexit negotiations |
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April, 30th |
Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia )Saudi Arabia |
Meeting with the Saudi King Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz , Crown Prince Mohammed ibn Naif and the Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed ibn Salman
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1st of May |
Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates )United Arab Emirates |
Meeting with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayid Al Nahyan
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2.May |
Sochi ( Russia )Russia |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin
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25. May |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the NATO summit |
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May 26th and 27th |
Taormina ( Italy )Italy |
Participation in the G7 summit
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8th June |
Buenos Aires ( Argentina )Argentina |
Meeting with President Mauricio Macri
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June 9th and 10th |
Mexico City ( Mexico )Mexico |
Meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto
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June 16 and 17 |
Rome ( Italy ) and Vatican CityItaly Vatican city
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Private audience with Pope Francis
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June 22nd and 23rd |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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July 1 |
Strasbourg ( France )France |
Participation in a European funeral ceremony for the late former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl
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July 12 |
Trieste ( Italy )Italy |
Participation in the 4th Conference of the Western Balkans
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July 13th |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and participation in the 19th Franco-German Council of Ministers |
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August 28th |
Paris ( France )France |
Meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron , the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni , the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy , the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy , Federica Mogherini , the Chadian President Idriss Déby , the Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou and the Chairman of the Libyan one Presidential Council Fayiz al-Sarradsch
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September 29th |
Tallinn ( Estonia )Estonia |
Participation in the EU digital summit of the heads of state and government of the EU |
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October 19th and 20th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the European Council
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November 24th |
Brussels ( Belgium )Belgium |
Participation in the 5th Eastern Partnership Summit
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November 29th |
Abidjan ( Ivory Coast )Ivory Coast |
Participation in the summit of the European and African Union
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13th December |
Paris ( France )France |
Participation in the Sahel G5 conference |
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2018
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Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ www.berliner-zeitung.de October 1, 1998: Inaugural visit of the designated Federal Chancellor in France / cooperation is being expanded
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↑ Hans-Peter Schwarz: Helmut Kohl: A political biography , p. 352
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↑ Ursula Welter: France mourns former Chancellor Schmidt , deutschlandfunk.de, November 11, 2015
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↑ zeit.de: A visit to the tidy showcase camp
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↑ planned a few days earlier; postponed due to snow storm ( Merkel's visit to Trump postponed due to bad weather , on www.faz.net, accessed on June 18, 2018)
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↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/gipfeltreffen-kanzlerin-merkel-reist-ende-april-zu-us-praesident-trump/21144230.html