List of foreign trips by Finnish President Sauli Niinistö
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The list of trips abroad by Finnish President Sauli Niinistö contains all official trips abroad published by the Finnish Presidential Office, which the latter has carried out since he took office on March 1, 2012:
First term (2012 to 2018)
2012
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| March 26th and 27th |
Seoul ( South Korea ) |
Participation in the nuclear safety summit |
| April 17th and 18th |
Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
state visit
|
| April 25 |
Tallinn ( Estonia ) |
Official visit
|
| May 20th and 21st |
Chicago ( United States ) |
Participation in the NATO summit |
| May 22 |
Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
Participation in the baptism of Princess Estelle of Sweden |
| June 21 and 22 |
Saint Petersburg ( Russia ) |
Working visit
|
| July 27th to 31st |
London ( United Kingdom ) |
Visit to the Summer Olympics and meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. |
| September 2nd to 4th |
London ( United Kingdom ) |
Visit to the Summer Paralympic Games |
| September 4th and 5th |
Budapest and Siófok ( Hungary ) |
Working visit
|
| September 22-29 |
New York City ( United States ) |
Participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations |
| October 10th to 12th |
Oslo and Tromsø ( Norway ) |
state visit |
| November 7th to 9th |
Berlin and Munich ( Germany ) |
Official visit
|
2013
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| January 23rd to 25th |
Davos ( Switzerland ) |
Participation in the World Economic Forum |
| April 4th and 5th |
Copenhagen ( Denmark ) |
state visit
|
| April 6-10 |
Hainan and Beijing ( People's Republic of China ) |
Official visit
|
| April 16-18 |
Astana ( Kazakhstan ) |
state visit
|
| May 14th and 15th |
Vilnius and Klaipėda ( Lithuania ) |
state visit
|
| May 28th and 29th |
Reykjavík ( Iceland ) |
state visit
|
| July 9-11 |
Paris ( France ) |
Official visit
|
| September 4th |
Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
Meeting with US President Barack Obama |
| September 9-11 |
Riga and Jelgava ( Latvia ) |
state visit
|
| September 23rd to 25th |
Nyagan and Salekhard ( Russia ) |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin |
| October 8-10 |
Krakow ( Poland ) |
Participation in the meeting of European presidents |
| October 15-16 |
Zurich , Lucerne and Bern ( Switzerland ) |
state visit |
2014
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| January 12th and 13th |
Salen ( Sweden ) |
Participation in the Rikskonferensen and meeting with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| January 23rd and 24th |
Davos ( Switzerland ) |
Participation in the World Economic Forum |
| February 6th to 12th |
Sochi ( Russia ) |
Visit to the Winter Olympics |
| March 11-13 |
Beirut ( Lebanon ) |
Meeting with President Michel Sulaiman and visiting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| March 23rd to 25th |
The Hague ( Netherlands ) |
Participation in the nuclear safety summit |
| June 3rd and 4th |
Warsaw ( Poland ) |
Participation in the celebrations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the first semi-free elections in Poland |
| August 15th and 16th |
Sochi ( Russia ) |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin |
Kiev ( Ukraine ) |
Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko | |
| September 4th and 5th |
Newport ( Wales ) |
Participation in the NATO summit |
| September 20th to 25th |
New York City ( United States ) |
Participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations |
| September 29th and 30th |
Braga ( Portugal ) |
Participation in the meeting of European presidents |
| October 6th to 8th |
Frankfurt am Main ( Germany ) |
Visit of the Frankfurt Book Fair and meeting with Federal President Joachim Gauck and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| October 8-11 |
Ottawa and Toronto ( Canada ) |
state visit |
| October 30th to November 1st |
Reykjavík ( Iceland ) |
Working visit
|
| 4th and 5th November |
Rome ( Italy ) |
Meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano |
2015
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| January 21st and 22nd |
Brussels ( Belgium ) |
Meeting with Donald Tusk , Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin Schulz |
| February 6th to 8th |
Munich ( Germany ) |
Participation in the Munich Security Conference |
| March 30th to April 1st |
Warsaw and Gdansk ( Poland ) |
state visit
|
| April 11-13 |
Dubai and Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates ) |
Working visit
|
| May 14th |
Aachen ( Germany ) |
Participation in the award of the Charlemagne Prize |
| May 23-27 |
Mexico City ( Mexico ) |
State visit and meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto |
| June 9th and 10th |
Astana ( Kazakhstan ) |
Meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| June 16 |
Moscow ( Russia ) |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin |
| October 12th and 15th |
Ankara and Istanbul ( Turkey ) |
Official visit and meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| November 2nd to 4th |
Jakarta ( Indonesia ) |
state visit
|
| 30th of November |
Paris ( France ) |
Participation in the UN climate conference |
2016
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| January 21st and 22nd |
Davos ( Switzerland ) |
Participation in the World Economic Forum |
| February 4th and 5th |
Vienna ( Austria ) |
Meeting with Federal President Heinz Fischer and participation in the Vienna Opera Ball |
| February 12th and 14th |
Munich ( Germany ) |
Participation in the Munich Security Conference |
| March 7th and 11th |
Kyoto and Tokyo ( Japan ) |
Official visit and meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe |
| March 22 |
Moscow ( Russia ) |
Meeting with President Vladimir Putin |
| March 31st and April 1st |
Washington, DC ( United States ) |
Participation in the nuclear safety summit |
| April, 30th |
Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
Meeting with King Carl XVI. Gustaf and Queen Silvia and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven |
| May 12th to 15th |
Washington, DC ( United States ) |
Official visit
|
| May 17th and 18th |
Tallinn and Viljandi ( Estonia ) |
state visit
|
| July 8th and 9th |
Warsaw ( Poland ) |
Participation in the NATO summit |
| August 16-18 |
Montevideo ( Uruguay ) |
Meeting with President Tabaré Vázquez |
| August 18-21 |
Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) |
Visiting the Summer Olympics |
| September 13th and 14th |
Plovdiv and Sofia ( Bulgaria ) |
Participation in the meeting of the Arraiolos group |
| September 18-21 |
New York City ( United States ) |
Participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations |
| October 25th and 26th |
Tehran ( Iran ) |
Official visit
|
2017
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| February 16-19 |
Munich ( Germany ) |
Participation in the Munich Security Conference |
| March 13th |
Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
Memorial event for the winter war and meeting with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Foreign Minister Margot Wallström |
| March 30 |
Arkhangelsk ( Russia ) |
Participation in the International Arctic Forum |
| May 11th |
Berlin ( Germany ) |
Meeting with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier , Bundestag President Norbert Lammert and Federal President a. D. Joachim Gauck |
| June 10th |
Tallinn ( Estonia ) |
Participation in the celebrations of Finland's centenary independence |
| June 19th |
Astana ( Kazakhstan ) |
Visiting Expo 2017 and meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| 29th August |
Washington, DC ( United States ) |
Working visit and meeting with President Donald Trump |
| September 20-23 |
New York City and Minneapolis ( United States ) |
Participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations and in the celebrations of Finland's centenary |
Second term (since 2018)
2018
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| February 16 |
Vilnius ( Lithuania ) |
Participation in the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state |
| February 16-18 |
Munich ( Germany ) |
Participation in the Munich Security Conference
|
| April 10-12 |
Zagreb and Split ( Croatia ) |
state visit
|
| May 26 |
Tbilisi ( Georgia ) |
100th anniversary of the founding of the state of Georgia |
| June 22 |
Tartu ( Estonia ) |
Celebrations for Estonia's 100th Independence Day |
| July 11th and 12th |
Brussels ( Belgium ) |
Participation in the NATO summit |
| August 22nd |
Sochi ( Russia ) |
Working visit
|
| September 13th and 14th |
Riga and Rundāle ( Latvia ) |
Participation in the meeting of the Arraiolos group of non-executive heads of state of the European Union |
| September 23-28 |
New York City ( United States ) |
Participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations |
| November 10th and 11th |
Paris ( France ) |
Participation in the Paris Peace Forum |
| November 18 |
Riga ( Latvia ) |
Celebrations for the 100th Independence Day of Latvia |
| 3rd of December |
Katowice ( Poland ) |
Participation in the UN climate conference |
2019
| date | place | Main reason |
|---|---|---|
| January 1st |
Vienna ( Austria ) |
Participation in the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic |
| January 14th and 15th |
Beijing ( People's Republic of China ) |
state visit
|
| January 23 |
Strasbourg ( France ) |
Participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| February 15th to 17th |
Munich ( Germany ) |
Participation in the Munich Security Conference |
| 9th April |
St. Petersburg ( Russia ) |
Participation in the Arctic Forum |
| May 23 and 24 |
Kranj , Ljubljana and Planica ( Slovenia ) |
Official visit |
| July 14th |
Paris ( France ) |
Participation in the celebrations for the French National Day |
| October 2nd |
Washington, DC ( United States ) |
Meeting with President Donald Trump |
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://presidentti.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=371877&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://presidentti.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=371877&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://presidentti.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=373074&nodeid=44809&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://www.president.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=376522&nodeid=44808&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://presidentti.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=373074&nodeid=44809&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://www.president.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=376716&nodeid=44808&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://www.president.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=377502&nodeid=44808&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://www.president.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=378424&nodeid=44808&culture=en-US
- ↑ http://www.president.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=378428&nodeid=44808&culture=en-US
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/paris-peace-forum/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/latvian-centennial-celebration/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/united-nations-climate-change-conference/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/20664/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/state-visit-to-china/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/20960/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/munich-security-conference-5/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/21700/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/22477/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/visit-to-the-french-national-day-celebrations/
- ↑ https://www.presidentti.fi/en/calendar/official-working-visit-to-washington-dc/