List of foreign trips by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Resumption of German-Russian relations as Federal President. Visit to Vladimir Putin in Moscow in October 2017

The list of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's trips abroad contains all of the official trips abroad published by the Office of the Federal President that it has carried out since taking office on March 19, 2017:

2017

date place Main reason
March 30 Paris ( France )FranceFrance  Meeting with the French President François Hollande
4. April Strasbourg ( France )FranceFrance  Meeting with the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker
April 7th and 8th Athens ( Greece )GreeceGreece  Talks with President Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Tsipras
May 3rd and 4th Rome ( Italy )ItalyItaly  Meeting with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni
May 6th to 9th Jerusalem , Tel Aviv and Herzliya ( Israel ) & Ramallah ( Palestine )IsraelIsrael Palastina autonomous areasPalestine  Meeting with the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as with the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas
May 19th Warsaw ( Poland )PolandPoland  Meeting with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydło
3rd of June Brdo pri Kranju ( Slovenia )SloveniaSlovenia  Participation in the meeting of the heads of state of Southeast Europe ; bilateral meetings with the Slovenian President Borut Pahor , the Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović , the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi
June 15th and 16th Brussels ( Belgium )BelgiumBelgium  Meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg , the President of the European Council Donald Tusk and the Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
July 1 Strasbourg ( France )FranceFrance  Participation in a European funeral ceremony for the late former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
July 11th and 12th Astana ( Kazakhstan )KazakhstanKazakhstan  Meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev and visiting Expo 2017
July 13th Mazar-e Sharif and Kabul ( Afghanistan )AfghanistanAfghanistan  Visit of German troops in Afghanistan as well as meeting with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah
July 14th and 15th Vienna ( Austria )AustriaAustria  Meeting with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen , Federal Chancellor Christian Kern  and the former Federal President Heinz Fischer
August 22nd and 23rd Tallinn ( Estonia )EstoniaEstonia  Meeting with President Kersti Kaljulaid and Prime Minister Jüri Ratas
August 23rd and 24th Riga ( Latvia )LatviaLatvia  Meeting with President Raimonds Vējonis and Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis
August 24th and 25th Vilnius and Rukla ( Lithuania )LithuaniaLithuania  Meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and visit of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence command in Rukla
12th September Prague ( Czech Republic )Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Meeting with President Miloš Zeman
September 14th and 15th Valletta and Siġġiewi ( Malta )MaltaMalta  Participation in the meeting of the Arraiolos group of non-executive heads of state of the European Union
September 27th Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )LuxembourgLuxembourg  Participation in the meeting of German-speaking heads of state
October 8th and 9th Rome ( Italy ) and Vatican CityItalyItaly Vatican cityVatican  Audience with Pope Francis , meeting with State Secretary Pietro Parolin and a visit to the Community of Sant'Egidio
October 25th and 26th Moscow ( Russia )RussiaRussia  Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as well as a visit to the Memorial Human Rights Center
November 2nd and 3rd Singapore ( Singapore )SingaporeSingapore 

state visit

November 3rd to 5th Perth and Sydney ( Australia )AustraliaAustralia 

state visit

November 5th to 7th Wellington and Auckland ( New Zealand )New ZealandNew Zealand 

state visit

November 10th Paris , Soultz-Haut-Rhin and Wattwiller ( France )FranceFrance  Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and visiting the memorial on the Hartmannswillerkopf
November 17th Bratislava and Žilina ( Slovakia )SlovakiaSlovakia  Meeting with President Andrej Kiska , Prime Minister Robert Fico and Parliament President Andrej Danko
November 28th London ( United Kingdom )United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge , tour of Westminster Abbey
December 11th to 13th Accra ( Ghana )GhanaGhana  State visit; Meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo , visiting the University of Ghana
December 13th and 14th Banjul ( Gambia )GambiaGambia  State visit; Meeting with President Adama Barrow

2018

date place Main reason
January 27-29 Amman and al-Azraq ( Jordan )JordanJordan  Meeting with the Jordanian King Abdullah II , visiting a refugee camp in al-Azraq and visiting the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
January 29th to 31st Beirut ( Lebanon )LebanonLebanon  Meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun , Prime Minister Saad Hariri and other Jordanian officials.
February 6th and 7th Tokyo ( Japan )JapanJapan  Meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and Emperor Akihito
February 7-11 Seoul , Pyeongchang  and Gangneung ( South Korea )Korea SouthSouth Korea 
February 16 Vilnius ( Lithuania )LithuaniaLithuania  Participation in the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state
March 1st and 2nd Lisbon and Porto ( Portugal )PortugalPortugal 
March 21-26 Varanasi , New Delhi , Chennai and Mamallapuram ( India )IndiaIndia 

state visit

April 25th and 26th Kehrsatz , Bern , Friborg and Kilchberg ZH ( Switzerland )SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

state visit

May 15th and 16th Amsterdam and Delft ( Netherlands )NetherlandsNetherlands 
May 29th and 30th Kiev and Lviv ( Ukraine )UkraineUkraine 
June 5th and 6th Warsaw ( Poland )PolandPoland 
June 17th to 21st Los Angeles , Stanford and San Francisco ( United States )United StatesUnited States 
June 29th Minsk ( Belarus )BelarusBelarus 

Participation in the opening of the memorial for the victims of the former Maly Trostinez extermination camp and meeting with President Aljaksandr Lukashenka

September 5th and 6th Sils Maria and Riom-Parsonz ( Switzerland )SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

Participation in the meeting of the German-speaking heads of state from Belgium ( King Philippe ), Germany, Liechtenstein ( Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein ), Luxembourg ( Grand Duke Henri ), Austria ( Alexander Van der Bellen ) and Switzerland ( Alain Berset )

September 13th and 14th Riga and Rundāle ( Latvia )LatviaLatvia 

Participation in the meeting of the Arraiolos group of non-executive heads of state of the European Union

September 17th to 19th Helsinki and Oulu ( Finland )FinlandFinland 

state visit

9th October Vienna ( Austria )AustriaAustria 

Conversation with the Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and the Slovak President Andrej Kiska

October 10th to 12th Athens , Chaidari and Kalamata ( Greece )GreeceGreece 

state visit

October 24th and 25th Madrid , Badajoz and Mérida ( Spain )SpainSpain 

Official visit

November 4th Strasbourg ( France )FranceFrance 

Participation in a commemorative concert for the end of the First World War 100 years ago in Strasbourg Cathedral and meeting with President Emmanuel Macron

November 11th London ( United Kingdom )United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

Attended a memorial ceremony marking the end of World War I 100 years ago at the National Monument and a memorial service at Westminster Abbey

November 18-21 Cape Town and Johannesburg ( South Africa )South AfricaSouth Africa 

state visit

November 21 and 22 Gaborone ( Botswana )BotswanaBotswana 

state visit

December 4th to 10th Guangzhou , Zhongshan , Chengdu , Dujiangyan and Beijing ( People's Republic of China )China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

state visit

2019

date place Main reason
January 23 Schaan ( Liechtenstein )LiechtensteinLiechtenstein  Participation in the ceremony " 300 Years of the Principality of Liechtenstein "
January 27th to 30th Addis Ababa and Lalibela ( Ethiopia )EthiopiaEthiopia 

state visit

February 11-13 Cartagena , Isla Grande and Bogotá ( Colombia )ColombiaColombia 
  • Visit of the nature reserve on the Islas del Rosario
  • Meeting with representatives of the Kogi indigenous community
  • Meeting with President Iván Duque
  • Meeting with Venezuelan refugees in a camp
February 13-16 Quito , Baltra and Guayaquil ( Ecuador )EcuadorEcuador 
March 20-22 Zagreb and Split ( Croatia )CroatiaCroatia 
April 4th to 5th Sofia and Plovdiv ( Bulgaria )BulgariaBulgaria 
May 9-10 Ljubljana and Kobarid ( Slovenia )SloveniaSlovenia 
May 27-29 Tashkent , Urganch and Xiva ( Uzbekistan )UzbekistanUzbekistan 
  • Meeting with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
  • Visit to the Bakan Tex yarn spinning mill
  • Visit to the Goethe-Institut Uzbekistan
  • Conversation with students at Urganch University
  • Tour through the old town of Khiva
3rd to 4th June Linz ( Austria )AustriaAustria  Participation in the meeting of German-speaking heads of state
June 5th Ljubljana ( Slovenia )SloveniaSlovenia  Participation in the summit of the Three Seas Initiative
June 12-14 Reykjavík and the Vestmannaeyjar ( Iceland )IcelandIceland   state visit
June 15-16 Kultaranta ( Finland )FinlandFinland 
August 25 Fivizzano ( Italy )ItalyItaly 
August 31st and September 1st Łódź , Wieluń and Warsaw ( Poland )PolandPoland 
  • Meeting with President Andrzej Duda
  • Address at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War in the city of Wieluń
  • Visit to historical places in Wieluń to commemorate the bombing of September 1st, 1939 with the laying of wreaths and a visit to the local museum
  • Speech at the commemoration of the Republic of Poland and attendance of the concert on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War and the laying of wreaths by the heads of state at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
September 19th and 20th Rome and Naples ( Italy )ItalyItaly 

state visit

30. September Paris ( France )FranceFrance 

Participation in the funeral service for the former French President Jacques Chirac

October 6th to 8th Tbilisi and Telavi ( Georgia )GeorgiaGeorgia 
October 10th to 12th Athens ( Greece )GreeceGreece 

Participation in the meeting of the Arraiolos group of non-executive heads of state of the European Union

October 20-23 Tokyo ( Japan )JapanJapan 
October 30th to November 1st Boston ( United States )United StatesUnited States 
December 16 Bastogne ( Belgium )BelgiumBelgium 
  • Address at the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge

2020

date place Main reason
January 22nd and 23rd Tel Aviv and Jerusalem ( Israel )IsraelIsrael 
January 27th Oświęcim ( Poland )PolandPoland 

Visit to Auschwitz concentration camp

  • Walk through the former main camp I.
  • Laying of wreaths on the death wall

Visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

  • Participation in the commemorative event for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp
  • Walk of the representatives of the survivors and the heads of state to the international memorial for the victims of the concentration camp and joint installation of grave lights at the memorial
February 23-26 Nairobi and Kakuma ( Kenya )KenyaKenya 

state visit

February 27th and 28th Khartoum ( Sudan )SudanSudan 

Individual evidence

  1. Florian Gathmann: Steinmeier speaks to the French in conscience. In: Spiegel Online. March 30, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  2. ^ Federal President Steinmeier travels to Athens. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, March 29, 2017, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  3. ^ Federal President Steinmeier travels to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, April 19, 2017, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ Berthold Kohler: Blood Brothers. In: FAZ. November 10, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  5. ^ Official visit to Ukraine. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  6. ^ Trip to Poland. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  7. ^ Trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ The sixth meeting of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries will take place this year on September 5th and 6th in Switzerland. In: admin.ch. The Federal Council, August 10, 2018, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  9. ^ Meeting of the German-speaking heads of state. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, September 5, 2018, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  10. ^ Arraiolos meeting in Latvia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, September 13, 2018, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  11. ^ Trip to Finland. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, September 13, 2018, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  12. Stefan Braun: Finland has what Germany needs. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 .
  13. ^ Visit to the Republic of Austria. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 7, 2018 .
  14. ^ State visit to the Hellenic Republic. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, October 10, 2018, accessed on October 7, 2018 .
  15. Steinmeier's speech at the award ceremony (full text)
  16. derwesten.de October 11, 2018: Steinmeier commemorates Nazi victims on a state visit to Athens
  17. ^ Official visit to the Kingdom of Spain. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 22, 2018 .
  18. ^ Trip to Strasbourg: Memorial concert at the end of the First World War 100 years ago. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  19. ^ Commemorative events on the occasion of 100 years at the end of the First World War. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 2, 2018 .
  20. telegraph.co.uk: Prince Charles leads nation's tributes to war dead at the Cenotaph as the world marks First World War centenary
  21. ^ State visit to the Republic of South Africa. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 17, 2018 .
  22. ^ State visit to the Republic of Botswana. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 17, 2018 .
  23. ^ State visit to the People's Republic of China. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 29, 2018 .
  24. ^ State visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on February 3, 2019 .
  25. ^ Trip to the Republic of Colombia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  26. ^ Trip to the Republic of Ecuador. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on February 17, 2019 .
  27. ^ Official visit to Croatia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, March 20, 2019, accessed on March 26, 2019 .
  28. ^ Trip to Bulgaria. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on April 18, 2019 .
  29. ^ Trip to Slovenia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on May 22, 2019 .
  30. ^ Trip to Uzbekistan. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  31. ^ German-speaking heads of state in Linz. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  32. ^ Participation in the dinner of the summit meeting of the Three Seas Initiative. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  33. ^ State visit to Iceland. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
  34. ^ Trip to Finland. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  35. Journey to the Italian Republic in memory of the victims of the Fivizzano massacre. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on August 27, 2019 .
  36. ^ Journey to the Republic of Poland. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on September 3, 2019 .
  37. ^ State visit to the Italian Republic. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 4, 2019 .
  38. Participation in the funeral service for Jacques Chirac. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on September 3, 2019 .
  39. ^ Official visit to Georgia. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  40. ^ Arraiolos meeting in Greece. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, October 10, 2019, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  41. Journey to Japan to see the emperor ascend to the throne. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 19, 2019 .
  42. ^ Journey to the United States of America. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 19, 2019 .
  43. Address at the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on December 20, 2019 .
  44. Journey to Israel. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  45. ^ Commemorative event in Auschwitz. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on January 30, 2020 .
  46. ^ State visit to the Republic of Kenya. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
  47. ^ Journey to the Republic of Sudan. In: bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President, accessed on February 6, 2020 .