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List of international prime ministerial trips made by Giorgia Meloni
This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Giorgia Meloni, who is serving as the 60th and current Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022.[1]
Countries by number of visits:
- A visit to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Mozambique, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom
- Two visits to Egypt, India, Poland, United States and Vatican City
- Three visits to Tunisia
- Six visits to Belgium
Trips edit
2022
| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Brussels | 3 November | Meloni met with the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel.[2] |
| Egypt | Sharm El Sheikh | 7–8 November | Meloni travelled to Sharm El Sheikh to attend the high level segment of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).[3] She held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| Indonesia | Bali | 15–16 November | Meloni attended at the 2022 G20 Summit. She held separate bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden. |
| Albania | Tirana | 6 December | Meloni attended at the 2022 EU-Western Balkans summit. She held a separate bilateral meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 15 December | Meloni attended the European Council. |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 23 December | Prime Minister Meloni met Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Head of State Abdul Latif Rashid and Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed al-Halbousi. |
| Iraqi Kurdistan | Erbil | In Erbil Meloni met the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani and Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Later she visited the Italian troops at the Camp Singara base in the Nineveh Governorate where most anti-Daesh Italian soldiers are based. |
2023
| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 5 January | Prime Minister Meloni attended the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 10 January | Meloni met with Pope Francis during her first official visit to Vatican City. The two held private talks inside the Apostolic Palace, where they discussed about Russo-Ukrainian War, immigration, Europe and education. |
| Algeria | Algiers | 22–23 January | Meloni travelled to Algiers in her first visit to the African continent, where she met President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to improve relations between Italy and Algeria in political, cultural and energy fields. They discuss the increasing of gas supplies to Italy through the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline to eliminate imports from Russia by 2024, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. They later signed bilateral agreements in the presence of managing directors of Eni, Claudio Descalzi and Sonatrach, Toufik Hakkar. On 23 January, Meloni met with Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane and laid a wreath at the Martyrs' Memorial, before visiting the garden dedicated to Enrico Mattei and greeting the crew of Italian Navy ship Carabiniere, docked in the port of Algiers. |
| Libya | Tripoli | 28–29 January | Meloni travelled to Tripoli to sign bilateral agreements regarding cooperation, energy and migration flows. Prime Minister Meloni met Libyan Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 3 February | Meloni met with Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm to discuss EU issues, including migration and economic policy. |
| Germany | Berlin | Meloni met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, in order to discuss the European Union state aid rules changes. | |
| Belgium | Brussels | 9 February | Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend a one-day special European Council focused on Ukraine, economy, migration, Belgrade-Pristina negotiations and 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake emergency response. |
| Poland | Warsaw, Rzeszów, Przemyśl | 20–21 February | Meloni met with President of Poland Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki. Later she flew to Rzeszów, then transferred to Przemyśl and via train went to Kyiv in Ukraine. |
| Ukraine | Bucha, Irpin, Kyiv | 21 February | In Kyiv, Meloni met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at Mariinskyi Palace. She also visited Bucha and Irpin. |
| India | Delhi | 2 March | Meloni met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu. Later, she attend the inaugural session of Raisina Dialogue. |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 3–4 March | Prime Minister Meloni travels to Abu Dhabi to discuss rebuilding and broadening relations between the two countries after the diplomatic rift following the revocation of arms export permits to the United Arab Emirates in 2021. She met with Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology and President-Designate of COP28 Sultan Al Jaber and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Belgium | Brussels | 23–24 March | Meloni attended the European Council focused on EU support to Ukraine, competitiveness, single market, economy, energy and migration. She held separate bilateral meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa. |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 14–15 April | Meloni travelled to Ethiopia on the first trip by a Western head of government since the end of the Tigray War. In Addis Ababa she attend a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. She also met with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat. |
| United Kingdom | London | 27–28 April | In her first visit to the United Kingdom, Meloni met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation. Later, they paid a visit to Westminster Abbey while preparations were underway for the coronation of King Charles III. The following day, Prime Minister Meloni met with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch, before delivering a speech at the Policy Exchange think tank after being awarded the Grotius Prize. |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 10 May | In Prague, Meloni met with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and President Petr Pavel. |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 16 May | Prime Minister Meloni attended the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe in Reykjavík. |
| Japan | Hiroshima, Miyajima | 18–20 May | Meloni headed to Hiroshima to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to improve bilateral relations between Italy and Japan and discuss the work program of the forthcoming Italian presidency of G7. She later attended the 49th G7 summit and held bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Later, Meloni anticipates her return home a day early to address the flood emergency in Emilia-Romagna region. |
| Moldova | Chișinău, Bulboaca | 1 June | Meloni attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit at Mimi Castle. She later held a separate trilateral meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to discuss the migration flows issues and the Tunisian economic and political crisis. |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 6 June | Prime Minister Meloni met with Prime Minister Najla Bouden and President Kais Saied at Carthage Palace to discuss the response to the Tunisian severe financial crisis. |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 11 June | Meloni travelled to Tunis for the second time in a week along with President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in order to meet with President Kais Saied to discuss the terms of the agreement for the disbursement of International Monetary Fund bailout loans and migratory flows issues. |
| France | Paris | 20 June | Meloni travelled to Paris to visit the Bureau International des Expositions for the presentation of Rome bid for the Expo 2030. She was accompanied by the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Later she met with French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| Austria | Krems an der Donau | 24 June | Prime Minister Meloni attended the Europa-Forum Wachau at Göttweig Abbey. Prior to the summit, Meloni met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 29–30 June | Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the European Council, focused on military and financial support for Ukraine, migration, EU relationship with China and economic policy. |
| Poland | Warsaw | 5 July | Meloni met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw. |
| Latvia | Riga, Ādaži | 10 July | Meloni met with Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. Then she visited Italian troops at Camp Adazi Military Base. |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 11–12 July | Meloni attended the 2023 NATO summit, her first summit as Prime Minister. She held separate bilateral meetings with other head of government, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 16 July | Prime Minister Meloni, along with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, travelled to Tunis in order to sign an agreement with President Kais Saied regarding the strengthening of the economic partnership between Europe and Tunisia, the European diplomatic support for the disbursement of the loan from IMF and the fight against irregular migration flows. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 17–18 July | Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the EU-CELAC summit. She also held a bilateral meeting with Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. |
| United States | Washington D.C., Arlington | 27–28 July | On 27 July, Meloni visited the U.S. Capitol where she met with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Later she met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, where they discussed about many issues, including Ukraine, China and Africa. They also talked about the strengthening of economic exchange between the two countries, trade relations between Europe and U.S., security policies and the forthcoming G7 Italian presidency. The following day Meloni laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, accompanied by the Italian ambassador to the United States Mariangela Zappia. At the end of her trip, she met with former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize Henry Kissinger. |
| Greece | Athens | 31 August | Meloni met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. |
| India | New Delhi | 8–10 September | Prime Minister Meloni travelled to New Delhi to attend the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit. She also met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. |
| Qatar | Doha | 10–11 September | Prime Minister Meloni met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha to discuss the development of bilateral relations between Italy and Qatar, in particular in economic, energy, investment and defense sectors. |
| Hungary | Budapest | 14 September | Meloni met with President Katalin Novák and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Later she delivered a speech at Budapest Demographic Summit. |
| United States | New York City | 18–21 September | Prime Minister Meloni travelled to New York City to attend the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she delivered a speech focused on global migration crisis and on development and cooperation with African countries. She also met with several world leaders. |
| Malta | Valletta | 29 September | Meloni travelled to Valletta to attend the EU Med9 summit, which discussed migrations issues, Ukraine and EU enlargement policies. She was joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. |
| Spain | Granada | 5–6 October | Meloni attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit in Granada. Talks were held with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on migration issues. |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 13 October | Prime Minister Meloni started a one-day trip to Africa "to build a new approach in relations between Europe and African countries". In Maputo, Meloni met with President Filipe Nyusi to discuss economic, energy and development cooperation. She also met with peacekeepers and soldiers of the Italian Navy Luigi Durand de la Penne destroyer. |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Meloni travelled to Brazzaville to met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso and Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso to discuss energy cooperation and local communities development. | |
| Egypt | Cairo | 21 October | Prime Minister Meloni attended a peace summit in Cairo dedicated to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the sidelines of the summit, she met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the serious crisis in Middle East and the need to support diplomatic action to curb further expansion. She also held talks with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas to reiterate Italy support for the prospect of two-State solution for Israel and Palestine. |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | After the summit in Cairo, Prime Minister Meloni headed to Tel Aviv to paid a three-our visit to met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Meloni shared Italy support to Israel following the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas and to reiterate the need to ensure humanitarian access to Gaza. |
Future trips edit
The following international trips are scheduled to be made by Giorgia Meloni:
| Country | Areas to be visited | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Brussels | 26–27 October 2023 | Meloni will attend the European Council. |
| Germany | Berlin | 22 November 2023 | Meloni will met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. |
References edit
- ^ "Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy's prime minister". the Guardian. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "Il Presidente Meloni incontra i vertici delle Istituzioni europee a Bruxelles". www.governo.it (in Italian). 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Gli impegni internazionali del Presidente Meloni dal 3 al 16 novembre". www.governo.it (in Italian). 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-11-01.