This is a list of international trips made by Igor Dodon, the 5th President of Moldova (23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020).
During his term in office he made:
One visit to Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, United States and Holy See. Two visits to Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Iran, Israel and Turkmenistan. Three visits to Belarus, Belgium and Germany. Four visits to Turkey. Twenty-one visits to Russia.
2017
#CountryLocationDateDetails1 RussiaMoscowJanuary 17He paid an official visit to Moscow, Russia. It was the first official visit paid by a president of Moldova to Russia in 9 years. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Tigran Sargsyan – Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission 2 BelgiumBrusselsFebruary 7Met with:
Donald Tusk – President of the European Council Jean-Claude Juncker – President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani – President of the European Parliament Federica Mogherini – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rose Gottenmoeller – Deputy Secretary General of NATO 3 IranTehranFebruary 12Attended the Women's World Chess Championship.
Hassan Rouhani – President of Iran 4 RussiaMoscowMarch 17Dodon participated in a business forum. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Patriarch Kirill of Moscow Sergey Lebedev – Executive Secretary of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)5 KyrgyzstanBishkekApril 13–14Participated in the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. Had bilateral meetings with:
Almazbek Atambayev – President of Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus Serzh Sargsyan – President of Armenia Nursultan Nazarbayev – President of Kazakhstan 6 RussiaMoscowMay 9Participated in the 72nd anniversary of Victory Day. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin – Chairman of the State Duma 7 TurkeyIstanbulMay 21–22Attended the 25th Summits of the Heads of State and Government of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization. Met with:
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey Prokopis Pavlopoulos – President of Greece Dmitry Medvedev – Prime Minister of Russia Iliana Iotova – Vice President of Bulgaria8 HungaryBudapestMay 25Working Visit Met with:
János Áder – President of Hungary Viktor Orbán – Prime Minister of Hungary László Kövér – Speaker of the National Assembly9 RussiaSaint PetersburgJune 1–3Attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Dmitry Rogozin – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom Tigran Sargsyan – Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission 10 AzerbaijanBakuJune 22–23Met with:
Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade – Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ogtay Asadov – Speaker of the National Assembly11 BelarusMinsk, VitebskJuly 12–16Working Visit Met with:
Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus12 IranTehranAugust 5Attended the Inauguration of Hassan Rouhani. Met with:
Hassan Rouhani – President of Iran Ali Larijani – Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Mahmoud Hojjati – Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Rogozin – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Federica Mogherini – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy13 TurkmenistanAshgabatSeptember 13Met with:
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan Valentina Matviyenko – Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia14 RussiaSochiOctober 11Attended the CIS summit. Had a bilateral meeting with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia15 Holy SeeVatican CityNovember 4State Visit. Met with:
Pope Francis ItalyRomeNovember 4State Visit. Met with:
Sergio Mattarella – President of Italy16 ArmeniaYerevanNovember 9–10State Visit Met with:
Serzh Sargsyan – President of Armenia Karen Karapetyan – Prime Minister of Armenia Ara Babloyan – President of the National Assembly RussiaMoscowNovember 12Participated in the inauguration ceremony of Dimitrie Cantemir monument. Met with:
Vyacheslav Volodin – Chairman of the State Duma Andrey Vorobyov – Governor of Moscow Oblast 17 RussiaMoscowDecember 26–27Took part in the informal summit of Heads of State of the CIS. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Patriarch Kirill of Moscow Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom
2018 #CountryLocationDateDetails18 United Arab EmiratesDubaiFebruary 12–14Working Visit. Participated in the World Government Summit. Met with:
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Vice President of the UAE; Prime Minister of the UAE; Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi 19 GermanyBerlinMarch 1–3State Visit.20 AzerbaijanBakuMarch 15Attended the 6th Global Baku Forum. Met with:
Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan Gjorge Ivanov – President of North Macedonia Ilir Meta – President of Albania Binali Yıldırım – Prime Minister of Turkey 21 RussiaSaint PetersburgApril 28Working Visit. Met with the Moldovan diaspora in Saint Petersburg. Met with:
Georgy Poltavchenko – Governor of Saint Petersburg 22 RussiaSochiMay 14Attended a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus Nikol Pashinyan – Prime Minister of Armenia23 RussiaSaint PetersburgMay 23–27Attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum as a guest. Dodon also visited the Valaam Monastery. Met with:
Vyacheslav Volodin – Chairman of the State Duma Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom Alexander Mikhailov – Governor of Kursk Oblast24 RussiaMoscowJune 14Attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup Met with:
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow25 TurkeyAnkaraJuly 9He attended the inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.26 RussiaMoscowJuly 13–15Attended the world cup closing ceremony. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Alexey Gordeyev – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia27 GreeceMount AthosAugust 13Made a private pilgrimage to Mount Athos.28 RussiaMoscowSeptember 25–26Met with:
Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia TajikistanDushanbeSeptember 26–27Working Visit Met with:
Emomali Rahmon – President of Tajikistan Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus29 ArmeniaYerevanOctober 11–12Attend the Francophonie summit and the celebrations in honor of the 2800th anniversary of the city of Yerevan. Met with:
Armen Sarksyan – President of Armenia Emmanuel Macron – President of France Nikol Pashinyan – Prime Minister of Armenia30 TurkeyIstanbulOctober 29Attended the opening of Istanbul Airport during the Turkish Republic's 95th anniversary celebrations. RussiaMoscowOctober 31Official Visit. Visited Moscow State University. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Patriarch Kirill of Moscow31 United KingdomLondonNovember 9Working visit. Met with:
Sir George Hollingbery – Minister of State for Trade Policy FranceParisNovember 11–12He took part in the centennial celebrations of the end of World War I. He also participated in the Paris Peace Forum. Met with:
Alexander Van der Bellen – President of Austria32 RussiaMoscowSaint PetersburgNovember 21–25Working Visit. Addressed the State Duma and took part in the Moldovan-Russian Economic Council meeting. Met with the Moldovan diaspora. Met with:
Vyacheslav Volodin – Chairman of the State Duma Dmitry Rogozin – Director General of Roscosmos Petru Lucinschi – 2nd President of Moldova 33 RussiaSaint PetersburgDecember 6Attended the Eurasian Economic Union Summit. Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Alexander Beglov – Governor of Saint Petersburg34 IsraelTel AvivJerusalemDecember 17–18State Visit. Met with:
Reuven Rivlin – President of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu – Prime Minister of Israel Yuli Edelstein – Speaker of the Knesset Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
2019 #CountryLocationDateDetails35 RussiaMoscowJanuary 29–31Working visit Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Valentina Matviyenko – Chairwoman of the Federation Council Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom Patriarch Kirill of Moscow36 GermanyMunichFebruary 16Attended the Munich Security Conference Met with:
Aleksandar Vučić – President of Serbia Sergey Lavrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Johannes Hahn – European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Elmar Brok – Member of the European Parliament 37 AzerbaijanBakuMarch 14–16The 7th Global Baku Forum. Met with:
Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan Boiko Borisov – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kerry Kennedy38 RussiaMoscowApril 5Working visit Met with:
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow39 BelarusMinskApril 11Working Visit Met with:
Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus40 RussiaSaint PetersburgJune 6–7St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Met with:
António Guterres – Secretary-General of the United Nations Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom41 BelarusMinskJune 212019 European Games Met with:
Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus Aleksandar Vučić – President of Serbia Dmitry Medvedev – Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia42 RussiaMoscowSeptember 2Working visit Met with:
Dmitry Kozak – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Miller – CEO of Gazprom43BrusselsSeptember 5Working visit Met with:
David Sassoli – President of the European Parliament Federica Mogherini – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Johannes Hahn – European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary-General of NATO Sabine Laruelle – President of the Senate of Belgium David McAllister – Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee RussiaMoscowSeptember 7Working visit Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia44New YorkSeptember 22–27Working visit. Gave a speech at the UN General Assembly. Met with:
António Guterres – Secretary-General of the United Nations Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania Egils Levits – President of Latvia Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey Rumen Radev – President of Bulgaria Kersti Kaljulaid – President of Estonia Kassym-Jomart Tokayev – President of Kazakhstan David Hale – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States Børge Brende – President of the World Economic Forum45YerevanOctober 1Working visit Met with:
Nikol Pashinyan – Prime Minister of Armenia Lee Hsien Loong – Prime Minister of Singapore Sooronbay Jeenbekov – President of Kyrgyzstan 46AshgabatOctober 11Attended the CIS summit Met with:
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan Shavkat Mirziyeyev – President of Uzbekistan Emomali Rahmon – President of Tajikistan47TokyoOctober 21–22Enthronement of the Japanese emperor Met with:
Naruhito, Emperor of Japan Ana Brnabič – Prime Minister of Serbia48St. PetersburgDecember 20Working visit Met with:
Vladimir Putin – President of Russia Patriarch Kirill of Moscow Alexander Beglov – Governor of Saint Petersburg49 TurkeyAnkaraDecember 30Met with:
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey Mustafa Șentop – Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
2020 #CountryLocationDateDetails50Tel AvivJerusalemJanuary 23Met with:
Aleksandar Vučić – President of Serbia Rumen Radev – President of Bulgaria51 FranceStrasbourgJanuary 28Met with:
Rick Doems – President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić – Secretary General of the Council of Europe Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos – President of the European Court of Human Rights