List of international presidential trips made by Serzh Sargsyan

This is a list of international trips made by Serzh Sargsyan, the third President of Armenia:

First Term (2008–2013)

2008 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesImageSaint PetersburgJune 5 – June 7Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. MoscowJune 23–25Met with President Dmitry Medvedev.AstanaJuly 5–6Participated in the Summit of the Heads of StateYaltaJuly 28–29Attended the 650th Anniversary of the foundation of the ancient Armenian Holy Cross cloister.BeijingAugust 8–13Attended the 2008 Summer Olympics.SochiSeptember 2Working Visit.MoscowSeptember 5Participated at the regular session of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Moscow. New York CitySeptember 24Participated in the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.TbilisiSeptember 30 – October 1Met with Mikheil Saakashvili.BishkekOctober 9–10Attended the Summit of the Council of the CIS Heads of State and the session of the intergovernmental council of the EurAsEC.MoscowNovember 2Met with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev.BrusselsNovember 4–6Working VisitParisNovember 6Working Visit BulgariaSofiaDecember 10–11Met with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.AstanaDecember 19–21Attended Summit of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

2009

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscow January 17–18Participated in the International gas summit.ZürichJanuary 28 – February 1Working Visit MoscowFebruary 4Working Visit. Session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). BerlinFebruary 6–8Working Visit. Attended the 45th International Conference on Security.TehranApril 13–14State Visit. MoscowApril 23Working Visit. PragueMay 7–8Working Visit. Attended the first EU Eastern Partnership Summit. Saint PetersburgJune 4–6He held negotiations with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Baltic Star Hotel in Saint Petersburg. MoscowJune 14Participated at the regular meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. MoscowJune 17–18Working Visit.BishkekJuly 31Participated at the unofficial summit of the CSTO. OrenburgAugust 2–3Working Visit.ZagrebSeptember 8–9Official Visit. ParisOctober 1–7The first stop on his Pan-Armenian tour of Europe. He met with Charles Aznavour.ChișinăuOctober 8–9Working Visit. Attended the CIS summit. MoscowOctober 12Working Visit.BursaOctober 14–15Attended a soccer match between Armenia and Turkey. Met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül. They discussed the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions. AstanaOctober 15–16Working Visit. Attended the final stage of the “Cooperation 2009” military exercises conducted by the collective Rapid Response Force of the CSTO at the Maribulak military training field. MoscowOctober 24–25Working Visit. Attended the annual Telemarathon of the All-Armenian Hayastan Fund at the Ararat Park Hayat Hotel in Moscow. Kuwait CityNovember 3–4State Visit.BudapestNovember 8–10State Visit. KaliningradNovember 10–11Working Visit. MunichNovember 22–24Working Visit. MinskNovember 26–27Working visit. Participated in the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community AlmatyDecember 18–21Working Visit. Attended a summit of the Heads of states of the CIS at the Ak Bulak compound Almaty.

2010

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesLondonFebruary 9–11Working Visit.KyivFebruary 25Working Visit. Attended the Inauguration of Viktor YanukovychBatumiFebruary 27–28Private VisitParisMarch 9–11Official Visit.DamascusMarch 22–24State VisitWashington, D.C.April 11–13Working Visit. Participated in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.. He met with the President of the United States Barack Obama. and Met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.MoscowApril 20–21Working Visit. Met with the President of Russian Dmitry Medvedev.BeijingApril 29 – May 3Attended the opening of the Shanghai Expo-2010. He attended the official opening of the Armenian pavilion as well as toured the pavilions of the US, Russia, and China represented at the expo.MoscowMay 8–9Working Visit. Participated in the celebration for the 65th anniversary of Victory Day. He laid a wreath at the tomb of Marshal Ivan Bagramyan on Red Square.Brussels May 25–27Working VisitRostov-on-DonJune 1–2Saint PetersburgJune 17–19Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. BerlinJune 21–23Met with the representatives of the Armenian-German community. AstanaJuly 4–6Attended the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community. YaltaJuly 10–11Participated at the unofficial summit of the CIS Heads of State at the Livadia PalaceAstrakhanAugust 10Working visit.MoscowNovember 16–18Working Visit.AshgabatNovember 24–25Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.AstanaNovember 30 – December 2Participated in the 7th Summit of the OSCE. Met with the President of Slovenia Danilo Türk. MoscowDecember 9–10Working Visit

2011

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesNicosiaJanuary 17–18State Visit.AthensJanuary 18–20State VisitMunichFebruary 4–5Working Visit. Participated in the Security Policy Conference.Saint PetersburgFebruary 25Working VisitSochiMarch 5Working Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting in Sochi with the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.Riga March 9–10Official Visit.TehranMarch 27Working VisitBelgradeApril 4–5Official VisitLjubljanaApril 13–14Official VisitGenevaMay 2–3Working Visit RomeJune 1–3Working Visit. Attended a Military parade and a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Unification of Italy.StrasbourgJune 21–22Working Visit.KazanJune 24–25Official Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.KyivJuly 1–2Official VisitNicosiaAugust 11Official VisitAstanaAugust 12Working VisitDushanbeSeptember 2–3Participated at the 20th anniversary summit of CIS. Met with the Emomali Rahmon.Ellis IslandSeptember 22–26Working VisitParisSeptember 27–29Working VisitWarsawSeptember 29–30Working VisitMoscowOctober 23–25Working VisitTbilisiNovember 29–30Official VisitMarseilleDecember 7Working VisitRomeDecember 12Working VisitVatican CityDecember 12Official Visit. Met with Pope Benedict XVI.MoscowDecember 19–20Working Visit

2012

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesSochiJanuary 23Working VisitBrussels March 3–5Working VisitMoscowMarch 19–20Working VisitSeoulMarch 25–27Working VisitSingaporeMarch 27–29State VisitMoscowMay 15–16Working VisitTokyoJune 5–7State VisitHanoiJune 8State VisitBrusselsJune 27–28Working VisitKyivJuly 1–2Working VisitLondon June 27–31Working Visit. Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.MoscowAugust 7–8Working VisitBucharestOctober 17–18Working VisitParisNovember 11–14Working Visit.BeirutNovember 26–28State Visit. Met with Michel Suleiman.AshgabatDecember 4–5Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Vladimir Putin. Attended the Council of the Heads of the CIS member states.MoscowDecember 18–20Working Visit

2013

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscowMarch 11–12Working VisitBrusselsMarch 14Working VisitVatican CityMarch 18–19Official Visit. Attended the inauguration ceremony of Pope Francis.

Second Term (2013–2018)

2013 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesViennaJune 20Working Visit. WarsawJune 24–26State Visit. ChișinăuJuly 11State Visit. TehranAugust 4–5Attended the official inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani.MoscowSeptember 3Working VisitMoscowSeptember 16–18Working VisitSochiSeptember 23Working VisitParis September 30 – October 2Working VisitMinskOctober 24–25Attended a scheduled session of the Eurasian Economic Community.ViennaNovember 18–19Working VisitVilniusNovember 28–29 Working VisitMoscowDecember 23–24Working Visit

2014

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Note PragueJanuary 29–30State Visit.DublinMarch 6–7Working Visit.Amsterdam March 23–25Met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.AshgabatApril 7–9Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. PragueApril 24–25Working Visit.MoscowMay 7–8Working Visit. Watched CSTO exercises in the Kremlin. Astana May 28–29Working Visit.Vienna June 10–12Official Visit.Tbilisi June 18–19Official Visit.Buenos Aires July 7–8Official Visit.Montevideo July 9–10Official Visit.Santiago July 11–12Official Visit.Sochi August 8–10Working VisitLondon September 3–5Working Visit Vatican CitySeptember 18–19Official Visit. New York CitySeptember 23–27Working Visit. Attended the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.MinskOctober 9–10Attended a scheduled session of the Council of Heads of CIS States.ParisOctober 26–28Working Visit. Met with François Hollande.AmmanOctober 29–30Official VisitBrusselsDecember 18Working Visit.

2015

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesBeijingMarch 25–28State Visit RomeApril 8–11Official VisitVatican CityApril 12Official Visit Washington, D.C. May 6–8Working VisitMoscowMay 9Working Visit. Participated in the celebration for the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.Riga May 21–22Working VisitParis June 6–7Working Visit Brussels June 25Working VisitUfa July 9–10Working VisitMoscow September 7Working VisitDushanbe September 14–15Working Visit New York CitySeptember 28–30Working Visit. Attended the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. Astana October 16Working VisitMadrid October 21–22Working VisitLondon October 27–29Working Visit Tbilisi October 30–31Working Visit Paris November 30Working VisitBern December 19Working VisitMoscow December 21Working Visit

2016

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscowMarch 10–11Working VisitAthensMarch 14–15State VisitNicosiaMarch 15–16State Visit.BrusselsMarch 16–17Working Visit. WatertownMarch 28 – April 1Working VisitBerlinApril 5–7Official VisitViennaMay 16Working VisitLuxembourgMay 30Working VisitAstanaMay 31Working VisitSaint Petersburg June 20Working VisitWarsawJuly 7–8Working VisitMoscowAugust 10Working VisitRio de JaneiroAugust 11–15Working VisitBishkekSeptember 16–17Working VisitNew York CityOctober 10Working VisitAmsterdam October 19–20Working VisitAbu DhabiNovember 9–10Official VisitSaint Petersburg December 26Working Visit

2017

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesBrusselsFebruary 26–28Working VisitParisMarch 7–9Official Visit. Met with François Hollande.MoscowMarch 14–15Official VisitAbu DhabiMarch 21–22Working VisitVallettaMarch 29–30Working VisitBishkekApril 13–14Attended a session of the Eurasian Economic Supreme Council.DohaMay 15–16Official Visit.AstanaJune 9–10Attended the opening ceremony of Expo 2017.BrusselsJune 21–22Attended a summit of the European People’s Party. IranTehranAugust 5–6Attended the official inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani.SochiAugust 23Met with Vladimir Putin.AshgabatSeptember 17Attended the opening ceremony for the 5th Asian Games.New York CitySeptember 19Attended the UN General Assembly.SochiOctober 10Attended the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.GenevaOctober 16Attended negotiations with Ilham Aliyev.New DelhiNovember 3–4Working VisitMoscowNovember 15Working VisitBrusselsNovember 23–24Working Visit.MinskNovember 30Attended a scheduled session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.Tbilisi December 25–26Official Visit MoscowDecember 26–27Attended the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.

2018

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesParisJanuary 22–24Working Visit. Met with President of Senate Gérard Larcher.MunichFebruary 17–18Attended the Munich Security Conference. BerlinMarch 9–10Attended the opening ceremony of the World Chess Candidates Tournament. RomeApril 4–6Official VisitVatican CityApril 4–6Official Visit

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