List of international prime ministerial trips made by Paolo Gentiloni

This is a list of official trips made by Paolo Gentiloni, who served as the 57th Prime Minister of Italy from 12 December 2016 until 1 June 2018.

Summary of international trips

Number of visitsCountry1 visitAngola, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ghana, Greece, Kuwait, India, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom2 visitsFrance, Portugal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States3 visitsGermany

2017 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesParis10 January Prime Minister Gentiloni's state visit to France was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. Gentiloni met President François Hollande. The leaders discuss about the fight against Islamic terrorism and migrant crisis.Incontro Hollande-Gentiloni: "Basta ossessione per regole di bilancio, Ue punti su crescita e lavoro"Berlin18 January Paolo Gentiloni visited Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders talked about European migrant crisis and economic growth. Gentiloni also met the Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.Gentiloni a Berlino dalla Merkel: 'In Ue no alla flessibilità a corrente alternata'Madrid27 January Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Madrid, where he met the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.Gentiloni a MadridLisbon28 JanuaryPaolo Gentiloni went to Lisbon, where he met the Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa. The meeting was focused on migrant crisis and economic growth.Il Presidente Gentiloni a LisbonaLondon9 February Gentiloni went to London, where he met Prime Minister Theresa May. The two Prime Ministers discussed about Brexit and UK withdrawal from the European Union. The Italian leader later spoke at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Gentiloni a LondraMadrid10 April Prime Minister Gentiloni visited Spain where he participated to the EU Med Group summit. During the event he met with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, French President François Hollande, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.Gentiloni a Madrid per il vertice dei paesi dell'Europa del MediterraneoWashington, D.C.19–20 April Prime Minister Gentiloni visit the United States, where he met President Donald Trump at the White House. Gentiloni later spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.Gentiloni a WashingtonOttawa20–21 April Gentiloni went to Canada, where he met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Italian Prime Minister also met the Canadian Governor General David Johnston.Ottawa, conferenza stampa Gentiloni–TrudeauKuwait City30 April – 1 MayGentiloni went to Kuwait, where he had bilateral meetings with the Emir Sabah al-Ahmad and the crown prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad; later the premier visited the Italian soldiers stationed in Kuwait as part of the anti-ISIL coalition.Gentiloni in KuwaitBeijing14–16 May Gentiloni had an official trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, to discuss about the One Belt One Road Initiative, a development strategy proposed by the Chinese government that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries.Gentiloni a Pechino per rilanciare la "Via della Seta"Sochi16–17 May Paolo Gentiloni went to Sochi, where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders stressed their hope for a loosening of international sanctions against Russia and for a re-opening of a dialogue between Russia and NATO. They also signed six economic deals regarding Eni and Rosneft.Gentiloni, Putin e i sei accordi di SochiBerlin28 August Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The main focus of their meeting was the migrant crisis.Migranti, Gentiloni a Parigi per vertice con Francia, Germania e Spagna. Merkel: “Distribuire i profughi tra i Paesi Ue”Ljubljana7 September Gentiloni met Prime Minister Miro Cerar. The focus of the meeting was the repatriation of immigrants.Gentiloni a LubianaPrague7 SeptemberPaolo Gentiloni went to Prague, where he met Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to discuss about the immigration to Europe.Gentiloni a Praga, piano congiunto per rimpatrio assistito migrantiCorfu14 September Prime Minister Gentiloni visited the island of Corfu where he met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The two leaders signed many economic deals regarding infrastructures and transports, in particular the Italian State Railways bought Greek TrainOSE.Il premier Gentiloni in Grecia: le Ferrovie dello Stato italiane acquisiranno le Ferrovie dello Stato greche per 45 milioni di euroNew York City19–20 September On 19 September Gentiloni spoke at the New York University. While on following day, he participated to the United Nations summit in New York City, focusing his speech on the problem of climatic change, migrant crisis and fight against terrorism.L'intervento del Presidente Gentiloni in Assemblea Generale Onu In NYC Gentiloni had also bilateral meetings with UK Prime Minister Theresa May, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.Il Presidente Gentiloni a New YorkTallinn29 SeptemberPrime Minister Gentiloni went to Tallinn to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Digital Summit.Gentiloni a TallinnNew Delhi29–30 October Gentiloni went to India, where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two leaders signed some economic treaties and discussed the recognition of the Hare Krishnas, who still are not recognized in Italy as a religious minority.Gentiloni in IndiaIndia, il premier Modi riceve Gentiloni: "Ma perché l'Italia blocca gli Hare Krishna?"Riyadh30–31 October Prime Minister Gentiloni met in Riyadh, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.Visita di Gentiloni in Arabia Saudita Abu Dhabi31 OctoberPaolo Gentiloni visited the United Arab Emirates, where he met in Abu Dhabi the crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Gentiloni negli Emirati Arabi UnitiDoha31 October – 1 NovemberGentiloni went to Doha, in Qatar, where he met with the Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and visited the National Library of Qatar with Emir's consort, Moza bint Nasser.Il Presidente Gentiloni in QatarGothenburg17 NovemberPaolo Gentiloni went to Sweden to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Social Summit.Göteborg, Gentiloni: “Formazione leva di crescita nella gig economy”Tunis24–26 November Paolo Gentiloni visited Tunisia, where he met President Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister Youssef Chahed; the discussions were focused on migrant crisis and Libyan civil war. He also had a meeting with the Italian community.Gentiloni in Tunisia, collaborazione su Libia e migrantiLuanda26–27 NovemberPrime Minister Gentiloni went to Angola to meet President João Lourenço. The two leaders signed many economic deals between Eni and the Angolan Sonangol Group. On 27 November Gentiloni paid tribute to Agostinho Neto's memorial.Luanda, Gentiloni incontra il Presidente della Repubblica di AngolaAccra27–28 NovemberPaolo Gentiloni visited Ghana, where he met Nana Akufo-Addo. On 28 November the Prime Minister visited Eni's plant "John Agyekum Kufuor".La visita del presidente Gentiloni in GhanaAbidjan28–29 NovemberGentiloni went to Ivory Coast to participate at the EU–African Union summit. During the event he had bilateral meetings with many African leaders.Il Presidente Gentiloni in Costa d'Avorio per il Vertice Ue–AfricaLisbon1 DecemberPrime Minister Gentiloni went to Lisbon, where he had a multilateral meeting with Prime Minister Antonio Costa and the other leaders of the Party of European Socialists. The meeting was focused on Brexit.Lisbona, per il premier Gentiloni vertice con i leader del PseParis13 December Gentiloni went to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders discussed about fight against Islamic terrorism, the Libyan Civil War and migrant crisis.Gentiloni a Parigi

2018 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesDavos23–24 January Prime Minister Gentiloni participated to the World Economic Forum in Davos.Gentiloni a Davos World Economic ForumBerlin16 February Paolo Gentiloni went to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders discussed, among other things, about the March 2018 election in Italy.Gentiloni vede Merkel: centrosinistra unico pilastro pro-UeAbu Dhabi11 MarchPaolo Gentiloni visited the United Arab Emirates, where he met in Abu Dhabi the crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During his visit he participated in the signing ceremony of a commercial agreements between Eni and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.Gentiloni ad Abu DhabiBucharest19 April Prime Minister Gentiloni visited Romania, where he met Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and President Klaus Iohannis.Gentiloni a Bucarest

Multilateral meetings Paolo Gentiloni participated in the following summits during his prime ministership:

Group Year 2017 2018UNGA September 19–20, New York City G7 26–27 May, Taormina G20 7–8 July, Hamburg NATO 25 May, Brussels MED7 28 January, Lisbon 10 January, Rome10 April, Madrid

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