List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

This is the list of international trips made by Angela Merkel, who served as Chancellor of Germany from 22 November 2005 until 8 December 2021.

Summary

The number of visits per country where chancellor Angela Merkel traveled are: One visit to Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, Singapore, South Korea, Tunisia, and Vietnam Two visits to Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, and Palestine Three visits to Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, and Sweden Four visits to Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, India, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, and United Arab Emirates Five visits to Afghanistan, Croatia, Finland, Greece, and Portugal Six visits to Austria, Czech Republic, Japan, and Ukraine Seven visits to the Netherlands and Vatican City Eight visits to Israel and Spain Twelve visits to China Thirteen visits to Turkey Sixteen visits to Switzerland Twenty-one visits to Russia Twenty-two visits to Poland and the United Kingdom Twenty-four visits to the United States Twenty-six visits to Italy Seventy-five visits to France One-hundred and eighteen visits to Belgium

2005 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageParis23 NovemberMerkel met with President Jacques Chirac.Note: First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.BrusselsMerkel met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.London24 NovemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Tony Blair.Barcelona27 NovemberMerkel attended the Euromed summit.Warsaw2 DecemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.Brussels16–17 DecemberMerkel attended the European Council summit.

2006 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageVienna2 JanuaryMerkel met with Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.Washington, D.C.12–13 JanuaryMerkel met with President George W. Bush.Moscow16 JanuaryMerkel met with President Vladimir Putin.Versailles23 JanuaryMerkel met with President Jacques Chirac.Jerusalem29 JanuaryMerkel met with Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. PalestineRamallahMerkel met with President Mahmoud Abbas.Tomsk26 AprilMerkel met with President Vladimir Putin.New York City and Washington D.C.4–5 MayMerkel met with President George W. Bush. Merkel delivered the speech to American and German entrepreneurs. Merkel also delivered the speech at the 100th anniversary celebration of the American Jewish Committee.Bratislava11 MayMerkel met with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda.Vienna12 MayMerkel attended the Caribbean summit.Beijing and Shanghai22–23 MayMerkel met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Merkel visited the installations of Expo 2010.Saint Petersburg15–17 JulyMerkel attended the 32nd G8 summit.Paris25 AugustMerkel met with President Jacques Chirac.Helsinki10–11 SeptemberMerkel attended the ASEM summit. Merkel held bilateral meetings with Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.Compiègne23 SeptemberMerkel met with President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Castel Gandolfo28 SeptemberPrivate audience with Pope Benedict XVI.Istanbul6 OctoberMerkel met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Paris12 OctoberMerkel met with President Jacques Chirac.Lahti20 OctoberMerkel attended the informal European Council summit.The Hague27 OctoberMerkel met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Queen Beatrix.London3 NovemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Tony Blair.Luxembourg City15 NovemberMerkel accepted the Vision for Europe award from the Edmond Israel Foundation.Milan7 DecemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Merkel visited La Scala.Brussels15 DecemberMerkel attended the European Council summit.Helsinki19 DecemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.CopenhagenMerkel met with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

2007 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageWashington, D.C.5 JanuaryMerkel met with President George W. Bush.Ljubljana15 JanuaryMerkel attended the anniversary celebration of the Euro.Strasbourg17 JanuaryMerkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.Sochi21 JanuaryMerkel met with President Vladimir Putin.Davos24 JanuaryMerkel delivered the speech at the World Economic Forum.Cairo3 FebruaryMerkel met with President Hosni Mubarak.Riyadh4 FebruaryMerkel met with King Abdullah.Abu Dhabi5 FebruaryMerkel met with Emir Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Dubai6 FebruaryMerkel met with Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Kuwait CityMerkel met with Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.Strasbourg13 FebruaryMerkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.Cannes15 FebruaryMerkel attended the France-Africa summit.Brussels6 MarchMerkel attended the European Council summit to reach an agreement on climate protection. Merkel also attended the EU Social summit.Warsaw16 MarchMerkel met with President Lech Kaczyński. Merkel delivered the speech at the University of Warsaw.Rome19 MarchMerkel met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi.Amman and Aqaba31 MarchMerkel met with King Abdullah II.Jerusalem1 AprilMerkel met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University. Merkel visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. PalestineRamallahMerkel met with President Mahmoud Abbas to support the peace process.Beirut2 AprilMerkel met with Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Merkel visited the frigate Brandenburg, a flagship of the German naval unit, on UNIFIL mission.Washington, D.C.29–30 AprilMerkel attended the EU-US summit.Zagreb11 MayMerkel attended the meeting of the countries of South-East European cooperation. Merkel met with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.Samara17–18 MayMerkel attended the EU-Russia summit.Luxembourg City17 JuneMerkel met with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.Brussels21–22 JuneMerkel attended the European Council summit.Toulouse16 JulyMerkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.Athens20 JulyMerkel met with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.Ilulissat17–18 AugustMerkel met with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Merkel visited the West Greenland coast in the context of climate change and global warming.Budapest21 AugustMerkel met with Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Merkel delivered speech at the German-speaking Andrássy University.London22 AugustMerkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Beijing and Nanjing26–28 AugustMerkel met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Merkel delivered the speech at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Merkel also delivered the speech at the Nanjing Law Institute.Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka29–31 AugustMerkel met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito.New York City24–25 SeptemberMerkel attended the UN Climate Change summit. Merkel delivered the speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Merkel accepted the World Statesman Award 2007 (Head of Government of the Year) from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.Addis Ababa4 OctoberMerkel met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Merkel delivered the speech to the African Union.Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town5–6 OctoberMerkel met with President Thabo Mbeki and former President Nelson Mandela.Monrovia7 OctoberMerkel met with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.New Delhi and Mumbai29 October–1 NovemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Merkel visited the Bank for Rural Development in Mumbai.Kabul3 NovemberMerkel met with President Hamid Karzai. Merkel visited the German ISAF soldiers.Crawford9–10 NovemberMerkel met with President George W. Bush.Paris6 DecemberMerkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.Lisbon8 DecemberMerkel attended the EU-Africa summit.13 DecemberMerkel attended the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon.Brussels14 DecemberMerkel met with the EU heads of state and government.

2008 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageLondon29 JanuaryMerkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Palma31 JanuaryMerkel met with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.Moscow8 MarchMerkel met with President Vladimir Putin.Brussels14 MarchMerkel attended the European Council summit.Jerusalem and Tel Aviv14–16 MarchMerkel attended the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel. Merkel met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel delivered the speech to the Knesset.Bucharest3–4 AprilMerkel attended the 2008 NATO summit.Oslo12 AprilMerkel met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.Dublin14 AprilMerkel met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.Strasbourg15 AprilMerkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.Bern and Geneva29 AprilMerkel met with the President Pascal Couchepin. Merkel visited the CERN.Brasília and São Paulo13–15 MayMerkel met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Merkel visited the VW's headquarters in São Paulo. See Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit.Lima15–16 MayMerkel met with President Alan García. Merkel attended the EU-Latin America summit.Bogotá17–18 MayMerkel met with President Álvaro Uribe.Mexico City18–19 MayMerkel met with President Felipe Calderón.Tōyako7–9 JulyMerkel attended the 34th G8 summit.Paris13 JulyMerkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.Algiers17 JulyMerkel met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.Kyiv21 JulyMerkel met with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Sochi15–16 AugustMerkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev.Tbilisi17 AugustMerkel met with President Mikheil Saakashvili.Stockholm25 AugustMerkel met with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.Tallinn26 AugustMerkel met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.VilniusMerkel met with President Valdas Adamkus and Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas.Brussels1 SeptemberMerkel attended an extraordinary European Council summit.Wrocław24 SeptemberMerkel received the award of an honorary doctorate from the Wrocław University of Technology.Saint Petersburg2 OctoberMerkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev.Paris4 OctoberMerkel attended the G4 Summit with President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.Colombey-les-Deux-Églises11 OctoberMerkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.Paris12 OctoberEuro countries adopt a joint action plan to stabilize the financial markets.Brussels16 OctoberPrague20 OctoberMerkel met with Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek.Beijing23–25 OctoberMerkel attended the ASEM summit.London30 OctoberMerkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Brussels7 NovemberMerkel attended the preparatory meeting for the G20 summit.Washington D.C.14–15 NovemberMerkel attended the G20 summit.Trieste18 NovemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.Paris24 NovemberMerkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.Warsaw9 DecemberMerkel met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Brussels11–12 DecemberMerkel attended the European Council summit.

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