This is a list of international trips made by Dorin Recean, the Prime Minister of Moldova (16 February 2023 – 1 November 2025).
During his term in office he made:
One visit to Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Greece, Slovakia, United States, Austria and Japan. Two visits to Germany. Three visits to Switzerland and Turkey and Belgium. Five visits to Romania.
2023 +#CountryLocationDateDetails1Bucharest1 MarchMet with:
Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania Nicolae Ciucă – Prime Minister of Romania Alina Gorghiu – Acting President of the Senate Marcel Ciolacu – President of the Chamber of Deputies Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania2Bucharest18 MayAttended the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum. Spoke at a panel discussion alongside: Nicolae Ciucă – Prime Minister of Romania3Ankara3 June Attended the presidential inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 4Zurich25–26 JuneMet with the Moldovan diaspora. Visited the Google Headquarters. Vaduz26–28 JuneMet with:
Daniel Risch – Prime Minister of Liechtenstein5Kyiv23 AugustParticipated in the 2023 Crimea Platform. Met with:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy – President of Ukraine Katalin Novák – President of Hungary
Denys Shmyhal – Prime Minister of Ukraine Petteri Orpo – Prime Minister of Finland Ruslan Stefanchuk – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada6Berlin27–29 SeptemberMet with:
Svenja Schulze – Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Michael Roth – Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee7Brussels24–26 OctoberParticipated in the 2023 Global Gateway Summit. Met with:
Ursula von der Leyen – President of the European Commission Josep Borrell – Vice-President of the European Commission; High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Maroš Šefčovič – Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations; Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal Věra Jourová – Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency Olivér Várhelyi – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Paolo Gentiloni – European Commissioner for Economy Didier Reynders – European Commissioner for Justice Kadri Simson – European Commissioner for Energy Wopke Hoekstra – European Commissioner for Climate Action Virginijus Sinkevičius – European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Adina-Ioana Vălean – European Commissioner for Transport Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary General of NATO
2024
+#CountryLocationDateDetails8Davos16–18 JanuaryParticipated in the World Economic Forum. Met with:
Andrzej Duda – President of Poland Gitanas Nausėda – President of Lithuania
Mark Rutte – Prime Minister of the Netherlands Andrej Plenković – Prime Minister of Croatia Nikolai Denkov – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Daniel Risch – Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Borjana Krišto – Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Albert II, Prince of Monaco Odile Renaud-Basso – President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Tony Blair – Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sanna Marin – Former Prime Minister of Finland9Budapest25 JanuaryMet with:
Katalin Novák – President of Hungary Viktor Orbán – Prime Minister of Hungary10Antalya1 MarchParticipated in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. Met with:
Rumen Radev – President of Bulgaria11Bucharest7 MarchAttended the European People's Party Congress. Had bilateral talks with:
Nicolae Ciucă – President of the Senate of Romania Antonio Tajani – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy12Bucharest27 MarchMet with:
Marcel Ciolacu – Prime Minister of Romania Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania13Vilnius11–12 AprilParticipated in the Three Seas Initiative Summit. Met with:
Ingrida Šimonytė – Prime Minister of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen – Speaker of the Seimas14Bucharest9 MayParticipated in the CFA Central and Eastern Europe Investment Conference.15Brussels20–21 MayMet with:
Charles Michel – President of the European Council Josep Borrell – Vice-President of the European Commission; High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Olivér Várhelyi – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Paolo Gentiloni – European Commissioner for Economy16Berlin11 JuneParticipated in the 2024 Ukraine Recovery Conference. Had bilateral meetings with:
Annalena Baerbock – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Svenja Schulze – Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany Martin Kocher – Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs of Austria Nadia Calviño – President of the European Investment Bank Vasco Cordeiro – President of the European Committee of the Regions17Luxembourg24–26 JuneLed the Moldovan delegation at the inaugural Moldova-European Union Accession Conference. Met with:
Luc Frieden – Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Xavier Bettel – Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Olivér Várhelyi – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olha Stefanishyna – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine18Athens1–2 JulyMet with:
Katerina Sakellaropoulou – President of Greece
Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Prime Minister of Greece19Bratislava10 SeptemberMet with:
Peter Pellegrini – President of Slovakia Robert Fico – Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Žiga – Acting Speaker of the National Council20New York27 SeptemberGave a speech at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. Met with:
António Guterres – Secretary-General of the United Nations Andrej Plenković – Prime Minister of Croatia
2025 #CountryLocationDateDetails21Davos22–23 JanuaryAttended the World Economic Forum. Met with:
Guy Parmelin – Vice President of Switzerland Aleksandar Vučić – President of Serbia Borjana Krišto – Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Daniel Risch – Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Valdis Dombrovskis – Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People; European Commissioner for Trade Marta Kos – European Commissioner for Enlargement Radosław Sikorski – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Jean-Noël Barrot – Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Emil Hurezeanu – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Odile Renaud-Basso – President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Maxim Timchenko – CEO of DTEK22Antalya11 AprilAttended the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.23Brussels3–4 JuneAttended the 9th Meeting of the EU-Moldova Association Council. Met with:
António Costa – President of the European Council
Roberta Metsola – President of the European Parliament Kaja Kallas – Vice-President of the European Commission; High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Teresa Ribera – First Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition; Commissioner for Competition
Valdis Dobrovskis – Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People; Commissioner for Trade Marta Kos – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Piotr Serafin – European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Christophe Hansen – European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Ekaterina Zaharieva – European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Manfred Weber – MEP; President of the European People's Party24Vienna13 JuneAttended the Europa-Forum Wachau. Met with:
Christian Stocker – Chancellor of Austria Rosen Zhelyazkov – Prime Minister of Bulgaria25Tokyo, Osaka30 August – 2 SeptemberMet with:
Shigeru Ishiba – Prime Minister of Japan Yuichiro Koga – State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
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