This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Matteo Renzi, who served as the 56th Prime Minister of Italy from 22 February 2014 until his resignation on 12 December 2016.
Summary of international trips
editNumber of visits | Country |
---|---|
1 visit | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Republic of Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam. |
2 visits | Belgium, China, Egypt, Japan, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey |
3 visits | United Kingdom |
4 visits | France, Germany |
7 visits | United States |
2014
editThe following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2014:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Tunisia | Tunis | 4 March | state visit to Tunisia was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. He chose Tunisia as the first foreign trip of his premiership in a demonstration of his new foreign policy towards Africa. Renzi met President Moncef Marzouki and Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa.[1] | Prime Minister Renzi's
France | Paris | 15 March | France was his first trip in a country of the European Union. In Paris, Prime Minister Renzi met French President François Hollande.[2] | Renzi's visit to
Germany | Berlin | 17 March | Berlin where he met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom discussed about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the economic policies of the EU.[3] | Matteo Renzi went to
United Kingdom | London | 1 April | London the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.[4] | Renzi met in
Belgium | Brussels | 4–5 June | Prime Minister Renzi went in Brussels to participate to the 40th G7 summit. The first one after the suspension of Russia from the G8. The main topics where the Pro-Russian protests in Ukraine and the economic crisis.[5] |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 9–10 June | Agnese Landini, Renzi started his official trip to Asia, from Vietnam. He met President Trương Tấn Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, as well as Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. In doing so, Renzi became the first Italian Prime Minister to officially visit Vietnam since 1973, when diplomacy first began between Italy and North Vietnam.[6] | With his wife
China | Beijing | 10–12 June | Beijing Renzi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, who congratulated him for the "important reforms" being undertaken by his government. Xi also stated that China would continue cooperation with Italy ahead of Expo 2015 in Milan.[7] | In
Kazakhstan | Astana | 12 June | Prime Minister Renzi met Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, where they discussed withdrawal of Italian troops from Afghanistan.[8] |
Belgium | Ypres | 26 June | Matteo Renzi visited Ypres for the commemoration of the centenary from the First World War.[9] |
Mozambique | Maputo | 19 July | Prime Minister Renzi's started a major trip to Africa, meeting the Mozambique President Armando Guebuza, with whom signed economic pacts to create investments by the Italian government-onwned oil company Eni in the African country for 50 billion dollars.[10] |
Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | 20 July | Matteo Renzi visited the Republic of Congo where he met President Denis Sassou Nguesso, with whom he signed a cooperation for the extraction of oil in the country.[11] |
Angola | Luanda | 20 July | Renzi met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda; it was the final stage of his trip to Africa.[12] |
Egypt | Cairo | 2 August | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, holding talks about a variety of issues, including the Israel-Gaza conflict. Renzi stated that Italy would support the Egyptian truce proposal, with the two leaders calling for an immediate cease-fire and the beginning of peace treaties.[13] | Matteo Renzi met
Iraq | Baghdad | 20 August | Fuad Masum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his immediate predecessor Nouri al-Maliki to discussed about the insurgency of the Islamic State.[14] | Renzi met the Head of State
Iraqi Kurdistan | Erbil | 20 August | In Erbil Renzi met the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Mas'ud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani.[15] |
United Kingdom | Newport | 4–5 September | NATO Summit in Newport. | Prime Minister Renzi participated to the
United States | New York City | 21–26 September | Silicon Valley, California, where he met young Italian emigrants who created startups in the USA.[16] He also visited the headquarters of Twitter, Google and Yahoo! to hold talks with chief executives. Renzi was accompanied by former US Secretaries of State, Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz, and by the former American ambassador to Italy, Ronald P. Spogli.[17]
The following day, Renzi spoke at a United Nations summit in New York City, focussing on the problem of climatic change.[18] Following the summit, Renzi met former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[19] At the end of his trip, Renzi participated in a reception offered by President Barack Obama.[20] | On 22 September, Renzi visited
United Kingdom | London | 2 October | London the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.[21] | Renzi met in
Romania | Bucharest | 13 November | Agnese Landini, Renzi met in Bucharest the Prime Minister of the Romania Victor Ponta.[22] | With his wife,
Australia | Brisbane | 15–16 November | Agnese Landini at the G20 summit in Brisbane. Renzi had also a bilateral meeting with the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.[23] | Matteo Renzi participated with his wife
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 18 November | In Ashgabat, with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Renzi signed a number of economic pacts securing increased gas supply.[24] |
Austria | Vienna | 24 November | Werner Faymann in Vienna.[25] | Matteo Renzi met the Austrian Prime Minister
Algeria | Algiers | 2 December | Renzi met in Algiers the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. With the two leaders of the country, Renzi discussed the Libyan crisis, immigration from North Africa, and also about gas imports from Algeria as an alternative to Russian imports, following the tensions between the European Union and Russia.[26] |
Turkey | Istanbul | 11 December | Ankara for a second meeting with Erdoğan, during which Renzi expressed his support for Turkish accession to the European Union. On the same day he met Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.[27] | On 11 December Renzi then travelled to
Albania | Tirana | 30 December | Prime Minister Renzi met in Tirana the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the President Bujar Nishani.[28] |
2015
editThe following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2015:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 8 January | Renzi made his first official trip of the year when he met Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi to address issues of foreign policy and economic issues such as Alitalia-Etihad. The two leaders discussed joint co-operation domains and enhancing trade exchange and cooperation in the energy and aerospace fields.[29] |
France | Paris | 11 January | Republican March organised by President François Hollande after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[30] | Matteo Renzi participated, with more than 40 world leaders and three million people, in the
Switzerland | Davos | 21 January | World Economic Forum in Davos.[31] | Prime Minister Renzi participated to the
France | Paris | 24 February | Paris with the French President François Hollande[32] | Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in
Ukraine | Kyiv | 4 March | Kyiv the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko; the meeting was focused on the War in Donbass. During the press conference, Renzi stated that: "Italy and the EU will continue to work together to implement the Minsk accord and doing all we can to return to peace with the respect of the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."[33] | Renzi met in
Russia | Moscow | 5 March | Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. The talks between the leaders was focused on international issues, such as settlement of the crisis in Ukraine, the situations in the Middle East and in Libya, as well as fighting terrorism. Putin guaranteed Russian support in case of a UN intervention in Libya against the Islamic State[34] | Matteo Renzi met Russian President
Egypt | Sharm el-Sheik | 13 March | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[35] | Renzi participated to the Egypt Economic Development Conference with the President
Tunisia | Tunis | 29 March | Bardo National Museum attack.[36] | Renzi participated in a march organised by the Tunisian government after the
Malta | Valletta | 8 April | Malta, where he met the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, discussing about the illegal immigration in the Mediterranean Sea.[37] | Matteo Renzi visited
United States | Washington D.C. | 16–17 April | White House Renzi discussed, with President Obama, about many issues, including Ukraine, Libya and Islamic State. They also talked about Europe's economy, a pending trade pact between the U.S. and Europe, climate change and energy security.[38] | At the
Germany | Schloss Elmau | 7–8 June | Schloss Elmau to participate to the 41st G7 summit. The leaders reached amo agreement on CO2 emission and global warming.[39] | Prime Minister Renzi went in
Germany | Berlin | 1 July | Angela Merkel. They discussed about the Greek debt crisis and the bailout referendum.[40] | Matteo Renzi met in Berlin Chancellor
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 14 July | Mulatu Teshome and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.[41] | Renzi visited Addis Ababa where he met the President
Kenya | Nairobi | 15 July | Uhuru Kenyatta and spoke at the University of Nairobi.[42] | Matteo Renzi met the Keyan President
Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem | 21–22 July | Benjamin Netanyahu and spoke to the Knesset, on the following day.[43] | Prime Minister Renzi had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister
Palestine | Ramallah | 22 July | Mahmoud Abbas.[44] | Matteo Renzi met the President of the Palestinian National Authority
Japan | Tokyo, Kyoto | 2–4 August | Shinzō Abe and was received at the Japanese Imperial Palace by the Emperor Akihito.[45] | Renzi had a bilateral meeting in Tokyo with Prime Minister
United States | New York City | 26–29 September | United Nations General Assembly. In his address, Renzi expressed Italy's support to "politically solve" the Syrian Civil War, as well as to alleviate climate change.[46] | Prime Minister Renzi travelled to New York City to attend the seventieth session of the
Chile | Santiago | 23–24 October | Michelle Bachelet at the presidential palace La Moneda, inaugurating several renewable energy projects promoted by Enel. The Prime Minister spoke also at the University of Chile.[47] | Matteo Renzi met the Chilean President
Peru | Lima, Machu Picchu |
25–26 October | Machu Picchu with the Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano. On the following day he went to Lima, where he met the Peruvian President Ollanta Humala.[48] | Renzi visited the sanctuary of
Colombia | Bogotà | 27 October | Juan Manuel Santos, promoting new energetic treaties.[49] | Prime Minister Renzi met the President
Cuba | Havana | 28 October | Matteo Renzi became the first Italian Prime Minister to visit Cuba. In Havana he met President Raúl Castro; he was the first G7 leader to visit Cuba after the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States.[50] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 8–9 November | Prime Minister Renzi met the King of Saudi Arabia King Salman, with whom signed lot of economic cooperation pacts between the two countries.[51] |
Turkey | Antalya | 15–16 November | G20 summit in Antalya, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; the summit was focused on the fight to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.[52] | Matteo Renzi participated at the
France | Paris | 25 November | Paris with the French President François Hollande, focused on the fight to ISIL. It was the first meeting with Hollande, after the November Paris Attack. Renzi had also a lectio magistralis to Sorbonne University.[53] | Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in
Lebanon | Shama | 22 December | Lebanon, who took part to the United Nations peacekeeping mission UNIFIL.[54] | Renzi visited the Italian troops in
2016
editThe following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2016:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Germany | Berlin | 29 January | Berlin with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders discussed about the migrant and economic crisis.[55] | Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in
Nigeria | Abuja | 1 February | Renzi met President Muhammadu Buhari; with whom signed an agreement on enhancing cooperation between the Nigerian and Italian Polices. The two leaders also discussed agout terrorism and migration.[56] |
Ghana | Accra | 2 February | Matteo Renzi met President John Dramani Mahama. The Prime Minister also spoke to the Parliament.[57] |
Senegal | Dakar | 3 February | Prime Minister Renzi met President Macky Sall and Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne. Renzi also spoke at the Cheikh Anta Diop University.[58] |
Netherlands | The Hague | 5 February | Mark Rutte. They discussed about economic crisis and immigration.[59] | Matteo Renzi met the Prime Minister
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 15–16 February | Mauricio Macri for a state visit to Buenos Aires. He was the first European leader to meet Macri after the 2015 election.[60] | Matteo Renzi met the President
Spain | Tarragona | 21 March | Catalonia after a bus accident in which seven Italian girls died.[61] | Prime Minister Renzi went in
United States | Stillwater, NV, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Washington D.C. | 29 March–1 April | Enel plant in Nevada; on the following day he visited an Italian school and Fermilab; then visited IBM's Watson center and Harvard University; on 1 April he participated to the Nuclear Security Summit, where he met President Barack Obama.[62] | Prime Minister Renzi visited an
Iran | Tehran | 12–13 April | agreement on Iranian nuclear program. He met both President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[63] | Matteo Renzi became the first Western leader to visit Iran after the
Mexico | Mexico City | 20 April | Enrique Peña Nieto at Los Pinos residence. He also spoke to the ITAM University.[64] | Matteo Renzi met the Mexican President
United States | New York City | 21–22 April | COP 21 treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Renzi also met the former U.S. President Bill Clinton and had a phone call with his wife and current presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.[65] | Prime Minister Renzi signed the
Japan | Shima | 26–27 May | Shima to participate to the 42nd G7 summit. The world leaders discussed about immigration, economic crisis and ISIL terrorist threat.[66] | Prime Minister Renzi went in
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 17 June | Vladimir Putin, to the World Economic Forum. The two leaders discussed of European migrant crisis, war on ISIL, International sanctions against Russia, Donbass War and Brexit.[67] | Renzi met President
Poland | Warsaw | 8–9 July | NATO Summit in Warsaw. He also had a bilateral meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło.[68] | Prime Minister Renzi participated to the
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo |
3–6 August | 2016 Summer Olympics at the Maracanã Stadium. He also visited São Paulo, where he met the Italian community.[69] | Matteo Renzi was in Brazil to participate in the opening ceremony of the
China | Hangzhou | 4–6 September | G20 summit in Hangzhou, hosted by President Xi Jinping. Renzi also spoke to the Tongji University.[70] | Prime Minister Renzi participated at the
United States | New York City | 18–20 September | United Nations General Assembly. Renzi discussed with the former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Foundation and he also had a bilateral meeting with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On Tuesday he spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations. Renzi also received from the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the Global Citizen Award of the Atlantic Council.[71][72] | Matteo Renzi travelled to New York City to attend the annual session of the
United States | Washington D.C. | 17–19 October | Agnese Landini were welcomed to the White House by President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama; they also had a state dinner at the White House. On Wednesday Renzi also spoke at the Johns Hopkins University.[73] | Prime Minister Renzi and his wife
References
edit- ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio in Tunisia
- ^ Visita del Presidente Renzi all'Eliseo
- ^ Berlino: Renzi al vertice italo-tedesco
- ^ Visita del Presidente Renzi a Londra
- ^ Renzi a Bruxelles per il G7 del 4-5 giugno
- ^ Renzi e la missione Asia, tappa ad Hanoi
- ^ Renzi in Cina: dobbiamo aprirci di più
- ^ Renzi in Vietnam, Cina e Kazakistan
- ^ Renzi a Ypres per commemorazione Centenario Prima Guerra Mondiale
- ^ Renzi in Mozambico: «Da Eni un investimento da 50 miliardi». Descalzi assicura: «Non andremo via da Gela»
- ^ Renzi arrivato in Congo Brazzaville
- ^ Visita di Renzi in Mozambico, Congo-Brazaville e Angola
- ^ Renzi in Egitto per gli incontri istituzionali
- ^ Visita di Renzi in Iraq
- ^ Visita di Renzi in Iraq
- ^ cervelli italiani emigrati nella Silicon Valley: "Spiegheremo a Renzi come attirare i talenti
- ^ Cena a Stanford per Renzi, poi un tour digitale nelle sedi di Twitter, Yahoo e Google
- ^ Renzi al summit di New York: "I cambiamenti climatici sono la sfida del nostro tempo"
- ^ "Renzi a New York, incontro con i coniugi Clinton e l'assemblea dell'Onu"
- ^ "Renzi a New York: Via al vertice Onu su clima e incontro con Ban Ki-moon"
- ^ Renzi in visita a Londra
- ^ Renzi a Bucarest incontra il Primo Ministro della Repubblica di Romania
- ^ Renzi al G20 a Brisbane
- ^ Turkmenistan: Renzi, con Ashgabat "amicizia" anche oltre il gas Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio a Vienna
- ^ Visita Renzi in Algeria
- ^ Renzi in visita in Turchia
- ^ Renzi in visita a Tirana
- ^ Renzi in visita negli Emirati Arabi Uniti
- ^ Renzi a Parigi per la manifesta Je suis Charlie
- ^ Renzi al World Economic Forum
- ^ Renzi a Parigi per il vertice italo-francese
- ^ Renzi a Kiev incontra Poroshenko
- ^ Renzi a Mosca, incontri con Medvedev e Putin
- ^ Renzi in Egitto
- ^ A migliaia a Tunisi contro terrorismo: "Le monde est Bardo". Ucciso leader jihadista
- ^ Renzi in visita nella Repubblica di Malta
- ^ Obama, Renzi meet at White House
- ^ G7 Schloss Elmau, accordo sul clima: tetto di 2 gradi all'aumento delle temperature. Renzi: "Al tavolo da protagonisti"
- ^ Renzi a Berlino il 1 luglio
- ^ Renzi in Etiopia
- ^ Renzi in Etiopia e Kenya
- ^ Renzi arrivato in Israele
- ^ Renzi in visita in Israele e Palestina
- ^ Renzi in Giappone dal 2 al 4 agosto
- ^ Renzi a New York per l'Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite
- ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio Renzi in Cile
- ^ Perù, il presidente Humala accoglie il premier Matteo Renzi
- ^ L’entusiasmo di Renzi per la Colombia
- ^ Renzi a Cuba incontra Raul Castro e cena all'Avana. Rientro in Italia nel pomeriggio
- ^ Matteo Renzi in visita in Arabia Saudita: oggi l'incontro con Re Salman
- ^ G20, sul tavolo del summit irrompe il terrorismo, bilaterale tra Renzi e Putin
- ^ Parigi, incontro bilaterale Renzi-Hollande e Lectio Magistralis
- ^ Le foto di Matteo Renzi in Libano
- ^ Vertice a Berlino, Merkel: "Urgente accordo su Turchia". Renzi: "Pronti, Ue risponda su fondi"
- ^ Renzi in Africa: visita in Nigeria, Ghana e Senegal
- ^ Renzi in Ghana: "La UE è lontana dai valori dei suoi padri fondatori."
- ^ Renzi in visita in Senegal
- ^ Renzi a L'Aja
- ^ Renzi in Argentina
- ^ Incidente in Catalogna, Renzi in Spagna
- ^ Renzi a Washington
- ^ Renzi in Iran
- ^ Renzi in Messico e negli Stati Uniti
- ^ Renzi sente Hillary Clinton Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renzi in Giappone per il G7
- ^ Renzi a San Pietroburgo
- ^ Vertice Nato, Renzi a Varsavia
- ^ Renzi in Brasile
- ^ Renzi in Cina
- ^ L'agenda di Renzi alle Nazioni Unite. Due giorni di incontri
- ^ H.E. Matteo Renzi
- ^ Il Presidente Renzi a Washington