List of international prime ministerial trips made by Matteo Renzi

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.

Matteo Renzi with Barack Obama at the White House.

Summary of international trips

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Map of international trips made by Matteo Renzi as Prime Minister:
  Italy
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  7 visits
Number 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

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The following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2014:

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
  Tunisia Tunis 4 March Prime Minister Renzi's 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]
  France Paris 15 March Renzi's visit to France was his first trip in a country of the European Union. In Paris, Prime Minister Renzi met French President François Hollande.[2]
  Germany Berlin 17 March Matteo Renzi went to 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]
  United Kingdom London 1 April Renzi met in London the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.[4]
  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 With his wife 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]
  China Beijing 10–12 June In 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]
  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 Matteo Renzi met 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]
  Iraq Baghdad 20 August Renzi met the Head of State Fuad Masum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his immediate predecessor Nouri al-Maliki to discussed about the insurgency of the Islamic State.[14]
  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 Prime Minister Renzi participated to the NATO Summit in Newport.
  United States New York City 21–26 September On 22 September, Renzi visited 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]

  United Kingdom London 2 October Renzi met in London the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.[21]
  Romania Bucharest 13 November With his wife, Agnese Landini, Renzi met in Bucharest the Prime Minister of the Romania Victor Ponta.[22]
  Australia Brisbane 15–16 November Matteo Renzi participated with his wife Agnese Landini at the G20 summit in Brisbane. Renzi had also a bilateral meeting with the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.[23]
  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 Matteo Renzi met the Austrian Prime Minister Werner Faymann in Vienna.[25]
  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 On 11 December Renzi then travelled to 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]
  Albania Tirana 30 December Prime Minister Renzi met in Tirana the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the President Bujar Nishani.[28]

2015

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The 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 Matteo Renzi participated, with more than 40 world leaders and three million people, in the Republican March organised by President François Hollande after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[30]
  Switzerland Davos 21 January Prime Minister Renzi participated to the World Economic Forum in Davos.[31]
  France Paris 24 February Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in Paris with the French President François Hollande[32]
  Ukraine Kyiv 4 March Renzi met in 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]
  Russia Moscow 5 March Matteo Renzi met Russian President 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]
  Egypt Sharm el-Sheik 13 March Renzi participated to the Egypt Economic Development Conference with the President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[35]
  Tunisia Tunis 29 March Renzi participated in a march organised by the Tunisian government after the Bardo National Museum attack.[36]
  Malta Valletta 8 April Matteo Renzi visited Malta, where he met the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, discussing about the illegal immigration in the Mediterranean Sea.[37]
  United States Washington D.C. 16–17 April At the 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]
  Germany Schloss Elmau 7–8 June Prime Minister Renzi went in Schloss Elmau to participate to the 41st G7 summit. The leaders reached amo agreement on CO2 emission and global warming.[39]
  Germany Berlin 1 July Matteo Renzi met in Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel. They discussed about the Greek debt crisis and the bailout referendum.[40]
  Ethiopia Addis Ababa 14 July Renzi visited Addis Ababa where he met the President Mulatu Teshome and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.[41]
  Kenya Nairobi 15 July Matteo Renzi met the Keyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and spoke at the University of Nairobi.[42]
  Israel Tel Aviv, Jerusalem 21–22 July Prime Minister Renzi had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and spoke to the Knesset, on the following day.[43]
  Palestine Ramallah 22 July Matteo Renzi met the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.[44]
  Japan Tokyo, Kyoto 2–4 August Renzi had a bilateral meeting in Tokyo with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and was received at the Japanese Imperial Palace by the Emperor Akihito.[45]
  United States New York City 26–29 September Prime Minister Renzi travelled to New York City to attend the seventieth session of the 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]
  Chile Santiago 23–24 October Matteo Renzi met the Chilean President 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]
  Peru Lima,
Machu Picchu
25–26 October Renzi visited the sanctuary of 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]
  Colombia Bogotà 27 October Prime Minister Renzi met the President Juan Manuel Santos, promoting new energetic treaties.[49]
  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 Matteo Renzi participated at the 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]
  France Paris 25 November Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in 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]
  Lebanon Shama 22 December Renzi visited the Italian troops in Lebanon, who took part to the United Nations peacekeeping mission UNIFIL.[54]

2016

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Renzi and Enrique Peña Nieto during an arrival ceremony in Mexico City.

The following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2016:

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
  Germany Berlin 29 January Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in Berlin with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders discussed about the migrant and economic crisis.[55]
  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 Matteo Renzi met the Prime Minister Mark Rutte. They discussed about economic crisis and immigration.[59]
  Argentina Buenos Aires 15–16 February Matteo Renzi met the President Mauricio Macri for a state visit to Buenos Aires. He was the first European leader to meet Macri after the 2015 election.[60]
  Spain Tarragona 21 March Prime Minister Renzi went in Catalonia after a bus accident in which seven Italian girls died.[61]
  United States Stillwater, NV, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Washington D.C. 29 March–1 April Prime Minister Renzi visited an 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]
  Iran Tehran 12–13 April Matteo Renzi became the first Western leader to visit Iran after the agreement on Iranian nuclear program. He met both President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[63]
  Mexico Mexico City 20 April Matteo Renzi met the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at Los Pinos residence. He also spoke to the ITAM University.[64]
  United States New York City 21–22 April Prime Minister Renzi signed the 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]
  Japan Shima 26–27 May Prime Minister Renzi went in Shima to participate to the 42nd G7 summit. The world leaders discussed about immigration, economic crisis and ISIL terrorist threat.[66]
  Russia Saint Petersburg 17 June Renzi met President 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]
  Poland Warsaw 8–9 July Prime Minister Renzi participated to the NATO Summit in Warsaw. He also had a bilateral meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło.[68]
  Brazil Rio de Janeiro,
São Paulo
3–6 August Matteo Renzi was in Brazil to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Maracanã Stadium. He also visited São Paulo, where he met the Italian community.[69]
  China Hangzhou 4–6 September Prime Minister Renzi participated at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, hosted by President Xi Jinping. Renzi also spoke to the Tongji University.[70]
  United States New York City 18–20 September Matteo Renzi travelled to New York City to attend the annual session of the 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]
  United States Washington D.C. 17–19 October Prime Minister Renzi and his wife 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]

References

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  1. ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio in Tunisia
  2. ^ Visita del Presidente Renzi all'Eliseo
  3. ^ Berlino: Renzi al vertice italo-tedesco
  4. ^ Visita del Presidente Renzi a Londra
  5. ^ Renzi a Bruxelles per il G7 del 4-5 giugno
  6. ^ Renzi e la missione Asia, tappa ad Hanoi
  7. ^ Renzi in Cina: dobbiamo aprirci di più
  8. ^ Renzi in Vietnam, Cina e Kazakistan
  9. ^ Renzi a Ypres per commemorazione Centenario Prima Guerra Mondiale
  10. ^ Renzi in Mozambico: «Da Eni un investimento da 50 miliardi». Descalzi assicura: «Non andremo via da Gela»
  11. ^ Renzi arrivato in Congo Brazzaville
  12. ^ Visita di Renzi in Mozambico, Congo-Brazaville e Angola
  13. ^ Renzi in Egitto per gli incontri istituzionali
  14. ^ Visita di Renzi in Iraq
  15. ^ Visita di Renzi in Iraq
  16. ^ cervelli italiani emigrati nella Silicon Valley: "Spiegheremo a Renzi come attirare i talenti
  17. ^ Cena a Stanford per Renzi, poi un tour digitale nelle sedi di Twitter, Yahoo e Google
  18. ^ Renzi al summit di New York: "I cambiamenti climatici sono la sfida del nostro tempo"
  19. ^ "Renzi a New York, incontro con i coniugi Clinton e l'assemblea dell'Onu"
  20. ^ "Renzi a New York: Via al vertice Onu su clima e incontro con Ban Ki-moon"
  21. ^ Renzi in visita a Londra
  22. ^ Renzi a Bucarest incontra il Primo Ministro della Repubblica di Romania
  23. ^ Renzi al G20 a Brisbane
  24. ^ Turkmenistan: Renzi, con Ashgabat "amicizia" anche oltre il gas Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio a Vienna
  26. ^ Visita Renzi in Algeria
  27. ^ Renzi in visita in Turchia
  28. ^ Renzi in visita a Tirana
  29. ^ Renzi in visita negli Emirati Arabi Uniti
  30. ^ Renzi a Parigi per la manifesta Je suis Charlie
  31. ^ Renzi al World Economic Forum
  32. ^ Renzi a Parigi per il vertice italo-francese
  33. ^ Renzi a Kiev incontra Poroshenko
  34. ^ Renzi a Mosca, incontri con Medvedev e Putin
  35. ^ Renzi in Egitto
  36. ^ A migliaia a Tunisi contro terrorismo: "Le monde est Bardo". Ucciso leader jihadista
  37. ^ Renzi in visita nella Repubblica di Malta
  38. ^ Obama, Renzi meet at White House
  39. ^ G7 Schloss Elmau, accordo sul clima: tetto di 2 gradi all'aumento delle temperature. Renzi: "Al tavolo da protagonisti"
  40. ^ Renzi a Berlino il 1 luglio
  41. ^ Renzi in Etiopia
  42. ^ Renzi in Etiopia e Kenya
  43. ^ Renzi arrivato in Israele
  44. ^ Renzi in visita in Israele e Palestina
  45. ^ Renzi in Giappone dal 2 al 4 agosto
  46. ^ Renzi a New York per l'Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite
  47. ^ Visita del Presidente del Consiglio Renzi in Cile
  48. ^ Perù, il presidente Humala accoglie il premier Matteo Renzi
  49. ^ L’entusiasmo di Renzi per la Colombia
  50. ^ Renzi a Cuba incontra Raul Castro e cena all'Avana. Rientro in Italia nel pomeriggio
  51. ^ Matteo Renzi in visita in Arabia Saudita: oggi l'incontro con Re Salman
  52. ^ G20, sul tavolo del summit irrompe il terrorismo, bilaterale tra Renzi e Putin
  53. ^ Parigi, incontro bilaterale Renzi-Hollande e Lectio Magistralis
  54. ^ Le foto di Matteo Renzi in Libano
  55. ^ Vertice a Berlino, Merkel: "Urgente accordo su Turchia". Renzi: "Pronti, Ue risponda su fondi"
  56. ^ Renzi in Africa: visita in Nigeria, Ghana e Senegal
  57. ^ Renzi in Ghana: "La UE è lontana dai valori dei suoi padri fondatori."
  58. ^ Renzi in visita in Senegal
  59. ^ Renzi a L'Aja
  60. ^ Renzi in Argentina
  61. ^ Incidente in Catalogna, Renzi in Spagna
  62. ^ Renzi a Washington
  63. ^ Renzi in Iran
  64. ^ Renzi in Messico e negli Stati Uniti
  65. ^ Renzi sente Hillary Clinton Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  66. ^ Renzi in Giappone per il G7
  67. ^ Renzi a San Pietroburgo
  68. ^ Vertice Nato, Renzi a Varsavia
  69. ^ Renzi in Brasile
  70. ^ Renzi in Cina
  71. ^ L'agenda di Renzi alle Nazioni Unite. Due giorni di incontri
  72. ^ H.E. Matteo Renzi
  73. ^ Il Presidente Renzi a Washington