List of international prime ministerial trips made by Paolo Gentiloni explained

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 visitsCountry
1 visitAngola, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ghana, Greece, Kuwait, India, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom
2 visitsFrance, Portugal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States
3 visitsGermany

2017

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FranceParis10 January

See also: France–Italy relations. 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.[1]

GermanyBerlin18 January

See also: Germany–Italy relations. 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.[2]

SpainMadrid27 January

See also: Italy–Spain relations. Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Madrid, where he met the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.[3]

PortugalLisboa28 JanuaryPaolo Gentiloni went to Lisboa, where he met the Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa. The meeting was focused on migrant crisis and economic growth.[4]
United KingdomLondon9 February

See also: Italy–United Kingdom relations. 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.[5]

SpainMadrid10 April

See also: Italy–Spain relations, France–Italy relations, Greece–Italy relations and Italy–Malta relations. 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.[6]

United StatesWashington D.C.19–20 April

See also: Italy–United States relations. 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.[7]

CanadaOttawa20–21 April

See also: Canada–Italy relations. Gentiloni went to Canada, where he met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Italian Prime Minister also met the Canadian Governor General David Johnston.[8]

KuwaitKuwait 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.[9]
ChinaBeijing14–16 May

See also: China–Italy relations. 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.[10]

RussiaSochi16–17 May

See also: Italy–Russia relations. 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.[11]

GermanyBerlin28 August

See also: Germany–Italy relations, France–Italy relations and Italy–Spain relations. 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.[12]

SloveniaLjubljana7 September

See also: Italy–Slovenia relations. Gentiloni met Prime Minister Miro Cerar. The focus of the meeting was the repatriation of immigrants.[13]

Czech RepublicPrague7 SeptemberPaolo Gentiloni went to Prague, where he met Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to discuss about the immigration to Europe.[14]
GreeceCorfu14 September

See also: Greece–Italy relations. 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.[15]

United StatesNew York City19–20 September

See also: Italy–United States relations. 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.[16] 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.[17]

EstoniaTallinn29 SeptemberPrime Minister Gentiloni went to Tallinn to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Digital Summit.[18]
IndiaNew Delhi29–30 October

See also: India–Italy relations. 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.[19] [20]

Saudi ArabiaRiyadh30–31 October Prime Minister Gentiloni met in Riyadh, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.[21]
United Arab EmiratesAbu 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.[22]
QatarDoha31 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.[23]
SwedenGöteborg17 NovemberPaolo Gentiloni went to Sweden to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Social Summit.[24]
TunisiaTunis24–26 November

See also: Italy–Tunisia relations. 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.[25]

AngolaLuanda26–27 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.[26]
GhanaAccra27–28 NovemberPaolo Gentiloni visited Ghana, where he met Nana Akufo-Addo. On 28 November the Prime Minister visited Eni's plant "John Agyekum Kufuor".[27]
Ivory CoastAbidjan28–29 NovemberGentiloni went to Ivory Coast to participate at the EU–African Union summit. During the event he had bilateral meetings with many African leaders.[28]
PortugalLisboa1 DecemberPrime Minister Gentiloni went to Lisboa, 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.[29]
FranceParis13 December

See also: France–Italy relations. 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.[30]

2018

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SwitzerlandDavos23–24 January

See also: Italy–Switzerland relations. Prime Minister Gentiloni participated to the World Economic Forum in Davos.[31]

GermanyBerlin16 February

See also: Germany–Italy relations. Paolo Gentiloni went to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders discussed, among other things, about the March 2018 election in Italy.[32]

United Arab EmiratesAbu 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.[33]
RomaniaBucharest19 April

See also: Italy–Romania relations. Prime Minister Gentiloni visited Romania, where he met Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and President Klaus Iohannis.[34]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.repubblica.it/economia/2017/01/10/news/hollande_gentiloni_ue_bilancio-155755854/ Incontro Hollande-Gentiloni: "Basta ossessione per regole di bilancio, Ue punti su crescita e lavoro"
  2. http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2017/01/18/gentiloni-a-berlino-in-cancelleria-dalla-merkel-_2898f5fb-2ba7-4abe-a069-212a1301a369.html Gentiloni a Berlino dalla Merkel: 'In Ue no alla flessibilità a corrente alternata'
  3. http://www.governo.it/articolo/gentiloni-madrid/6626 Gentiloni a Madrid
  4. http://www.governo.it/agenda/2017-12-01t000000/il-presidente-gentiloni-lisbona/8554 Il Presidente Gentiloni a Lisbona
  5. http://www.governo.it/articolo/gentiloni-londra/6701 Gentiloni a Londra
  6. http://www.governo.it/articolo/gentiloni-madrid/7100 Gentiloni a Madrid per il vertice dei paesi dell'Europa del Mediterraneo
  7. http://www.governo.it/media/gentiloni-washington/7193 Gentiloni a Washington
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6a6EYOYpOY Ottawa, conferenza stampa Gentiloni–Trudeau
  9. http://www.governo.it/articolo/gentiloni-kuwait/7231 Gentiloni in Kuwait
  10. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/gentiloni-pechino-rilanciare-nuova-seta-1397639.html Gentiloni a Pechino per rilanciare la "Via della Seta"
  11. https://www.agi.it/estero/gentiloni_putin_e_i_sei_accordi_di_sochi-1784336/news/2017-05-17/ Gentiloni, Putin e i sei accordi di Sochi
  12. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/08/28/migranti-gentiloni-a-parigi-per-vertice-con-francia-germania-e-spagna-merkel-distribuire-i-profughi-tra-i-paesi-ue/3822130/ Migranti, Gentiloni a Parigi per vertice con Francia, Germania e Spagna. Merkel: “Distribuire i profughi tra i Paesi Ue”
  13. http://www.governo.it/media/gentiloni-lubiana/8033 Gentiloni a Lubiana
  14. http://www.askanews.it/esteri/2017/09/07/gentiloni-a-praga-piano-congiunto-per-rimpatrio-assistito-migranti-pn_20170907_00148/ Gentiloni a Praga, piano congiunto per rimpatrio assistito migranti
  15. https://www.tpi.it/2017/09/14/gentiloni-grecia-vertice-tsipras/ Il premier Gentiloni in Grecia: le Ferrovie dello Stato italiane acquisiranno le Ferrovie dello Stato greche per 45 milioni di euro
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF1vZvAI1rI L'intervento del Presidente Gentiloni in Assemblea Generale Onu
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uxGjA58Vo Il Presidente Gentiloni a New York
  18. http://www.governo.it/articolo/gentiloni-tallinn/8160 Gentiloni a Tallinn
  19. http://www.governo.it/media/gentiloni-india/8346 Gentiloni in India
  20. http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/10/30/news/india_il_premier_modi_riceve_gentiloni_ma_perche_l_italia_blocca_gli_hare_krishna_-179745786/ India, il premier Modi riceve Gentiloni: "Ma perché l'Italia blocca gli Hare Krishna?"
  21. http://www.governo.it/media/visita-di-gentiloni-arabia-saudita/8353 Visita di Gentiloni in Arabia Saudita
  22. http://www.governo.it/media/gentiloni-negli-emirati-arabi-uniti/8360 Gentiloni negli Emirati Arabi Uniti
  23. http://www.governo.it/media/il-presidente-gentiloni-qatar/8364 Il Presidente Gentiloni in Qatar
  24. https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/goteborg-gentiloni-formazione-leva-crescita-nella-gig-economy/ Göteborg, Gentiloni: “Formazione leva di crescita nella gig economy”
  25. http://www.askanews.it/esteri/2017/11/25/gentiloni-in-tunisia-collaborazione-su-libia-e-migranti-top10_20171125_194848/ Gentiloni in Tunisia, collaborazione su Libia e migranti
  26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZ3VmcdCHI Luanda, Gentiloni incontra il Presidente della Repubblica di Angola
  27. http://formiche.net/gallerie/gentiloni-visita-ghana-foto/ La visita del presidente Gentiloni in Ghana
  28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-fe-iVLEqU Il Presidente Gentiloni in Costa d'Avorio per il Vertice Ue–Africa
  29. http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mondo/lisbona-per-il-premier-gentiloni-vertice-con-i-leader-del-pse_3109936-201702a.shtml Lisbona, per il premier Gentiloni vertice con i leader del Pse
  30. http://www.governo.it/agenda/2017-12-13t000000/gentiloni-parigi/8648 Gentiloni a Parigi
  31. http://www.governo.it/agenda/2018-01-23t000000-2018-01-24t000000/gentiloni-davos-il-world-economic-forum/8835 Gentiloni a Davos World Economic Forum
  32. http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2018-02-16/gentiloni-vede-merkel-centrosinistra-unico-pilastro-pro-ue-111314.shtml?uuid=AEDbnJ1D Gentiloni vede Merkel: centrosinistra unico pilastro pro-Ue
  33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCN_WzKYvSA Gentiloni ad Abu Dhabi
  34. http://www.governo.it/agenda/2018-04-19t000000/gentiloni-bucarest/9252 Gentiloni a Bucarest