This is a list of international trips made by Serzh Sargsyan, the third President of Armenia:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Saint Petersburg | June 5 – June 7 | Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. [1] | ||
Moscow | June 23–25 | Met with President Dmitry Medvedev.[2] | ||
Kazakhstan | Astana | July 5–6 | Participated in the Summit of the Heads of State[3] | |
Ukraine | Yalta | July 28–29 | Attended the 650th Anniversary of the foundation of the ancient Armenian Holy Cross cloister.[4] | |
China | Beijing | August 8–13 | Attended the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5] | |
Sochi | September 2 | Working Visit.[6] | ||
Moscow | September 5 | Participated at the regular session of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Moscow. [7] | ||
United States | New York City | September 24 | Participated in the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.[8] | |
Georgia | Tbilisi | September 30 – October 1 | Met with Mikheil Saakashvili.[9] | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | October 9–10 | Attended the Summit of the Council of the CIS Heads of State and the session of the intergovernmental council of the EurAsEC.[10] | |
Moscow | November 2 | Met with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev.[11] | ||
Belgium | Brussels | November 4–6 | Working Visit[12] | |
France | Paris | November 6 | Working Visit[13] | |
Bulgaria Bulgaria | Sofia | December 10–11 | Met with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.[14] | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | December 19–21 | Attended Summit of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.[15] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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January 17–18 | Participated in the International gas summit. | |||
Switzerland | Zürich | January 28 – February 1 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | February 4 | Working Visit. Session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). | ||
Germany | Berlin | February 6–8 | Working Visit. Attended the 45th International Conference on Security. | |
Tehran | April 13–14 | State Visit. | ||
Moscow | April 23 | Working Visit. | ||
Prague | May 7–8 | Working Visit. Attended the first EU Eastern Partnership Summit. | ||
Saint Petersburg | June 4–6 | He held negotiations with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Baltic Star Hotel in Saint Petersburg. | ||
Moscow | June 14 | Participated at the regular meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. | ||
Moscow | June 17–18 | Working Visit. | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | July 31 | Participated at the unofficial summit of the CSTO. | |
Orenburg | August 2–3 | Working Visit. | ||
Croatia | Zagreb | September 8–9 | Official Visit. | |
Paris | October 1–7 | The first stop on his Pan-Armenian tour of Europe. He met with Charles Aznavour.[16] | ||
Chișinău | October 8–9 | Working Visit. Attended the CIS summit. | ||
Moscow | October 12 | Working Visit.[17] | ||
Turkey | Bursa | October 14–15 | Attended a soccer match between Armenia and Turkey. Met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül. They discussed the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions.[18] | |
Astana | October 15–16 | Working Visit. Attended the final stage of the “Cooperation 2009” military exercises conducted by the collective Rapid Response Force of the CSTO at the Maribulak military training field.[19] | ||
Moscow | October 24–25 | Working Visit. Attended the annual Telemarathon of the All-Armenian Hayastan Fund at the Ararat Park Hayat Hotel in Moscow.[20] | ||
Kuwait | Kuwait City | November 3–4 | State Visit.[21] | |
Hungary | Budapest | November 8–10 | State Visit.[22] | |
Kaliningrad | November 10–11 | Working Visit. | ||
Munich | November 22–24 | Working Visit.[23] | ||
Minsk | November 26–27 | Working visit. Participated in the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community[24] | ||
Almaty | December 18–21 | Working Visit. Attended a summit of the Heads of states of the CIS at the Ak Bulak compound Almaty.[25] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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United Kingdom | London | February 9–11 | Working Visit. | |
Ukraine | Kyiv | February 25 | Working Visit. Attended the Inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych[26] | |
Georgia | Batumi | February 27–28 | Private Visit[27] | |
France | Paris | March 9–11 | Official Visit.[28] | |
Damascus | March 22–24 | State Visit[29] | ||
United States | Washington, D.C. | April 11–13 | Working Visit. Participated in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.. He met with the President of the United States Barack Obama. and Met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[30] | |
Moscow | April 20–21 | Working Visit. Met with the President of Russian Dmitry Medvedev.[31] | ||
China | Beijing | April 29 – May 3 | Attended the opening of the Shanghai Expo-2010. He attended the official opening of the Armenian pavilion as well as toured the pavilions of the US, Russia, and China represented at the expo. | |
Moscow | May 8–9 | Working Visit. Participated in the celebration for the 65th anniversary of Victory Day.[32] He laid a wreath at the tomb of Marshal Ivan Bagramyan on Red Square. | ||
Belgium | Brussels | May 25–27 | Working Visit | |
Rostov-on-Don | June 1–2 | [33] | ||
Saint Petersburg | June 17–19 | Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. [34] | ||
Germany | Berlin | June 21–23 | Met with the representatives of the Armenian-German community. [35] | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | July 4–6 | Attended the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community. [36] | |
Ukraine | Yalta | July 10–11 | Participated at the unofficial summit of the CIS Heads of State at the Livadia Palace[37] | |
Astrakhan | August 10 | Working visit.[38] | ||
Moscow | November 16–18 | Working Visit.[39] | ||
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | November 24–25 | Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.[40] | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | November 30 – December 2 | Participated in the 7th Summit of the OSCE. [41] Met with the President of Slovenia Danilo Türk. | |
Moscow | December 9–10 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Cyprus | Nicosia | January 17–18 | State Visit. | |
Greece | Athens | January 18–20 | State Visit | |
Germany | Munich | February 4–5 | Working Visit. Participated in the Security Policy Conference. | |
Saint Petersburg | February 25 | Working Visit | ||
Sochi | March 5 | Working Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting in Sochi with the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. | ||
Latvia | March 9–10 | Official Visit. | ||
Tehran | March 27 | Working Visit[42] | ||
Serbia | Belgrade | April 4–5 | Official Visit | |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | April 13–14 | Official Visit | |
Switzerland | Geneva | May 2–3 | Working Visit | |
Rome | June 1–3 | Working Visit. Attended a Military parade and a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Unification of Italy.[43] | ||
France | Strasbourg | June 21–22 | Working Visit. | |
Kazan | June 24–25 | Official Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.[44] | ||
Ukraine | Kyiv | July 1–2 | Official Visit | |
Cyprus | Nicosia | August 11 | Official Visit | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | August 12 | Working Visit | |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | September 2–3 | Participated at the 20th anniversary summit of CIS. Met with the Emomali Rahmon. | |
United States | Ellis Island | September 22–26 | Working Visit | |
France | Paris | September 27–29 | Working Visit | |
Poland | Warsaw | September 29–30 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | October 23–25 | Working Visit | ||
Georgia | Tbilisi | November 29–30 | Official Visit | |
France | Marseille | December 7 | Working Visit | |
Italy | Rome | December 12 | Working Visit | |
Vatican City | December 12 | Official Visit. Met with Pope Benedict XVI. | ||
Moscow | December 19–20 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Sochi | January 23 | Working Visit | ||
Belgium | Brussels | March 3–5 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | March 19–20 | Working Visit | ||
Seoul | March 25–27 | Working Visit | ||
Singapore | Singapore | March 27–29 | State Visit | |
Moscow | May 15–16 | Working Visit | ||
Japan | Tokyo | June 5–7 | State Visit | |
Hanoi | June 8 | State Visit | ||
Belgium | Brussels | June 27–28 | Working Visit | |
Ukraine | Kyiv | July 1–2 | Working Visit | |
United Kingdom | June 27–31 | Working Visit. Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[45] | ||
Moscow | August 7–8 | Working Visit | ||
Romania | Bucharest | October 17–18 | Working Visit | |
France | Paris | November 11–14 | Working Visit. | |
Lebanon | Beirut | November 26–28 | State Visit.[46] Met with Michel Suleiman. | |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | December 4–5 | Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Vladimir Putin.[47] Attended the Council of the Heads of the CIS member states. | |
Moscow | December 18–20 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Moscow | March 11–12 | Working Visit | ||
Belgium | Brussels | March 14 | Working Visit | |
Vatican City | March 18–19 | Official Visit. Attended the inauguration ceremony of Pope Francis.[48] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Austria | Vienna | June 20 | Working Visit. | |
Poland | Warsaw | June 24–26 | State Visit. | |
Chișinău | July 11 | State Visit. | ||
Tehran | August 4–5 | Attended the official inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani.[49] | ||
Moscow | September 3 | Working Visit | ||
Moscow | September 16–18 | Working Visit | ||
Sochi | September 23 | Working Visit | ||
France | Paris | September 30 – October 2 | Working Visit | |
Belarus | Minsk | October 24–25 | Attended a scheduled session of the Eurasian Economic Community. | |
Austria | Vienna | November 18–19 | Working Visit | |
Lithuania | Vilnius | November 28–29 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | December 23–24 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note | |
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Prague | January 29–30 | State Visit.[50] | ||
Ireland | Dublin | March 6–7 | Working Visit. | |
Netherlands | March 23–25 | Met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.[51] | ||
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | April 7–9 | Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.[52] | |
Prague | April 24–25 | Working Visit.[53] | ||
Moscow | May 7–8 | Working Visit. Watched CSTO exercises in the Kremlin.[54] | ||
May 28–29 | Working Visit.[55] | |||
Austria | June 10–12 | Official Visit.[56] | ||
Georgia | June 18–19 | Official Visit.[57] | ||
Argentina | July 7–8 | Official Visit.[58] | ||
Uruguay | July 9–10 | Official Visit.[59] | ||
Chile | July 11–12 | Official Visit.[60] | ||
Sochi | August 8–10 | Working Visit | ||
United Kingdom | London | September 3–5 | Working Visit | |
Vatican City | September 18–19 | Official Visit. | ||
New York City | September 23–27 | Working Visit. Attended the 69th session of the UN General Assembly. | ||
Belarus | Minsk | October 9–10 | Attended a scheduled session of the Council of Heads of CIS States. | |
France | Paris | October 26–28 | Working Visit.[61] Met with François Hollande. | |
Jordan | Amman | October 29–30 | Official Visit | |
Belgium | Brussels | December 18 | Working Visit.[62] |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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China | Beijing | March 25–28 | State Visit | |
Rome | April 8–11 | Official Visit | ||
Vatican City | April 12 | Official Visit | ||
Washington, D.C. | May 6–8 | Working Visit | ||
Moscow | May 9 | Working Visit. Participated in the celebration for the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.[63] | ||
Latvia | Riga | May 21–22 | Working Visit | |
France | Paris | June 6–7 | Working Visit | |
Brussels | June 25 | Working Visit | ||
July 9–10 | Working Visit | |||
September 7 | Working Visit | |||
Tajikistan | September 14–15 | Working Visit | ||
New York City | September 28–30 | Working Visit. Attended the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. | ||
October 16 | Working Visit | |||
Spain | October 21–22 | Working Visit | ||
United Kingdom | London | October 27–29 | Working Visit | |
Georgia | Tbilisi | October 30–31 | Working Visit | |
France | Paris | November 30 | Working Visit | |
Switzerland | December 19 | Working Visit | ||
Moscow | December 21 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Moscow | March 10–11 | Working Visit | ||
Greece | Athens | March 14–15 | State Visit | |
Cyprus | Nicosia | March 15–16 | State Visit. | |
Belgium | Brussels | March 16–17 | Working Visit. | |
Watertown | March 28 – April 1 | Working Visit | ||
Germany | Berlin | April 5–7 | Official Visit | |
Austria | Vienna | May 16 | Working Visit | |
Luxembourg | May 30 | Working Visit | ||
Kazakhstan | Astana | May 31 | Working Visit | |
Saint Petersburg | June 20 | Working Visit | ||
Poland | Warsaw | July 7–8 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | August 10 | Working Visit | ||
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | August 11–15 | Working Visit | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | September 16–17 | Working Visit | |
United States | New York City | October 10 | Working Visit | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | October 19–20 | Working Visit | |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | November 9–10 | Official Visit | |
Saint Petersburg | December 26 | Working Visit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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Belgium | Brussels | February 26–28 | Working Visit[64] | |
France | Paris | March 7–9 | Official Visit.[65] Met with François Hollande. | |
Moscow | March 14–15 | Official Visit[66] | ||
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | March 21–22 | Working Visit[67] | |
Malta | Valletta | March 29–30 | Working Visit[68] | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | April 13–14 | Attended a session of the Eurasian Economic Supreme Council.[69] | |
Qatar | Doha | May 15–16 | Official Visit.[70] | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | June 9–10 | Attended the opening ceremony of Expo 2017.[71] | |
Belgium | Brussels | June 21–22 | Attended a summit of the European People’s Party.[72] | |
Iran | Tehran | August 5–6 | Attended the official inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani.[73] | |
Sochi | August 23 | Met with Vladimir Putin. | ||
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | September 17 | See main article: Armenia–Turkmenistan relations. Attended the opening ceremony for the 5th Asian Games. | |
United States | New York City | September 19 | Attended the UN General Assembly. | |
Sochi | October 10 | Attended the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State. | ||
Switzerland | Geneva | October 16 | Attended negotiations with Ilham Aliyev. | |
India | New Delhi | November 3–4 | Working Visit | |
Moscow | November 15 | Working Visit | ||
Belgium | Brussels | November 23–24 | Working Visit. | |
Belarus | Minsk | November 30 | Attended a scheduled session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. | |
Georgia | Tbilisi | December 25–26 | Official Visit | |
Moscow | December 26–27 | Attended the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State. |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes | |
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France | Paris | January 22–24 | Working Visit.[74] Met with President of Senate Gérard Larcher. | |
Germany | Munich | February 17–18 | Attended the Munich Security Conference. | |
Berlin | March 9–10 | Attended the opening ceremony of the World Chess Candidates Tournament. | ||
Rome | April 4–6 | Official Visit | ||
Vatican City | April 4–6 | Official Visit[75] |