List of international prime ministerial trips made by Kristen Michal

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Kristen Michal, the current Prime Minister of Estonia since 23 July 2024.

Michal has visited 17 countries during his tenure as Prime Minister. The number of visits per country where Michal has traveled are:

2024

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Finland Helsinki 14 August Michal met with his Finnish counterpart Petteri Orpo and President Alexander Stubb.[1]
Lithuania Klaipėda, Palanga 17–18 August Met with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. During their meeting, the heads of government focused mainly on strengthening regional security, but also discussed cooperation in the transport and energy sectors, support for Ukraine, and the tightening of sanctions against Russia.[2][3]
Belgium Brussels 16–18 October Attended the European Council Meeting. Met with President of the European Council, Charles Michel.[4]
Latvia Riga 1 November Michal met with Prime Minister Evika Siliņa to discuss their two countries’ shared priorities in the EU and NATO, support for Ukraine, progress in Baltic energy and transport projects and ways of expanding bilateral cooperation.[5]
Hungary Budapest 7 November Michal attended the 5th European Political Community Summit.
Lithuania Vilnius 22 November Met with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. They discussed the protection of critical maritime infrastructure, countering hybrid threats, continued support for Ukraine, and joint energy and transport projects.[6]
Sweden Harpsund, Stockholm 26–27 November Attended Nordic-Baltic Summit hosted by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.[7]
France Paris 5–7 December Kristen Michal met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where the focus was on supporting Ukraine and improving the European Union's defense and competitiveness.[8]
Ukraine Kyiv 9 December Met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament[9][10]
Poland Warsaw 11 December Met with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. The main topics of the meeting will be support for Ukraine, the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and defence cooperation, both bilateral and within NATO.[11]
Germany Berlin 19–20 December Late in the evening of December 19, Kristen Michal, together with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, flew to Berlin on a German state aircraft Airbus A319-133X CJ (German Air Force reg. 15 + 01) directly from the European Council meeting in Brussels.

On the morning of December 20, Kristen Michal met with Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz in Berlin, where bilateral relations, support for Ukraine, regional security and European Union issues were discussed.

Belgium Brussels 18–19 December Attended the European Council Meeting.[12]

2025

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Finland Helsinki 14 January Michal attended the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki. He also met with President of Finland Alexander Stubb, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and Vice-President of the European Commission Henna Virkkunen.[13]
Belgium Brussels 3 February Attended an informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels today to discuss the enhancement of European defence readiness, its financing, and defence and security cooperation with NATO and the United Kingdom.[14]
Ukraine Kyiv 24 February Michal travelled to Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Belgium Brussels 6–7 March Participate in the extraordinary meeting of the European Council
Belgium Brussels 20 March Participation in the European Council working session
France Paris 27 March Michal attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" hosted by President Macron.[15]
Norway Oslo 9 May Michal attended the 2025 Joint Expeditionary Force summit.
Albania Tirana 16 May Michal attended the 6th European Political Community Summit.
Latvia Riga 30 May Met with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. They focused on three main topics: advancing infrastructure projects, enhancing regional security — including expectations for the upcoming NATO summit — and supporting Ukraine.[16]
Netherlands The Hague 24–25 June Michal attended the 2025 NATO summit
Belgium Brussels 26 June Participation in the European Council
Croatia Zagreb 8 July Kristen Michal met with President Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, and Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković in Zagreb, where they discussed strengthening defense and business cooperation, common goals in the European Union and NATO, and continued support for Ukraine.
Italy Rome 10–11 July Participation in the Ukraine Recovery Conference.[17]
Latvia Riga 19–20 July Michal met with his Lithuanian counterpart Gintautas Paluckas and his Latvian counterpart Evika Siliņa, who hosted the meeting.[18][19]
Latvia Riga 29 August Kristen Michal flew a Diamond Sky airliner Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX (reg. ES-SAS and flight number DMS611) to Riga Airport at the invitation of Prime Minister Evika Siliņa. Kristen Michal, together with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, attended the festive reception of the Estonian Basketball Federation in Estonian Embassy and the Estonia vs. Latvia EuroBasket 2025 game in Riga. Kristen Michal flew a Diamond Sky airliner Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX (reg. ES-SAS and flight number DMS611) back to Tallinn Airport.
Denmark Copenhagen 3 September Met with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders. Attended the Nordic-Baltic Eight summit.[20][21]
Denmark Copenhagen 2 October Attended the 7th European Political Community Summit.
Belgium Brussels 22–24 October Attended the 252nd European Council summit.
Germany Berlin 27–28 November On 27 November, Michal met with Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Friedrich Merz and German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche in Berlin, where they discussed joint efforts to stop Russian aggression and ensure European security, including strengthening the defense of the European Union and NATO's eastern flank. In the evening, Kristen Michal met with German investors interested in cooperation with Estonia at the Estonian Embassy in Berlin.

On 28 November, Kristen Michal participated with Minister-president of Saxony Michael Kretschmer in the opening of the Skeleton Technologies factory in Markranstädt near Leipzig.

Latvia Riga 12 December Michal met with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė at the Baltic Council of Ministers in Riga, where they discussed current regional security issues, the progress of the Rail Baltic project, as well as the mutual interests of the Baltic states in the European Union's next multi-annual budget.
Finland Helsinki 16 December Met with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Romanian President Nicușor Dan and Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at the Eastern Front Summit in Helsinki, where the discussion focused on Europe securing its Eastern Front at a faster pace and through joint initiatives.[22]
Belgium Brussels 17–18 December Attended the European Council and European Union-Western Balkans Leaders' Summit. The discussion focused on the strength of the strategic relationship between the EU and the Western Balkans and the benefits it offers to their citizens and on the next day when the next EU multiannual budget, security and defense, and economic challenges were discussed, including the use of frozen Russian assets in the Ukraine support plan.

2026

Multilateral meetings

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