List of international prime ministerial trips made by Mario Draghi

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Mario Draghi, who served as prime minister of Italy from 13 February 2021 to 22 October 2022.[1][2][3]

Countries by number of visits:

Trips

2021

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Libya Tripoli 06 April 2021 Prime Minister Draghi's state visit to Libya was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government, and the first trip outside Europe as well. Draghi visited Libya, where he met Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, seeking to strengthen ties with the African country.[4] The trip was described as an attempt to reduce the Turkish and Egyptian influences over Libya, following the aftermath of the civil war.[5]
Portugal Porto 07–08 May 2021 Draghi travelled to Porto to attend the EU Social Summit with the other heads of state or government of the European Union.[6]
The next day he attended an informal summit between other heads of state or government of the European Union.[7]
France Paris 18 May 2021 Draghi travelled to Paris to attend the Summit on Financing African Economies at the Grand Palais Éphémère with the other heads of state or government leaders of thirty African countries.[8]
Belgium Brussels 24–25 May 2021 Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the Special meeting of the European Council.[9]
United Kingdom United Kingdom Carbis Bay 11–13 June 2021 Draghi travelled to Carbis Bay to attend the 47th G7 summit.[10] He met the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[11]
Belgium Belgium Brussels 14 June 2021 Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the 2021 NATO summit.[12]
Spain Spain Barcelona 18 June 2021 Draghi travelled to Barcelona to attend the Cercle d’Economia. He was awarded the ‘Prize for European Construction’. He met the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.[13]
Germany Germany Berlin 21 June 2021 Draghi met with Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the European migrant crisis, in preparation for the European Council.[14]
France France Marseille 02 September 2021 Draghi travelled to Marseille to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron.[15]
United States New York City 23 September 2021 Travelled to New York to attend General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Slovenia Brdo, Ljubljana 5–6 October Draghi attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit.[16]
United Kingdom United Kingdom Glasgow 01–12 November 2021 Invited by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend as co-host of COP26, Draghi travelled to Glasgow to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[17][18] He met the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.[19]
France France Paris 12 November 2021 Draghi attended an international conference on Libya. He met the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.[20]

2022

Country Location(s) Dates Details
France France Paris 16 February 2022 Draghi travelled to Paris and he attended the ‘Consultations and commitment prospects for the Sahel’ working dinner. He met the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to review the military presence in Mali.[21][22]
Belgium Brussels 24 February 2022 Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the Special meeting of the European Council about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[23]
Belgium Brussels 07 March 2022 Draghi travelled to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. They discussed about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions towards Russia.[24][25]
France France Versailles 10–11 March 2022 Draghi travelled to Versailles to attend an informal Meeting of EU Heads of State and Government to discuss about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reduction of the dependency towards Russia.[26][27]
Belgium Brussels 24 March 2022 Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the extraordinary NATO summit to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Algeria Algeria Algiers 11 April 2022 Draghi travelled to Algiers to meet Algerian president [28]
United States Washington D.C. 10-11 May 2022 Draghi travelled to Washington D.C. for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions towards Russia. In the two days in Washington he made a stop on Capitol Hill for a bipartisan meeting with the leadership of Congress and speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Draghi was at the Atlantic Council to receive the Distinguished Leadership Award, awarded by the US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen.
Israel Jerusalem 13-14 June 2022 Draghi met with the President of Israel Isaac Herzog, the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid.[29] Also visited Yad Vashem.
Palestinian Authority Ramallah Draghi met with Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.[29]
Ukraine Kyiv, Irpin 16 June 2022 Draghi met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He travelled to Kyiv by train from Rzeszów for safety reasons.
Belgium Brussels 23–24 June 2022 Macron attended in Brussels an EU-Western Balkans Leaders meeting, a European Council and a Euro summit.
Germany Schloss Elmau 26-28 June 2022 Draghi attended the 48th G7 summit. Met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Spain Madrid 28–30 June 2022 Draghi travelled to Madrid to attend the 32nd NATO Summit at IFEMA.
Turkey Ankara 5 July 2022 Draghi traveled to Ankara to discuss the Ukraine War and EU-Turkey relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
United States New York City 20 September 2022 Travelled to New York to attend General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Czech Republic Prague 6 October 2022 Draghi travelled to Prague to attend the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community.

Multilateral meetings

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