List of international prime ministerial trips made by Xavier Bettel

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Xavier Bettel, who served as the Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 4 December 2013 to 17 November 2023.

Bettel has visited 25 countries during his tenure as Primeminister. The number of visits per country where Bettel has traveled are:

2013

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Belgium Brussels 19–20 December First visit. Met with European Council President Van Rompuy for a working lunch and to discuss the European Summit, to be held in Brussels later this week[1]
France Paris 20 September Bettel travelled to Paris to met President Hollande to discuss European and international affairs, including the summit, as well as bilateral relations between both countries.

2014

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Netherlands The Hague 28 January Bettel met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte in his residence Catshuis. They addressed several topics including bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries. They also discussed several European level subjects as well as the upcoming Benelux Social Summit.[2]
France Normandy 5–6 June Bettel travelled to Juno Beach to attend the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
United Kingdom Newport, Wales 4–5 September Bettel attended the 2014 Wales NATO summit.
United States New York City 26 September Bettel attended the General debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

2015

Bettel and Putin (6 October)
Country Location(s) Dates Details
Poland Oświęcim 27 January Bettel together with Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa attended the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[3]
Japan Tokyo 16–18 July Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They discussed various bilateral issues, current events in the European Union, as well as the relationship between the European Union and Japan following the EU-Japan Summit on 29 May in this year.[4] Bettel chose Japan as his first country to visit outside the European Union (EU) since Luxembourg assumed the presidency of the Council of the EU in July.[5]
Vatican City Vatican City 17 September Met with Pope Francis to strengthen Holy See-Luxembourg ties, discuss Church-State relations, religious freedom, EU issues, conflicts, migration, and aid for refugees and persecuted minorities.[6][7]
Russia Sochi 6 October Official visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin. The discussion covered bilateral cooperation and the international agenda, as well as prospects for relations between Russia and the EU in view of Luxembourg’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
United Kingdom London 27 October Met with Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. They discussed bilateral relations and European and International political current affairs.[8][9]

2016

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Poland Warsaw 8–10 July Bettel travelled to Warsaw to attend the 27th NATO Summit.
Germany Berlin 30–31 August Bettel focused on innovation, media, and start-up ecosystems during a visit to Berlin. The visit included meetings and site visits aimed at strengthening cooperation in the creative and digital sectors between Luxembourg and Germany.[10]
United States New York City 23 September Bettel attended the General debate of the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Tunisia Tunis 6 December Bettel visits the country together with his Benelux counterparts.[11]

2017

Treaty of Rome anniversary group photograph 2017-03-25 03
Country Location(s) Dates Details
Estonia Tallinn 17 March Met with Prime Minister Jüri Ratas for an interview at Stenbock House, and spoke with Eiki Nestor, President of the Estonian State Assembly. The discussions covered bilateral relations, the upcoming Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union as well as topical political events in Europe and globally.[12]
Vatican City Vatican City 24 March Bettel visits the Vatican with his 27 EU-counterparts.[13]
Italy Rome 25 March Bettel attends the Rome Treaty celebration.
Canada Ottawa 18–20 April Bettel travelled to Ottawa to met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss issues of mutual interest, strengthen commercial ties, and explore how to harness innovation and technology to create jobs in both countries, including by taking advantage of opportunities created by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).[14][15]
Belgium Brussels 24–26 May Bettel travelled to Brussels to attend the 28th NATO summit.
Poland Warsaw 19 June Bettel met with his Benelux and Visegrad counterparts.[16]
Netherlands The Hague 20 June Bettel attended Benelux Meeting with Baltic and Nordic countries at The Hague[17]
Estonia Tallinn 28 September Bettel attended Tallinn Digital Summit.[18]
Netherlands The Hague 9 November Bettel attended the Benelux summit.[19]

2018

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Slovenia Ljubljana 5–6 February Attended Benelux-Slovenia Summit.[20]
Ireland Dublin 5 March Met with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. They discussed about the bilateral relations between the two countries, but also about the future of the European Union and particularly Brexit.[21]
United Kingdom London 14 March Met with Prime Minister Theresa May, at 10 Downing Street. They discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as European and international politics.[22]
Belgium Brussels 11–12 July Bettel travelled to Brussels to attend the 29th NATO summit.

2019

Country Location(s) Dates Details
United Kingdom Portsmouth 5 June Bettel travelled to Portsmouth to attend the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorative ceremonies. Trudeau met with Prime Minister Theresa May.[23]
Belgium Brussels 20–21 June Bettel attended the European Council.[24]
France Paris 17 September Met with President Emmanuel Macron.[25]
United States New York City 26 September Attended General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[26]
United Kingdom London, Watford 3–4 December Bettel travelled to Watford to attend the 30th NATO summit.

2020

Country Location(s) Dates Details
France Paris 10 January Met with President Emmanuel Macron.[27]
Poland Oświęcim 27 January Bettel together with Grand Duke Henri attended the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[28]

2021

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Belgium Brussels 13–14 June Bettel travelled to Brussels to attend the 31st NATO summit.
United States New York City 24 September Bettel attended the General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Slovenia Ljubljana 5–6 October Bettel attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Germany Berlin 18 October Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. They talked about issues to be addressed by the European Council at the end of the week. These include the rising energy prices and the digital agenda. Merkel said that the rule of law was also an important topic.[29]
Belgium Brussels 21–22 October Bettel attended the European Council.
United Kingdom Glasgow 1–2 November Bettel attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[30]

2022

Country Location(s) Dates Details
Germany Berlin 1 March Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.[31][32]
France Versailles 10–11 March Participation in the informal meeting of EU Heads of State and Government.[33][34]
Belgium Brussels 23–24 March Bettel travelled to Brussels to attend the extraordinary NATO summit to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also attended the European Council.[35]
Ukraine Kyiv 21 June Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. They discussed the restoration of Ukraine. The issue of reconstruction will be discussed in more detail at a conference in Lugano, Switzerland, in July this year, and Luxembourg will be involved.[36]
Belgium Brussels 23–24 June Bettel attended in Brussels an EU-Western Balkans Leaders meeting, a European Council and a Euro summit.[37]
Spain Madrid 28–30 June Bettel travelled to Madrid to attend the 32nd NATO summit.
United States New York City 23 September Bettel attended the General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Czech Republic Prague 6–7 October Bettel attended at Prague Castle the 1st European Political Community Summit and an informal European Council.
Japan Tokyo 18 October Met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They held talks focusing on strengthening bilateral relations, including economic cooperation, finance, and innovation. They also discussed Russia's aggression against Ukraine, cooperation within the G7, and broader global challenges such as maintaining a rules-based international order, addressing security issues, regional issues including China and North Korea, and strongly condemned ballistic missile launches by North Korea which has been conducted at an extremely high frequency, including the launch of a ballistic missile that passed over Japan on the 4 October. They confirmed that they would continue to work together in addressing North Korea, including the abductions issue. They further exchanged views on deepening ties between Japan and Luxembourg in the international arena.[38]
Belgium Brussels 20–21 October Bettel attended the European Council.
Albania Tirana 6 December Attended EU-Western Balkans summit.
Belgium Brussels 15 December Bettel attended the European Council.

2023

Multilateral meetings

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