List of international prime ministerial trips made by Giuseppe Conte

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Giuseppe Conte, who served as the 58th Prime Minister of Italy from 1 June 2018 until 13 February 2021.[1]

Summary of international trips edit

 
Map of international trips made by Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister:
  Italy
  1 visit
  2 visits
  5 visits
Number of visits Country
8 visits Belgium
3 visits France
2 visits Germany, Lebanon, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
1 visit Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Japan, Libya, Malta, Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland

2018 edit

 
Conte with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow
Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
  Canada La Malbaie 7–9 June Prime Minister Conte's state visit to Canada was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. Conte participated to the 44th G7 summit. During the two days he had bilateral meetings with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, the British Prime Minister Theresa May and with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[2]
  France Paris 15 June Conte met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. The two leaders mainly discussed about the European migrant crisis and the immigration policy promoted by the new Italian government.[3]
  Germany Berlin 18 June Conte went to Berlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders mainly discussed about the European migrant crisis and the immigration policy promoted by the new Italian government.[4]
  Belgium Brussels 28–29 June Conte attended in his first European Council. The main topic of the summit was the contrast to illegal immigration to Europe and the repartition of refugees between the countries.[5]
  Belgium Brussels 11–12 July Conte participated to the 2018 NATO summit in Brussels. The leaders discussed about fight to global terrorism and the situation in North Africa.[6]
  United States Washington, D.C. 29–30 July Conte met United States President Donald Trump at the White House. The two leaders discussed about immigration, Libyan crisis, global trade and tariffs.[7]
  Austria Salzburg 19–20 September Conte participated to an informal summit of the European Council. The summit was focused on the contrast to illegal immigration.[8]
  United States New York City 25–26 September Conte participated to the General Debate of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. His first speech as Prime Minister at the General Assembly was focused on immigration, national sovereignty and populism. He met the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres.[9]
  Ethiopia Addis Abeba 11–12 October Conte met Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and THE Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the African Union Thomas Kwasi Quartey. Conte discussed with Ahmed about economic investments in the region after the normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, after years of tensions and conflict.[10]
  Eritrea Asmara 12 October Conte met Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki. The two leaders discussed about economic growth and investments in the region after the normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea.[11]
  Belgium Brussels 17–19 October Conte participated to a meeting of the European Council and an Africa-EU Summit.
  Russia Moscow 24 October Conte met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
  India New Delhi 29–30 October Conte met Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi
  Tunisia Tunis 2 November Conte met the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and the Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
  Algeria Algeri 5 November Conte met the Prime Minister of Algeria Ahmed Ouyahia
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 15 November Conte met the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  Argentina Buenos Aires 29 November – 1 December Conte participated to the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.
  Libya Benghazi 23–24 December Conte met with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.[12]

2019 edit

 
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with then-U.S. President Donald Trump at the 45th G7 in Biarritz, August 2019.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
   Switzerland Davos 22 January Working Visit
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 27 January Conte met the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  Oman Muscat 27 January Conte met with the Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
  Cyprus Nicosia 29 January Conte attended the EuroMed 7 summit.
  Lebanon Beirut 7 February Conte met with the president Saad Hariri.
  Egypt Sharm-el-Sheikh 24–25 February Conte attended the first-ever Arab League-European Union summit.
  Belgium Brussels 21–22 March Conte attended a summit about extending Article 50 in the Brexit talks.
  Qatar Doha 3 April Conte met with the Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
  Belgium Brussels 10 April Conte attended an EU Summit over Brexit.
  Tunisia Tunis 30 April Conte met with prime minister Youssef Chahed and president Beji Caid Essebsi.
  Romania Sibiu 9 May Conte attended EU summit about the future and Brexit.
  Vietnam Hanoi 5–6 June Conte met with prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and attended at the High-Level Dialogue on ASEAN-Italy Economic Relation.[13]
  Malta Valletta 14 June Conte attended the EuroMed 7 summit.
  Belgium Brussels 20–21 June Conte attended a summit.
  Japan Osaka 27–29 June Conte participated to the 2019 G20 Osaka summit.
  France Biarritz 24–26 August Conte participated to the 45th G7 summit.
  United Kingdom Watford 3-4 December Conte participated to the 2019 London summit.

2020 edit

 
Giuseppe Conte with the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in 2020
Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
  Turkey Ankara 13 January Conte met the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  Egypt Cairo 14 January Conte met the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
  Algeria Algeri 16 January Conte met the Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelaziz Djerad and the President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
  Germany Berlin 19 January Conte travelled to Berlin to attend the Berlin Summit on Libya.
  Bulgaria Sofia 30 January Conte met the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov.
  United Kingdom London 4 February Conte met the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson.
  Belgium Brussels 4 February Conte met President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel.
  Portugal Lisbon 7 July Giuseppe Conte met Prime Minister António Costa at the São Bento Mansion. The two leaders discussed about the socio-economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This trip was Conte's first one since the beginning of the pandemic.[14]
  Spain Madrid 8 July Conte met Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Palace of Moncloa. The two leaders discussed about the socio-economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
  Netherlands The Hague 11 July Giuseppe Conte met Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The two leaders discussed about the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on which Italy and Netherlands have different positions.[16]
  Germany Berlin 13 July Prime Minister Conte met Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders discussed about the socio-economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
  Belgium Brussels 17–21 July Conte took part in the European Council to decide the EU economic response to the COVID-19 recession, which deeply affected the continent.[18] The summit was among the longest ones in history. The European leaders agreed on a new proposal which provided a budget of €750 billion for the so-called Recovery Fund, composed of €390 billion in grants and €360 billion in loans.[19]
  Lebanon Beirut 8 September Prime Minister Conte met the Italian soldiers in Lebanon and had bilateral meetings with the resigning Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, and newly appointed one, Mustapha Adib.[20]
  France Ajaccio 10 September Conte participated in the EU Med Group summit, with the other six leaders, Emmanuel Macron, Pedro Sánchez, António Costa, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Nicos Anastasiades and George Vella. The summit mainly concerned Turkey's unilateral activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.[21]
  Pakistan Islamabad TBD

References edit

  1. ^ Giuseppe Conte premier: ecco chi è il nuovo presidente del Consiglio
  2. ^ Il Presidente Conte al vertice G7 in Canada
  3. ^ Conte incontra Macron a Parigi
  4. ^ Berlino, il Presidente Conte incontra la Cancelliera Merkel
  5. ^ Il vertice di Bruxelles si sblocca a notte fonda: accordo di tutti i 28 leader anche sui migranti, la Repubblica
  6. ^ NATO: concluso oggi a Bruxelles il vertice dell’Alleanza, Ministero della Difesa
  7. ^ Conte-Trump, il premier a Washington. Sul tavolo Tap, dazi e missioni militari “Libia, serve cabina di regia Italia-Usa”
  8. ^ Migranti, Conte a Salisburgo per contestare i "no" dell'Europa, la Repubblica
  9. ^ Conte all’Onu: no alle accuse di populismo, sovranità nella Costituzione, Il Sole 24 Ore
  10. ^ Conte primo leader europeo in Etiopia per celebrare la pace con l'Eritrea, la Repubblica
  11. ^ Conte in Eritrea, pace stabilizzerà anche i flussi migratori, Agenzia ANSA
  12. ^ "Italian PM Conte visits Hafter in Libya |".
  13. ^ "Conte in Vietnam: rafforzeremo il partenariato economico con Hanoi" (in Italian). Rai News. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  14. ^ Conte a Lisbona, governo.it
  15. ^ Il Presidente Conte a Madrid, governo.it
  16. ^ Recovery fund, senza esito il vertice in Olanda. Conte: "Clima ottimo ma convergenza non piena", Rai News
  17. ^ e, Meseberg, bilaterale Merkel-Conte. Cancelliera: "Su Recovery Fund troveremo intesa", la Repubblica
  18. ^ I 27 leader a Bruxelles, il big match è Italia-Olanda, Huffington Post
  19. ^ EU leaders agree on €1.82T budget and coronavirus recovery package, Politico Europe
  20. ^ Il Presidente Conte a Beirut, governo.it
  21. ^ Conte al 7º Vertice dei Paesi del Sud dell’Ue, governo.it