List of official trips made by Matteo Renzi

This is a list of official trips made by Matteo Renzi, the 56th and current Prime Minister of Italy.

Summary of international trips

Map of international trips made by Matteo Renzi as Prime Minister:

  Italy

  Country visited

2014

The following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2014:

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Tunisia	Tunis	4 March	See also: Italy–Tunisia relations Prime Minister Renzi's state visit to Tunisia was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. He chose Tunisia as the first foreign trip of his premiership in a demonstration of his new foreign policy towards Africa. Renzi met President Moncef Marzouki and Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa.[1]
France	Paris	15 March	Renzi's visit to France was his first trip in a country of the European Union. In Paris, Prime Minister Renzi met French President François Hollande.[2]
Germany	Berlin	17 March	Matteo Renzi went to Berlin where he met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom discussed about the Crimean Crisis and the economic policies of the EU.[3]
United Kingdom	London	1 April	See also: Italy–United Kingdom relations Renzi met in London the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the leader of the Labour Party David Miliband and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.[4]
Belgium	Bruxelles	4–5 April	Prime Minister Renzi went in Bruxelles to participated to the 40th G7 summit. The first one after the suspension of Russia from the G8. The main topics where the Pro-Russian protests in Ukraine and the economic crisis.[5]
Vietnam	Hanoi	9–10 June	With his wife Agnese Landini, Renzi started his official trip to Asia, from Vietnam. He met President Trương Tấn Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, as well as Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. In doing so, Renzi became the first Italian Prime Minister to officially visit Vietnam since 1973, when diplomacy first began between Italy and North Vietnam.[6]
China	Beijing	10–12 June	See also: China–Italy relations In Beijing Renzi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, who congratulated him for the "important reforms" being undertaken by his government. Xi also stated that China would continue cooperation with Italy ahead of Expo 2015 in Milan.[7]
Kazakhstan	Astana	12 June	Prime Minister Renzi met Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, where they discussed withdrawal of Italian troops from Afghanistan.[8]
France	Ypres	26 June	Matteo Renzi visisted Ypres for the commemoration of the centenary from the First World War.[9]
Mozambique	Maputo	19 July	Prime Minister Renzi's started a major trip to Africa, meeting the Mozambique President Armando Guebuza, with whom signed economic pacts to create investments by the Italian government-onwned oil company Eni in the African country for 50 bilion dollars.[10]
Republic of Congo	Brazaville	20 July	Matteo Renzi visited the Republic of Congo where he met President Denis Sassou Nguesso, with whom he signed a cooperation for the extraction of oil in the country.[11]
Angola	Luanda	20 July	Renzi met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda; it was the final stage of his trip to Africa.[12]
Egypt	Cairo	2 August	See also: Egypt–Italy relations Matteo Renzi met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, holding talks about a variety of issues, including the Israel-Gaza conflict. Renzi stated that Italy would support the Egyptian truce proposal, with the two leaders calling for an immediate cease-fire and the beginning of peace treaties.[13]
Iraq	Baghdad	20 August	See also: Iraq–Italy relations Renzi met the Head of State Fuad Masum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his immediate predecessor Nouri al-Maliki to discussed about the insurgency of the Islamic State.[14]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Erbil	20 August	In Erbil Renzi met the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Mas'ud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani.[15]
United States	New York	21–26 September	See also: Italy–United States relations On 22 September, Renzi visited Silicon Valley, California, where he met young Italian emigrants who created startups in the USA.[16] He also visited the headquarters of Twitter, Google and Yahoo! to hold talks with chief executives. Renzi was accompanied by former US Secretaries of State, Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz, and by the former American Ambassador to Italy, Ronald P. Spogli.[17] The following day, Renzi spoke at a United Nations summit in New York City, focussing on the problem of climatic change.[18] Following the summit, Renzi met former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.[19] At the end of his trip, Renzi participated in a reception offered by President Barack Obama.[20]
United Kingdom	London	2 October	See also: Italy–United Kingdom relations Renzi met in London the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.[21]
Romania	Bucarest	13 November	With his wife, Agnese Landini, Renzi met in Bucarest the Prime Minister of the Romania Victor Ponta.[22]
Australia	Brisbane	15–16 November	Matteo Renzi partecipated with his wife Agnese Landini to the G20 summit in Brisbane. Renzi had also a bilateral meeting with the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.[23]
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	18 November	In Ashgabat, with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Renzi signed a number of economic pacts securing increased gas supply.[24]
Austria	Vienna	24 November	Matteo Renzi met the Austrian Prime Minister Werner Faymann in Vienna.[25]
Algeria	Algiers	2 December	Renzi met in Algiers the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. With the two leaders of the country, Renzi discussed the Libyan crisis, immigration from North Africa, and also about gas imports from Algeria as an alternative to Russian imports, following the tensions between the European Union and Russia.[26]
Turley	Istanbul	11 December	On 11 December Renzi then travelled to Ankara for a second meeting with Erdoğan, during which Renzi expressed his support for Turkish accession to the European Union. On the same day he met Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.[27]
Albania	Tirana	30 December	Prime Minister Renzi met in Tirana the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the President Bujar Nishani.[28]

2015

The following international trips were made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2015:

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	8 January	Renzi made his first official trip of the year when he met Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi to address issues of foreign policy and economic issues such as Alitalia-Etihad. The two leaders discussed joint co-operation domains and enhancing trade exchange and cooperation in the energy and aerospace fields.[29]
France	Paris	11 January	Matteo Renzi participated, with more than 40 world leaders and three million people, in the Republican March organised by President François Hollande after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[30]
Switzerland	Davos	21 January	See also: Italy–Switzerland relations Prime Minister Renzi partecipated to the World Economic Forum in Davos.[31]
France	Paris	24 February	Prime Minister Renzi participated to a bilateral meeting in Paris with the French President François Hollande[32]
Ukraine	Kyev	4 March	Renzi met in Kyev the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko; the meeting was focused on the War in Donbass. During the press conference, Renzi stated that: "Italy and the EU will continue to work together to implement the Minsk accord and doing all we can to return to peace with the respect of the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."[33]
Russia	Moscow	5 March	See also: Italy–Russia relations Matteo Renzi met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. The talks between the leaders was focused on international issues, such as settlement of the crisis in Ukraine, the situations in the Middle East and in Libya, as well as fighting terrorism. Putin guaranteed Russian support in case of a UN intervention in Libya against the Islamic State[34]
Egypt	Sharm el-Sheik	13 March	See also: Egypt–Italy relations Renzi partecipated to the Egypt Economic Development Conference with the President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[35]
Tunisia	Tunis	29 March	See also: Italy–Tunisia relations Renzi partecipated in a march organised by the Tunisian government after the Bardo National Museum attack.[36]
Malta	Valletta	8 April	See also: Italy–Malta relations Matteo Renzi visisted Malta, where he met the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, discussing about the illegal immigration in the Mediterranean Sea.[37]
United States	Washington D.C.	17 April

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