This is a list of international presidential trips made by Petr Pavel, the fourth President of the Czech Republic, since his inauguration on 9 March 2023.
Since March 2023, he has visited these countries:
No. | Date | Country | Venue | Details |
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1 | 13–14 March 2023 | Slovakia | Bratislava | Meeting with President Zuzana Čaputová, Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Speaker of National Council Boris Kollár. [1] Visiting location of 2022 Bratislava shooting and honoration of Ján Kuciak. [2] |
2 | 16–17 March 2023 | Poland | Warsaw | Meeting with President Andrzej Duda, [3] [4] and prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. [5] |
3 | 21 March 2023 | Germany | Berlin | Meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Visit of Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer and Steinmeier's predecessor Joachim Gauck. [6] |
4 | 19–20 April 2023 | Belgium | Brussels | Summit of NATO. [7] |
5 | 28–30 April 2023 | Ukraine | Kyiv Dnipro | Pavel visited Kyiv together with Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová. [8] [9] He then visited Dnipro becoming the first foreign head of state visiting Eastern Ukraine since Russian invasion of Ukraine. [10] [11] |
6 | 5–6 May 2023 | United Kingdom | London | Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. [12] [13] |
7 | 15–16 May 2023 | Denmark | Copenhagen | Attended Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen. [14] [15] |
8 | 16–17 May 2023 | Iceland | Reykjavík | Attended Council of Europe Summit. [16] |
9 | 19 May 2023 | Germany | Selb | Attended start of Bavarian-Czech friendship weeks. [17] |
10 | 31 May – 1 June 2023 | Austria | Vienna | Meeting with President Alexander Van der Bellen, Speaker of National Council Wolfgang Sobotka and Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner. [18] [19] |
11 | 6–7 June 2023 | Slovakia | Bratislava | Pavel attended Bucharest Nine meeting [20] [21] and then visited Czech soldiers who are part of Multinational Battle Group in Slovakia. [22] |
12 | 11–12 July 2023 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 2023 Vilnius summit, [23] NATO Public Forum |
13 | 17–22 September 2023 | United States | New York City | Session of the United Nations General Assembly, [24] United Nations Security Council, bilateral meetings with other heads of state |
14 | 3–4 October 2023 | Belgium France | Bruges Strasbourg | Opening ceremony of the academic year at the College of Europe, plenary session of the European Parliament, meeting with the president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola [25] |
15 | 27–29 November 2023 | Italy | Rome Milan | Working visit, meeting with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni [26] |
16 | 20–21 December 2023 | France | Paris | Working visit, meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet [27] |
No. | Date | Country | Venue | Details |
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17 | 15–16 January 2024 | Israel | Jerusalem Beersheba | Meeting with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, among others. [28] |
18 | 17 January 2024 | Qatar | Doha | Meeting with emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [28] |
19 | 16–17 February 2024 | Germany | Munich | Attended Munich Security Conference, held bilateral talks with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović. [29] |
20 | 28 February – 1 March 2024 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Meeting with Grand Duke Henri, Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Speaker Claude Wiseler. [30] |
21 | 15 March 2024 | Germany | Dresden | Meeting with Minister-President Michael Kretschmer. [31] |
22 | 5–7 April 2024 | Rwanda | Kigali | Meeting with President Paul Kagame, attended the 30th commemoration of the Rwandan genocide. [32] |
23 | 11 April 2024 | Lithuania | Vilnius | Three Seas Summit, held bilateral talks with the with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the President of Estonia Alar Karis. [33] |
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