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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Warsaw | Meeting with President Andrzej Duda, [3] [4] and prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. [5] |
3 | 21 March 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Brussels | Summit of NATO. [7] |
5 | 28–30 April 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | London | Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. [12] [13] |
7 | 15–16 May 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Reykjavík | Attended Council of Europe Summit. [16] |
9 | 19 May 2023 | ![]() | Selb | Attended start of Bavarian-Czech friendship weeks. [17] |
10 | 31 May – 1 June 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Vilnius | 2023 Vilnius summit, [23] NATO Public Forum |
13 | 17–22 September 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Rome Milan | Working visit, meeting with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni [26] |
16 | 20–21 December 2023 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Doha | Meeting with emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [28] |
19 | 16–17 February 2024 | ![]() | 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 | Meeting with Grand Duke Henri, Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Speaker Claude Wiseler. [30] |
21 | 15 March 2024 | ![]() | Dresden | Meeting with Minister-President Michael Kretschmer. [31] |
22 | 5–7 April 2024 | ![]() | Kigali | Meeting with President Paul Kagame, attended the 30th commemoration of the Rwandan genocide. [32] |
23 | 11 June 2024 | ![]() | Riga | Attended Bucharest Nine Summit. |
24 | 15–16 June 2024 | ![]() | Lucerne | Attended Global Peace Summit. |
25 | 9–11 July 2024 | ![]() | Washington, D.C. | Attended 2024 Washington NATO summit. |
26 | 2-10 December 2024 | ![]() | Sydney, Canberra | Meeting with Anthony Albanese, official opening of the new Czech Embassy building in Canberra. [33] |
No. | Date | Country | Venue | Details |
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27 | 14–16 February | ![]() | Munich | Attended 61st Munich Security Conference |
28 | 2 June 2025 | ![]() | Vilnius | Attended Bucharest Nine Summit. [34] |
29 | 24–25 June 2025 | ![]() | The Hague | Attended 2025 The Hague summit. |
30 | 22–26 July 2025 | ![]() | Himeji, Hiroshima, Osaka, Tokyo | Pavel arrived in Japan on the evening of July 22, and his program began the following day, July 23, in the city of Himeji, where a Memorandum on cooperation between Himeji Castle and Prague Castle was signed in his presence. Both landmarks are UNESCO World Heritage Sites and face similar challenges in the protection and management of cultural heritage. On the same day, the President travelled to Hiroshima, where he commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. He paid tribute to the victims by laying a wreath at the Peace Memorial. He visited the local museum, and signed the memorial book. His program in Hiroshima also included a visit to the interior of the Atomic Bomb Dome, which was designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel. The day concluded on Miyajima Island, where the President visited the Itsukushima Shrine, another prominent UNESCO site in Japan. On July 24, President Pavel, along with Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado and other Japanese dignitaries, attended the National Day of the Czech Republic at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka. The festive day featured a rich cultural program, including performances by the Czech Philharmonic, the Children’s Choir of Czech Radio, the La Putyka circus ensemble, and singer Aiko as part of the project The Strings. On this occasion, the President also signed the Expo’s memorial book and took part in further programming at the Czech National Pavilion. On the following day, July 25, in Tokyo, the President opened the Czech-Japanese Business Resilience Forum, organized in cooperation with the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, and the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment. [35] |
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during Petr Pavel's presidency (2023–Present).
Group | Year | ||
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2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
UNGA | 19 September,![]() | 22 September,![]() | September,![]() |
NATO | 11–12 July,![]() | 9–11 July,![]() | 24–25 June,![]() |
Bucharest Nine | 6 June,![]() | 11 June,![]() | 2 June,![]() |
Others | Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla 5–6 May, ![]() | Global Peace Summit 15–16 June, ![]() | None |
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend /participate. | |||
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