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Since assuming office in May 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made numerous international trips in his capacity as the president of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy has made international trips to 42 countries. The number of visits per country where Zelenskyy travelled are:
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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1 | Belgium | Brussels | 4–5 June | Working visit. Met with EU and NATO officials. [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
2 | France | Paris | 17 June | State visit [5] [6] | |
Germany | Berlin | 18 June | State visit [7] | ||
3 | Canada | Toronto | 1–3 July | Attended the 3rd Ukraine Reform Conference. [8] [9] [10] | |
4 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | 7–8 August | State visit [11] | |
5 | Poland | Warsaw | 1 September | State visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the September campaign. [12] [13] | |
6 | United States | New York City | 24–25 September | Attended the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. [14] [15] Met with President Donald Trump. [16] [17] [18] [19] | |
7 | Latvia | Riga | 16 October | State visit [20] | |
8 | Japan | Tokyo | 21–24 October | State visit. [21] Attended the 2019 enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Also met with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss increasing trade. [22] | |
9 | Estonia | Tallinn | 26 November | State visit [23] | |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 27 November | State visit [24] | ||
10 | France | Paris | 9 December | Attended a Normandy Format meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This was the last meeting a Ukrainian president had with President Putin before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | |
11 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 16–17 December | State visit [25] |
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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12 | Oman | Muscat | 5–6 January | Working visit [26] [27] | |
13 | Switzerland | Davos | 22 January | Attended the World Economic Forum. [28] | |
Israel | Jerusalem | 23–24 January | Attended the World Holocaust Forum. [29] | ||
14 | Poland | Oświęcim | 26–27 January | Working visit [30] | |
15 | Italy | Rome | 7 February | State visit [31] | |
Vatican City | Vatican City | 8 February | State visit [32] | ||
16 | Germany | Munich | 14–15 February | Attended the Munich Security Conference. [33] | |
Austria | Vienna | 15–16 September | Official visit [34] [35] | ||
17 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 24 September | Official visit [36] | |
18 | Belgium | Brussels | 6 October | Working visit. Participated in the 22nd Ukraine–EU Summit. [37] | |
United Kingdom | London | 7–8 October | Official visit [38] | ||
19 | Turkey | Istanbul | 16 October | Working visit [39] |
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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20 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 14–15 February | Working visit [40] | |
21 | Qatar | Doha | 5 April | Official visit [41] | |
22 | Turkey | Istanbul | 10 April | Official visit [42] | |
23 | France | Paris | 16 April | Working visit [43] | |
24 | Poland | Warsaw | 3 May | Working visit. Participated in the celebrations marking the 230th anniversary of the Polish Constitution. [44] [45] | |
25 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 6–7 July | Attended the fourth Ukraine Reform Conference. Participated in Statehood Day celebrations. [46] | |
26 | Germany | Berlin | 11 July | Working visit [47] | |
27 | Georgia | Batumi | 19–20 July | Working visit. Attended the Batumi International Conference [48] | |
28 | Moldova | Chișinău | 27 August | Participated in Independence Day celebrations. | |
29 | United States | Washington, D.C., Arlington County, San Francisco | 31 August – 1 September | Working visit. Met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Visited the Arlington National Cemetery. [49] [50] [51] | |
30 | New York City | 23 September | Addressed the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. [52] | ||
31 | United Kingdom | Glasgow | 1–2 November | Attended the COP26 Conference. | |
32 | Belgium | Brussels | 15 December | Working visit. Attended the sixth Eastern Partnership summit. [53] |
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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33 | Poland | Wisła | 20 January | Met with President Andrzej Duda at the Wisła Castle. [54] | |
34 | Germany | Munich | 19 February | Attended Munich Security Conference. Met with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. | |
35 | United States | Washington, D.C. | 21–22 December | First international trip since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. |
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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36 | United Kingdom | London, West Lulworth | 8 February | Rishi Sunak. Addressed Parliament. Had an audience with King Charles III. Visited Lulworth Camp where he met with Ukrainian troops training there. [55] | Met with Prime Minister|
France | Paris | 8–9 February | Unannounced visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Élysée Palace. [56] | ||
Belgium | Brussels | 9 February | Addressed the European Parliament at Espace Léopold. [57] Attended a European Council summit with the 27 leaders of the EU member states at the Europa building. [58] | ||
Poland | Rzeszów | Unannounced visit. Met with Andrzej Duda. | |||
37 | Warsaw, Chełm | 5 April | First announced international visit since the invasion. Met with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw. In Chełm, he met the mayors of Lublin, Przemyśl, Rzeszów and Chełm (Jakub Banaszek). | ||
38 | Finland | Helsinki | 3 May | Attended a summit with President Sauli Niinistö as well as the prime ministers of Denmark (Mette Frederiksen), Iceland (Katrín Jakobsdóttir), Norway (Jonas Gahr Støre), and Sweden (Ulf Kristersson). [59] [60] | |
Netherlands | The Hague , Soesterberg | 3–4 May | Addressed the States General of the Netherlands in the Hague. Visited the International Criminal Court and met with President Piotr Hofmański. Spoke at the World Forum. Met with King Willem-Alexander at Huis ten Bosch and with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at the Catshuis. Visited a military base in Soesterberg. [61] [62] | ||
39 | Italy | Rome | 13 May | Met with President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinal Palace and with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the Chigi Palace. [63] | |
Vatican City | Vatican City | Met with Pope Francis where the two discussed a peace process for the Russo-Ukrainian War over a 40-minute long meeting. [64] | |||
Germany | Berlin, Aachen | 14 May | Met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier upon arrival, then met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Visited Aachen to receive the Charlemagne Prize. Met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Travelled via a Luftwaffe jet. [65] | ||
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. Travelled via a French government aircraft. [65] | |||
United Kingdom | Ellesborough | 15 May | Met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Chequers, the country house of British prime ministers. [66] | ||
40 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 19 May | Attended the 2023 Arab League summit and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Travelled via a French government aircraft. [67] | |
Japan | Hiroshima | 20 May | Attended the 49th G7 summit as an invited guest. Travelled via a French government aircraft. [68] | ||
41 | Moldova | Bulboaca | 1 June | Attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit at the Mimi Castle. Met separately with President Maia Sandu. [69] | |
42 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 6 July | Met with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and President Rumen Radev. [70] | |
Czech Republic | Prague | 6–7 July | Met with President Petr Pavel at the Prague Castle. [71] | ||
Slovakia | Bratislava | 7 July | Met with President Zuzana Čaputová. [72] | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | 7–8 July | Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Vahdettin Pavilion. [73] [74] Attended a memorial service at the St. George's Cathedral and met with Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople. [75] Brought five Ukrainian commanders held in Turkey back to Ukraine. [76] | ||
43 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 11–12 July | Attended the 2023 Vilnius summit as an invited guest and met with the various leaders of NATO member states. [77] Travelled via a Polish government aircraft. [78] | |
44 | Sweden | Nyköping, Harpsund, Södermanland | 19–20 August | Arrived via Skavsta Airport. Met at Harpsund with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and members of the Swedish government, Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlén, Supreme Commander Micael Bydén and leaders of the Riksdag parties. [79] King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia received Zelenskyy at Stenhammar Palace. [80] The next day, a Swedish government aircraft carried Zelenskyy from Skavsta Airport to Eindhoven, Netherlands. | |
Netherlands | Eindhoven | 20 August | Met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Eindhoven Air Base. [81] | ||
Denmark | Vojens, Copenhagen | 20–21 August | Crown Princess Mary, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Defence Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, and Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen received Zelenskyy upon arrival at Vojens Airport. [82] He visited the Fighter Wing Skrydstrup air base, addressed the Folketing, and met with Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik, and Crown Princess Mary at Christiansborg Palace. | ||
Greece | Athens | 21 August | Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Mansion. [83] | ||
45 | United States | New York, Washington, D.C. | 18–22 September | Attended the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Met with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, President William Ruto of Kenya, President Charles Michel of the European Council, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres, Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania, President Gabriel Boric of Chile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, President Klaus Iohannis of Romania, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil. Met with President Joe Biden at the White House. | |
Canada | Ottawa, Toronto | 22 September | Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon and addressed Parliament. [84] | ||
46 | Spain | Granada | 6 October | Attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit. [85] | |
47 | Romania | Bucharest | 10 October | Met with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, Senate President Nicolae Ciucă, and Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies President Alfred Simonis. [86] Zelenskyy was initially scheduled to address the Parliament, but it was cancelled after some lawmakers expressed Russian support over the war. [87] | |
48 | Belgium | Brussels | 11 October | Visited the NATO headquarters. [88] | |
49 | Cape Verde | Sal | 9 December | Met with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva at Amílcar Cabral International Airport en route to Argentina. [89] [90] [91] | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 10 December | Attended the inauguration of Javier Milei as president. First and currently only trip to Latin America as president. [92] | ||
United States | Washington, D.C. | 11–12 December | Met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Met with several members of the United States Congress, including with House Speaker Mike Johnson separately. | ||
50 | Norway | Oslo | 13 December | Met with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the second Nordic–Ukrainian summit. [93] King Harald V received Zelenskyy in an audience at the Royal Palace, together with Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. [94] | |
Germany | Wiesbaden | 14 December | Visited the headquarters of the United States Army Europe and Africa. |
# | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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51 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 10 January | Unannounced visit. Met with President Gitanas Nausėda, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė at the Presidential Palace. [95] Delivered a speech at Daukanto Square. [96] | |
Estonia | Tallinn | 11 January | Unannounced visit. Met with President Alar Karis at Kadriorg Palace and Prime Minister Kaja Kallas at the Stenbock House. [97] Zelenskyy also addressed the Estonian parliament Riigikogu. | ||
Latvia | Riga | Met with President Edgars Rinkēvičs at the Riga Castle and with Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa and Prime Minister Evika Siliņa at the Saeima House. [98] | |||
52 | Switzerland | Bern, Davos | 15–16 January | Met with President Viola Amherd in Bern to initiate preparations for the Ukraine peace summit to be held in Switzerland later that year. [99] Addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. [100] | |
53 | Germany | Berlin, Munich | 16 February | Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin to sign bilateral security agreements between Germany and Ukraine. [101] Also participated in the 60th Munich Security Conference. On the sidelines of the conference, he met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and some members of U.S. Congress. [102] [103] | |
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron to sign bilateral security agreements between France and Ukraine. [104] | |||
54 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 27 February | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to push for a peace plan and to discuss the return of prisoners of war from Russia. [105] | |
Albania | Tirana | 28 February | Met with Prime Minister Edi Rama to encourage further support from southeastern European countries. [106] | ||
55 | Turkey | Istanbul | 8 March | Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss the Peace Formula, the organization of a peace conference, the safety of shipping in the Black Sea following Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, global food stability amid the worldwide food crises, as well as the release of Ukrainian captives and political prisoners held by Russia. [107] | |
56 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 11 April | Met with President Gitanas Nausėda and with leaders from Central and Eastern Europe, aiming to strengthen support for Ukraine. Also participated in the Three Seas Summit. [108] | |
57 | Spain | Madrid | 27 May | Met with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and signed a bilateral security agreement with Spain that allocates €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine in 2024 and more than $5 billion by 2027. Later met with King Felipe VI. [109] | |
Belgium | Brussels, Steenokkerzeel | 28 May | Met with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation and long-term support. For the first time, such a security agreement contained a specific number of military aircraft to be provided to Ukraine – 30 F-16s by 2028. The 10-year agreement also included cooperating with Belgium on intelligence, cybersecurity, countering disinformation and the defense industry. Also visited the Melsbroek Air Base. [110] | ||
Portugal | Lisbon | Met with Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to sign a bilateral security agreement that encompasses political, military, economic, trade, and scientific cooperation, with provisions for potential extension beyond the initial 10-year term. [111] | |||
58 | Sweden | Stockholm | 31 May | Attended the third Nordic–Ukrainian summit with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and other Nordic leaders. [112] Held a separate bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Kristersson and signed a security agreement between Sweden and Ukraine. [113] Also met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Palace. [114] | |
Singapore | Singapore | 1 June | Unannounced visit. [115] Addressed the Shangri-La Dialogue conference organized by the International Institute of Strategic Studies. [116] | ||
Philippines | Manila | 2–3 June | Unannounced visit. [117] Met with President Bongbong Marcos at Malacañang Palace. [118] Sat down for an interview with Mariz Umali. [119] Zelenskyy became the first Ukrainian president to visit the Philippines. [120] | ||
59 | Qatar | Doha | 5 June | Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [121] | |
France | Normandy, Paris | 6–7 June | Attended the memorial ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. [122] Addressed the French Parliament in Paris and met with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. [123] | ||
60 | Germany | Berlin, Sanitz | 11 June | Met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. [124] Spoke at the Ukraine Recovery Conference. Addressed the Bundestag. [125] Inspected the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile defence system to be given to Ukraine by the Bundeswehr. [126] [127] | |
Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 12 June | Unannounced visit. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [128] | ||
Italy | Fasano | 13–15 June | Attended the 50th G7 summit as an invited guest. Met with U.S. President Joe Biden to sign a 10-year bilateral security agreement. [129] Met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to sign a bilateral security and reconstruction accord. [130] Also met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [131] | ||
Switzerland | Nidwalden | 15–16 June | Attended the Ukraine peace summit at the Bürgenstock Resort. | ||
61 | Belgium | Brussels | 27 June | Signed bilateral security agreements with Estonia, Lithuania and European Union. [132] | |
62 | Poland | Warsaw | 8 July | Met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk to sign a security agreement between Poland and Ukraine. [133] | |
United States | Washington D.C. | 9–11 July | Attended the 2024 Washington summit as an invited guest and met with the various leaders of NATO member states. | ||
Ireland | Shannon | 12–13 July | Met with Taoiseach Simon Harris at Shannon Airport and attended a bilateral meeting. [134] | ||
63 | United Kingdom | Woodstock | 18 July | Attended the 4th EPC Summit in the UK. Met with British Prime minister Keir Starmer. | |
64 | United States | Washington D.C., New York | 23–29 September | Attended the 79th United Nations General Assembly. Met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House. Met with former President Donald Trump in the Trump Tower in New York. [135] | |
65 | Germany | Berlin | 11 October | Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and held talks on a 'victory plan' for Ukraine. [136] | |
66 | Iceland | Reykjavík | 28-29 October | Took part in the fourth Nordic-Ukrainian Summit. Met with the Prime Ministers of the Nordic Countries. [137] | |
67 | Hungary | Budapest | 7 November | Attended the 5th European Political Community Summit in Budapest. Met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, newly elected NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Moldovan President Maia Sandu among others. [138] | |
68 | France | Paris | 7-8 December | Attended the Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. Held talks with President Emmanuel Macron and incoming US President Donald Trump. [139] |
Country | Areas planned for the visit | Planned date(s) | Details |
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Belarus | Minsk | 8–9 October 2020 | It was planned to be a state visit as well as a chance to attend the Forum of Regions. [140] [141] It was postponed in August 2020 due to the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [142] |
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