Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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Cyprus | Nicosia | 2 February | Met with President Nicos Anastasiades. Also, delivered a speech to the Cypriot House of Representatives. [2] |
Italy | Rome | 3 February | Met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. [3] |
France | Paris | 4 February | Was invited and met with President François Hollande. [4] |
Belgium | Brussels | 4 February | Met with President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. [5] |
Austria | Vienna | 9 February | Met with Chancellor Werner Faymann. [6] |
Belgium | Brussels | 12-13 February | Joined the unofficial EU summit. Also met with Prime Minister Charles Michel. [7] |
Belgium | Brussels | 13 March | Met with President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. [8] |
Germany | Berlin | 23-24 March | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. [9] |
Russia | Moscow | 7-9 April | Met with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. [10] [11] |
Belgium | Brussels | 23-24 April | Joined the EU summit. [12] |
Cyprus | Nicosia | 29 April | Joined the summit between Egypt-Greece-Cyprus. [13] |
Latvia | Riga | 21-22 May | Joined the special EU summit. Also met with President François Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel. [14] |
Belgium | Brussels | 4 June | Met with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. [15] |
Belgium | Brussels | 10-11 June | Joined the EU-CELAC summit. [16] Met with Angela Merkel, François Hollande, Michelle Bachelet, Dilma Rousseff, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa. |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 18-19 June | Met with President Vladimir Putin. [17] |
Belgium | Brussels | 21-22 June | Joined the emergency meeting of Eurozone. Met with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. [18] |
Belgium | Brussels | 25-26 June | Joined the EU summit. [19] |
France | Strasbourg | 7-8 July | Delivered a speech in front of the European Parliament. [20] |
Belgium | Brussels | 8 July | Joined the EU summit. [21] |
Belgium | Brussels | 12-13 July | Joined the Eurozone summit. [22] |
Egypt | Suez | 6-7 August | Joined the opening of the expanded Suez Canal. Met with François Hollande, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Dmitry Medvedev and Mahmoud Abbas. [23] |
USA | New York City | 27 September-1 October | Joined the United Nations summit. Met with Rafael Correa, Dilma Rousseff, Xi Jinping, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Nicos Anastasiades, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Bill Clinton. [24] [25] |
Belgium | Brussels | 14-16 October | Joined the EU summit. [26] |
Malta | Valletta | 13 November | Joined the EU summit. [27] |
Turkey | Istanbul Ankara | 17-18 November | Met with Bartholomew I, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [28] [29] |
Israel | Tel Aviv Jerusalem | 25-26 November | Met with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [30] |
Palestine | Jerusalem | 26 November | Met with President Mahmoud Abbas. [30] |
Belgium | Brussels | 29 November | Joined the EU-Turkey summit. [31] |
France | Paris | 30 November | Joined the U.N. summit for the climate, in which he delivered a speech. [32] |
Belgium | Brussels | 17-18 December | Joined the EU summit. [33] |