List of international prime ministerial trips made by Dick Schoof

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Dick Schoof, the current Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

Summary of international trips

Further information: Foreign relations of the Netherlands

As of January 2026, Dick Schoof has made more than 10 prime ministerial trips to at least 8 states internationally since his inauguration on 2 July 2024. National trips are not included.

Prime Minister Dick Schoof's visits by country

Number of visits	Country or Dutch overseas territory
1 visit (16)	Albania, Bonaire (Netherlands), Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Saba (Netherlands), Sint Eustatius (Netherlands), Sint Maarten (Netherlands), South Africa, Switzerland.
2 Visits (4)	Aruba (Netherlands), Curaçao (Netherlands), Luxembourg, Vatican City.
3 visits (3)	Ukraine, United States.
4 visits (3)	Belgium, France, United Kingdom.

2024

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Belgium	Brussels	8 July	Newly appointed prime minister Dick Schoof goes to Brussels for an introduction. Among others, he meets with the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. [1]
United States	Washington D.C.	9–11 July	Schoof attends the 2024 NATO summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by President Joe Biden, to commemorate the landmark 75th anniversary of NATO and to participate in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting. [2]
Belgium	Brussels	15 July	Schoof meets Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo for an introductory visit. [3]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	15 July	Schoof meets Luxembourgish prime minister Luc Frieden for an introductory visit. [3]
United Kingdom	Woodstock	18 July	Schoof attends the 4th European Political Community Summit. [4]
France	Paris	26–27 July	Schoof attends the 2024 Summer Olympics [5]
Ukraine	Zaporizhzhia	2 September	Announced a new aid package for Kyiv worth over €200 million. [6] [7]
United States	New York City	24–27 September	Attended General debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly
Hungary	Budapest	7–8 November	Schoof attends the 5th European Political Community Summit in Budapest. [8]
Estonia	Tallinn	16 December	Schoof attends the 2024 Joint Expeditionary Force summit. [9]
Belgium	Brussels	18 December	Schoof attends the 2024 EU-Western Balkans summit. [10]
Lithuania	Rukla	24 December	Visited Dutch troops stationed there for NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence. Held bilateral discussions with Lithuanian PM Gintautas Paluckas on collective defence and deterrence. [11] [12]

2025

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details	Image
Switzerland	Davos	21–22 January	Schoof attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025. [13]
United Kingdom	London	6 February	Meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss security and cooperation.
Ukraine	Kyiv	15 February	Meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; discussion of support for Ukraine. [14]
United Kingdom	London	2 March	Schoof travelled to London, United Kingdom to attend the Summit on Ukraine and met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III.
France	Paris	27 March	Schoof attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" hosted by President Macron. [15]
Vatican City	Vatican City	26 April	Schoof is expected to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. [16]
Norway	Oslo	9 May	Attended Joint Expeditionary Force summit. [17]
Bonaire	Kralendijk	10 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [18]
Aruba	Oranjestad	11 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Met with Prime Minister Mike Eman. [19]
Curaçao	Willemstad	12 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Met with Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas. [20]
Saba	The Bottom	13 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [21]
Sint Eustatius	Oranjestad	14 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [22]
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	15 May	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [23]
Albania	Tirana	16 May	6th European Political Community Summit
Vatican City	Vatican City	18 May	Attended the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV.
Belgium	Brussels	21 May	Travelled to Brussels to met with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte in NATO Headquarters. They discussed the boosting defence spending, support for Ukraine and the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague. [24]
Italy	Rome	10–11 July	Attended Ukraine Recovery Conference. [25]
France	Paris	4 September	Met with President Emmanuel Macron. Attended the 7th Coalition of the willing summit.
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	10 September	Schoof attended the Benelux Summit. [26]
United States	New York City	25 September	Attended the General debate of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Met with President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa. [27]
Denmark	Copenhagen	2 October	Attended the 7th European Political Community Summit.
Ukraine	Kyiv	6 October	Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During the meeting, the leaders discussed strengthening sanctions against Russia. The President emphasized that Ukraine expects the adoption of the European Union’s 19th sanctions package and continued pressure on Russia’s war machine. [28]
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	13 October	Schoof attended the Sharm El Sheikh summit which included the signing of the Gaza peace plan to end the Gaza war.
United Kingdom	London	24 October	Attended the 8th Coalition of the willing meeting. [29] [30]
Brazil	Belém	6–7 November	Schoof attended the COP30 pre-conference. [31]
Curaçao	Willemstad	8 November	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Met with Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas and Governor Mauritsz de Kort. [32]
Aruba	Oranjestad	8 November	Schoof visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Met with Prime Minister Mike Eman and Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt. [33]
Colombia	Santa Marta	9 November	Schoof attended the EU-CELAC summit. [34]
South Africa	Johannesburg	22–23 November	Schoof attended the 2025 G20 Johannesburg summit. [35]
Germany	Berlin	14–15 December	Attended a meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner along with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, President of France Emmanuel Macron, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa to discuss the Trump peace plan. [36]

2026

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details	Image
France	Paris	6 January	Schoof attended the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris with fellow leaders. [37]

Multilateral meetings

Dick Schoof participated in the following summits during his premiership:

Group	Year
	2024	2025	2026
UNGA	24–27 September, New York City	25 September, New York City
G20	Not a G20 Member	22–23 November, Johannesburg
NATO	9–11 July, Washington, D.C.	24–26 June, The Hague
Ukraine Recovery Conference		10–11 July, Rome
EPC	18 July, Woodstock	16 May, Tirana
	7 November, Budapest	2 October, Copenhagen
EU–CELAC	None	9 November, Santa Marta	None
COP	12 November, [a] Baku	6–7 November, Belém
JEF	16–17 December, Tallinn	9 May, Oslo	TBA
Others	None	Securing our future 2 March, London	Together for peace and security summit 6 January, Paris
		15 March, (videoconference) United Kingdom
		27 March, Paris
██ = Did not attend. ^a Schoof cancelled his attendance of the 2024 UNCCC to monitor the Dutch government's response. [38]

See also

• Foreign relations of the Netherlands
• List of international prime ministerial trips made by Mark Rutte

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