List of international prime ministerial trips made by Giorgia Meloni

Travel of Giorgia Meloni as the prime minister of Italy

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Giorgia Meloni , who is serving as the 60th and current Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022. ^[1]

Countries by number of visits:

• One visit to Algeria, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Mozambique, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey
• Two visits to Albania, Germany, India, Japan, Libya, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Vatican City
• Three visits to Egypt and United States
• Four visits to Tunisia
• Twelve visits to Belgium

Trips

2022

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Belgium	Brussels	3 November	Prime Minister Meloni met with the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel for her first international trip as head of government . [2]
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	7–8 November	Meloni travelled to Sharm El Sheikh to attend the high level segment of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). [3] She held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Indonesia	Bali	15–16 November	Meloni attended at the 2022 G20 Summit. She held separate bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden.
Albania	Tirana	6 December	Meloni attended at the 2022 EU-Western Balkans summit. She held a separate bilateral meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Belgium	Brussels	15 December	Meloni attended the European Council.
Iraq	Baghdad	23 December	Prime Minister Meloni met Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Head of State Abdul Latif Rashid and Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed al-Halbousi.
Iraqi Kurdistan	Erbil		In Erbil Meloni met the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani and Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Later she visited the Italian troops at the Camp Singara base in the Nineveh Governorate where most anti-Daesh Italian soldiers are based.

2023

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Vatican City	Vatican City	5 January	Prime Minister Meloni attended the funeral of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square.
Vatican City	Vatican City	10 January	Meloni met with Pope Francis during her first official visit to Vatican City. The two held private talks inside the Apostolic Palace, where they discussed about Russo-Ukrainian War, immigration, Europe and education.
Algeria	Algiers	22–23 January	Meloni travelled to Algiers in her first visit to the African continent, where she met President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to improve relations between Italy and Algeria in political, cultural and energy fields. They discuss the increasing of gas supplies to Italy through the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline to eliminate imports from Russia by 2024, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. They later signed bilateral agreements in the presence of managing directors of Eni, Claudio Descalzi and Sonatrach, Toufik Hakkar. On 23 January, Meloni met with Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane and laid a wreath at the Martyrs' Memorial, before visiting the garden dedicated to Enrico Mattei and greeting the crew of Italian Navy ship Carabiniere, docked in the port of Algiers.
Libya	Tripoli	28–29 January	Meloni travelled to Tripoli to sign bilateral agreements regarding cooperation, energy and migration flows. Prime Minister Meloni met Libyan Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
Sweden	Stockholm	3 February	Meloni met with Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm to discuss EU issues, including migration and economic policy.
Germany	Berlin		Meloni met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, in order to discuss the European Union state aid rules changes.
Belgium	Brussels	9 February	Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend a one-day special European Council focused on Ukraine, economy, migration, Belgrade-Pristina negotiations and 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake emergency response.
Poland	Warsaw, Rzeszów, Przemyśl	20–21 February	Meloni met with President of Poland Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki. Later she flew to Rzeszów, then transferred to Przemyśl and via train went to Kyiv in Ukraine.
Ukraine	Bucha, Irpin, Kyiv	21 February	In Kyiv, Meloni met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at Mariinskyi Palace. She also visited Bucha and Irpin.
India	Delhi	2 March	Meloni met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu. Later, she attend the inaugural session of Raisina Dialogue.
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	3–4 March	Prime Minister Meloni travels to Abu Dhabi to discuss rebuilding and broadening relations between the two countries after the diplomatic rift following the revocation of arms export permits to the United Arab Emirates in 2021. She met with Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology and President-Designate of COP28 Sultan Al Jaber and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 March	Meloni attended the European Council focused on EU support to Ukraine, competitiveness, single market, economy, energy and migration. She held separate bilateral meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	14–15 April	Meloni travelled to Ethiopia on the first trip by a Western head of government since the end of the Tigray War. In Addis Ababa she attend a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. She also met with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat.
United Kingdom	London	27–28 April	In her first visit to the United Kingdom, Meloni met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation. Later, they paid a visit to Westminster Abbey while preparations were underway for the coronation of King Charles III. The following day, Prime Minister Meloni met with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch, before delivering a speech at the Policy Exchange think tank after being awarded the Grotius Prize.
Czech Republic	Prague	10 May	In Prague, Meloni met with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and President Petr Pavel.
Iceland	Reykjavík	16 May	Prime Minister Meloni attended the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe in Reykjavík.
Japan	Hiroshima, Miyajima	18–20 May	Meloni headed to Hiroshima to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to improve bilateral relations between Italy and Japan and discuss the work program of the forthcoming Italian presidency of G7. She later attended the 49th G7 summit and held bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Later, Meloni anticipates her return home a day early to address the flood emergency in Emilia-Romagna region.
Moldova	Chișinău, Bulboaca	1 June	Meloni attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit at Mimi Castle. She later held a separate trilateral meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to discuss the migration flows issues and the Tunisian economic and political crisis.
Tunisia	Tunis	6 June	Prime Minister Meloni met with Prime Minister Najla Bouden and President Kais Saied to discuss the response to the Tunisian severe financial crisis.
Tunisia	Tunis	11 June	Meloni travelled to Tunis for the second time in a week along with President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in order to meet with President Kais Saied to discuss the terms of the agreement for the disbursement of International Monetary Fund bailout loans and migratory flows issues.
France	Paris	20 June	Meloni travelled to Paris to visit the Bureau International des Expositions for the presentation of Rome bid for the Expo 2030. She was accompanied by the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Later she met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Austria	Krems an der Donau	24 June	Prime Minister Meloni attended the Europa-Forum Wachau at Göttweig Abbey. Prior to the summit, Meloni met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
Belgium	Brussels	29–30 June	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the European Council, focused on military and financial support for Ukraine, migration, EU relationship with China and economic policy.
Poland	Warsaw	5 July	Meloni met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw.
Latvia	Riga, Ādaži	10 July	Meloni met with Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. Then she visited Italian troops at Camp Adazi Military Base.
Lithuania	Vilnius	11–12 July	Meloni attended the 2023 NATO summit, her first summit as Prime Minister. She held separate bilateral meetings with other head of government, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Tunisia	Tunis	16 July	Prime Minister Meloni, along with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, travelled to Tunis in order to sign an agreement with President Kais Saied regarding the strengthening of the economic partnership between Europe and Tunisia, the European diplomatic support for the disbursement of the loan from International Monetary Fund and the fight against irregular migration flows.
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 July	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the EU-CELAC summit. She also held a bilateral meeting with Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg.
United States	Washington, D.C., Arlington	27–28 July	On 27 July, Meloni visited the U.S. Capitol where she met with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Later she met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, where they discussed about many issues, including Ukraine, China and Africa. They also talked about the strengthening of economic exchange between the two countries, trade relations between Europe and U.S., security policies and the forthcoming G7 Italian presidency. The following day Meloni laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, accompanied by the Italian ambassador to the United States Mariangela Zappia. At the end of her trip, she met with former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Henry Kissinger.
Greece	Athens	31 August	Meloni met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
India	New Delhi	8–10 September	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to New Delhi to attend the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit. She also met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Qatar	Doha	10–11 September	Prime Minister Meloni met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha to discuss the development of bilateral relations between Italy and Qatar, in particular in economic, energy, investment and defense sectors.
Hungary	Budapest	14 September	Meloni met with President Katalin Novák and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Later she delivered a speech at Budapest Demographic Summit.
United States	New York City	18–21 September	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to New York City to attend the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she delivered a speech focused on global migration crisis and on development and cooperation with African countries. She also met with several world leaders.
Malta	Valletta	29 September	Meloni travelled to Valletta to attend the EU Med9 summit, which discussed migrations issues, Ukraine and EU enlargement policies. She was joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Spain	Granada	5–6 October	Meloni attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit in Granada. Talks were held with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on migration issues.
Mozambique	Maputo	13 October	Prime Minister Meloni started a one-day trip to Africa "to build a new approach in relations between Europe and African countries". In Maputo, Meloni met with President Filipe Nyusi to discuss economic, energy and development cooperation. She also met with peacekeepers and soldiers of the Italian Navy Luigi Durand de la Penne destroyer.
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville		Meloni travelled to Brazzaville to meet with President Denis Sassou Nguesso and Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso to discuss energy cooperation and local communities development.
Egypt	Cairo	21 October	Prime Minister Meloni attended a peace summit in Cairo dedicated to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the sidelines of the summit, she met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the serious crisis in Middle East and the need to support diplomatic action to curb further expansion. She also held talks with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas to reiterate Italy support for the prospect of two-State solution for Israel and Palestine.
Israel	Tel Aviv		After the summit in Cairo, Prime Minister Meloni headed to Tel Aviv to paid a three-our visit to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Meloni shared Italy support to Israel following the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas and to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Belgium	Brussels	26–27 October	Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the European Council, focused on Middle East, Ukraine, economic growth and external relations.
United Kingdom	Milton Keynes	2 November	Meloni attended the 2023 AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes. She held a separate bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Croatia	Zagreb	16–17 November	Prime Minister Meloni attended an informal summit in Zagreb with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Polish Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and President of the European Council Charles Michel to discuss measures of the EU strategic agenda, including enlargement policies to Western Balkans countries.
Germany	Berlin	22 November	Meloni participated at the Italy-Germany Summit in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	30 November – 2 December	Prime Minister Meloni attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Serbia	Belgrade	3 December	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Belgrade to meet with President Aleksandar Vučić.
Belgium	Brussels	13–15 December	Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the EU-Western Balkans summit. On 14 and 15 December she attended the European Council focused on the Middle East, enlargements policies for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and EU mid-term budget review.

2024

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Turkey	Istanbul	20 January	Meloni made her first official trip of the year to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul to discuss relations between the two countries, EU-Turkey relations, Middle East, Ukraine and regional and security issues.
Belgium	Brussels	1 February	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend an extraordinary European Council to discuss the EU long-term budget review and Ukraine.
Japan	Tokyo	4–6 February	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Tokyo for an official visit to Japan, where she met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss global issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and Middle East, nuclear disarmement, artificial intelligence as well as boostering cooperation in security and defense, including the joint Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet development and Italy's increasing presence in the Indo-Pacific region. She also met with CEOs of large Japanese group with interests in Italy like Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Marubeni.
Ukraine	Kyiv, Hostomel	24 February	Prime Minister Meloni travelled to Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia’s aggression, along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where she attended an honours ceremony for those who defended the Hostomel Airport. Later, after visiting the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders, Prime Minister Meloni had a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after which a security cooperation agreement was signed. In the afternoon, Prime Minister Meloni chaired a video-conference meeting of the G7 Heads of State and Government from the Saint Sophia Cathedral, during which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke.
United States	Washington, D.C.	1 March	Prime Minister Meloni met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Their meeting focused on continued support for Ukraine and the situation in Middle East, with Meloni reiterating Italy's call for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza to ensure humanitarian aids. They also discussed issues such as the G7 Italian presidency, North Africa and cooperation on China.
Canada	Toronto	2 March	Prime Minister Meloni met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to improve relations between Canada and Italy. The two leaders agreeds on deepening the two countries' bilateral relations that would increase political, economic and strategic ties such as cooperation on sustainable energy transition, climate change issues, biodiversity and research and innovation, including artificial intelligence.
Egypt	Cairo	17 March	Prime Minister Meloni, along with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Austrian Prime Minister Karl Nehammer, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, travelled to Cairo in order to met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to advance negotiations on signing agreements regarding the strengthening of strategic and economic ties between European Union and Egypt such as investment and trade, migration issues, security and renewable energy cooperation.
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 March	Meloni travelled to Brussels in order to attend the European Council, focused on Ukraine, security and defence issues, Middle East, enlargement policies and agriculture.
Lebanon	Beirut, Chamaa	27–28 March	Meloni visited the Italian troops committed to UNIFIL peacekeeping mission and met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Tunisia	Tunis	17 April	Prime Minister Meloni paid a three-hour visit to Tunis to meet with President Kais Saied at Carthage Palace. They discussed about financial support for Tunisian State budget and cooperation on renewable energy projects and migrations issues.
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 April	After a brief visit to Tunis, Prime Minister Meloni headed to Brussels in order to attend an extraordinary European Council. EU-Turkey relations, developments in the Middle East, Ukraine and a new European competitiveness deal were discussed at the summit.
Libya	Tripoli, Benghazi	7 May	Prime Minister Meloni met with President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi and Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli to discuss the strengthening of political and economic relations between the two countries and the creation of egalitarian partnerships for projects aimed at the development of local communities regarding health, sport, education and ecological transition, with the aim of creating the conditions necessary to help local communities thrive and fight human traffickers. To engage with all the Libyan stakeholders, in the afternoon Meloni also visited Benghazi to meet with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to reiterate Italy's commitment to Libya's stability, including support for UN-mediated efforts towards consensus on upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
Albania	Gjadër, Shëngjin	5 June	Prime Minister Meloni visited the Gjadër Aerodrome, where construction work for one of the two migrant processing centers that the Italian and Albanian governments agreed to build has started. Afterwards she visited Shengjin harbor where a migrant reception center has been recently built and is now ready to host immigrants. [4]
Switzerland	Nidwalden	16 June	Prime Minister Meloni attended the Ukraine peace summit at the Bürgenstock Resort.
Belgium	Brussels	17 June	Meloni attended an informal European summit with European Union leaders to prepare the designation of the new European Commission President after the 2024 European Parliament election.

Future trips

Country	Areas to be visited	Dates	Details
Belgium	Brussels	27–28 June 2024	Meloni will attend the European Council summit.
United States	Washington, D.C.	9–11 July 2024	Meloni will attend the 2024 NATO summit.
United Kingdom	Woodstock	18 July 2024	Meloni will attend the 4th European Political Community Summit.
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	18–19 November 2024	Meloni will attend the 2024 G20 summit.

References

1. "Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy's prime minister". the Guardian. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
2. "Il Presidente Meloni incontra i vertici delle Istituzioni europee a Bruxelles". www.governo.it (in Italian). 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
3. "Gli impegni internazionali del Presidente Meloni dal 3 al 16 novembre". www.governo.it (in Italian). 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
4. Semini, Llazar (5 June 2024). "Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visits Albania to thank country for hosting 2 migrant centers". AP News. Retrieved 5 June 2024.