The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Nikol Pashinyan since he became the Prime Minister of Armenia on May 8, 2018.
The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Nikol Pashinyan since he became the Prime Minister of Armenia on May 8, 2018.
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Russia | Sochi | May 14 | Attended the regular session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. [1] Met with Vladimir Putin, [2] Sooronbay Jeenbekov, [3] Igor Dodon, [4] Alexander Lukashenko, [5] Tigran Sargsyan. [6] |
 Georgia | Tbilisi Samtskhe–Javakheti | May 30–31 | Official visit. Met with President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Inaugurated a memorial plaque commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the First Armenian Republic. [7] [8] [9] |
| Russia | Moscow | June 14 | Attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup [10] [11] Met with Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev. [12] |
 Belgium | Brussels | July 11–13 | Attended the NATO summit. [13] Held a bilateral meeting with Emmanuel Macron and met with Donald Trump. [14] [15] [16] [17] |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | July 27 | Attended the regular session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. [18] |
| Russia | Moscow | September 8 | [19] |
 France | Paris | September 14 | Working visit. [20] |
 United States | New York City | September 25–26 | Attended the UN Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
 Tajikistan | Dushanbe | September 27–28 | Attended the heads of state summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). [21] |
| France | Paris | October 4 | Attended the funeral of Charles Aznavour. [22] |
 Lebanon | Beirut | October 20–21 | Working visit. [23] |
 Kazakhstan | Astana | November 8–9 | Working visit: CSTO council meeting. [24] |
| France | Paris | November 10–11 | Attended the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the World War I and the Paris Peace Forum. [25] |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | December 6 | Working visit: meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. |
| Russia | Moscow | December 27 | [26] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Bolnisi | January 15 | Held an informal meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze [27] |
 Switzerland | Davos Zürich | January 21–25 | Annual World Economic Forum. Met with Ilham Aliyev. [28] |
| Russia | Moscow | January 23–25 | Met with Dmitry Medvedev and Tigran Sargsyan. [29] [30] |
 Germany | Cologne Berlin | January 31-February 1 | State Visit [31] |
 Iran | Tehran | February 27–28 | State Visit. [32] [33] [34] |
| Belgium | Brussels | March 4–7 | Working Visit. [35] |
 Austria | Vienna | March 29 | Working Visit. Met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. [36] |
| France | Strasbourg | April 11 | Working visit. [37] |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | May 12 | Working visit. [38] |
| Belgium | Brussels | May 12–13 | Working Visit. |
 China | Beijing | May 14–16 | Working visit. [39] |
| Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan | May 28 | Working visit: Eurasian Economic Union. [40] [41] |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | June 6–7 | Working visit: meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. [42] |
 Vietnam | Hanoi | July 4–6 | State Visit. [43] [44] [45] |
 Singapore | Central Area | July 7–9 | State Visit. [46] [47] [48] |
 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | August 8–9 | Working visit [49] |
| United States | Los Angeles New York City | September 21–22 | Attended the UN Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [50] |
 Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | October 11 | Attended the CIS summit |
| Russia | Moscow | October 25 | Working visit [51] |
| France | Paris | November 11–12 | Working visit [52] |
 Italy | Venice Rome | November 20–22 | Official visit [53] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | November 27 | Working visit [54] |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | December 20 | Working visit [55] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 31 January-1 February | |
| Germany | Munich | 15 February | Attended the Munich Security Conference |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 3-4 March | [56] |
| Belgium | Brussels | 9 March | [57] |
 Belarus | Minsk | 17 July | Working visit, participation in the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. [58] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Moscow | 11 January | Trilateral summit with Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev. [59] |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 4-5 February | [60] |
| Russia | Moscow | 7 April | [61] |
| Russia | Kazan | 29 April | [62] |
| France | Paris | 1 June | Working visit [63] |
| Belgium | Brussels | 2 June | Working visit [63] |
| Russia | Moscow | 7 July | [64] |
| Iran | Tehran | 5 August | Inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi. [65] [66] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Cholpon-Ata | 19-20 August 2021 | Eurasian Economic Union Intergovernmental Council summit and meeting with Sadyr Japarov. [67] |
| Georgia | Tbilisi Batumi | 8 September | Official visit [68] [69] |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 15-17 September | [70] |
 Lithuania | Vilnius Kaunas | 3-4 October | [71] |
| Russia | Moscow | 12 October | [72] |
| Russia | Sochi | 26 November | Trilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. [73] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan | February 24–25 | Working visit [74] |
| France | Paris | March 8–9 | Working visit [75] |
| Belgium | Brussels | April 5–6 | Working visit [76] |
| Russia | Moscow Nizhny Novgorod | April 19–20 | State visit [77] |
 Netherlands | The Hague | May 10–11 | State visit Met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. [78] |
 Qatar | Doha | June 13 | State visit |
| Belarus | Minsk | June 20–21 | Working visit [79] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Cholpon-Ata | August 25-26 | Working visit |
| Belgium | Brussels | August 31 | Working visit |
| Russia | Vladivostok | September 6-9 | [80] |
| United States | New York City | September 22–23 | Working visit [81] |
| France | Paris | September 26 | Working visit |
 Czech Republic | Prague | October 6–7 | European Political Community. Met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ilham Aliyev, and Emmanuel Macron. |
| Russia | Sochi | October 31 | [82] |
| Iran | Tehran | November 1 | [83] |
 Tunisia | Djerba | November 19 | [84] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | December 9 | Working visit |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | December 26-27 | Working visit [85] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | February 2–3 | Working visit. |
| Germany | Munich | February 16-19 | Attended the Munich Security Conference. |
| Germany | Berlin | March 3-4 | Working visit. [86] |
| Czech Republic | Prague | May 4-5 | Official visit. [87] |
| Russia | Moscow | May 8-9 | Working visit. [88] Attended the 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade [89] and met with Armenian war veterans in Moscow. [90] |
| Belgium | Brussels | May 14 | Working visit. [91] |
 Iceland | Reykjavík | May 16-17 | Working visit. [92] |
| Russia | Moscow | 24–25 May | Working visit |
 Moldova | Bulboaca Hîncești | 1 June | Attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit [93] [94] [95] |
 Turkey | Ankara | 3 June | Inauguration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [96] |
| Russia | Sochi | 7-9 June | Working visit [97] |
| Georgia | Batumi | 7-8 July | Working visit |
| Belgium | Brussels | 14-15 July | Working visit |
 Spain | Granada | 5 October | Attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit |
| France | Strasbourg | 16-17 October | Working visit |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 26 October | Working visit |
| France | Paris | 9-10 November | Working visit. Met with President Macron. Attended the Paris Peace Forum |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | 25-26 December | Working visit. |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 26 January | Working visit [98] |
| Germany | Munich | 16-18 February | Attended the Munich Security Conference |
| France | Paris | 21-22 February | Working visit |
 Greece | Athens | 27 February | Working visit. [99] |
 Egypt | Cairo | 5-6 March | Official visit. [100] |
| Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stepanakert | 9 May 2018 | Working visit. Attended the Victory and Peace Day and Shushi Liberation Day celebrations, meeting with Bako Sahakyan. [101] |
| Stepanakert | 16 June 2018 | Working visit. Visited the Artsakh Defense Ministry. [102] |
| Stepanakert | 25 August 2018 | Working visit. [103] |
| Stepanakert | 1 November 2018 | Working visit. [104] |
| Stepanakert, eastern border | 4-5 November 2018 | Official visit. [105] [106] |
| Stepanakert | 11-12 March 2019 | Working visit. [107] |
| Stepanakert | 9 May 2019 | Working visit. Attended the Victory Day and Liberation Day celebrations. [108] |
| Stepanakert | 5 August 2019 | Working visit. [109] |
| Stepanakert | 1 December 2019 | Working visit. [110] |
| Stepanakert | 9 May 2020 | Working visit. Attended the Victory Day and Liberation Day celebrations. [111] |
| Shusha | 21 May 2020 | Attended the inauguration of Arayik Harutyunyan. [112] [113] |
| Stepanakert | 30 August 2020 | Working visit. [114] |
| Stepanakert | 6 October 2020 | Working visit. Attended consultations with the leadership of the Ministry of Defence during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. [115] |
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Brussels | 5 April | Working visit. He will meet with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. |
| Italy | Rome | TBD | State visit |
 Bulgaria | Sofia | TBD | State visit |
 Romania | Bucharest | TBD | State visit |
 Finland | Helsinki | TBD | State visit |
 Sweden | Stockholm | TBD | State visit |
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