List of international prime ministerial trips made by Vladimir Putin

Putin with Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in Yalta, 2009

This is a list of prime ministerial trips made by Vladimir Putin , during his premiership, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012.

Summary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visits by country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit (8)	Austria Belgium Denmark France Italy Moldova New Zealand Sweden
2 visits (2)	China Turkey
3 visits (1)	Ukraine

First premiership (1999–2000)

1999

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
New Zealand	Auckland	September 13	APEC New Zealand 1999. [1]

2000

Main article: List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin § Acting presidency (December 31, 1999–May 6, 2000)

From 31 December 1999 to 7 May 2000, Prime Minister Putin served as Acting President until he officially became president.

Second premiership (2008–2012)

2008

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2008:

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
China	Beijing	August 8	2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [2] [3]
Moldova	Chișinău Cricova	November 14-15	Met with President Vladimir Voronin and Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi. [4] [5] Meeting of CIS heads of Government.
Ukraine	Kyiv	November 19

2009

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Austria	Vienna	April 24-25	Official visit. [6]
Italy	Rome	April 25-26	Official visit. [6]
Turkey	Istanbul	August 5	[7]

2010

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Turkey	Istanbul	June 8	[8]
France	Paris	June 10–12	Official visit. [9]
Ukraine	Yalta Sevastopol	July 24	Working visit. [10] 14th International bike show. [11]

2011

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Belgium	Brussels	February 24-25	Official visit. Attended the Russia-EU summit. [12] [13]
Ukraine	Kyiv	April 12	Working visit. Met with Mykola Azarov. [14]
Denmark	Copenhagen	April 26	Official visit. [15]
Sweden	Stockholm	April 26-27	Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt. [16]
China	Beijing	October 12	Official visit. [17]

See also

• List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin
• List of international presidential trips made by Dmitry Medvedev
• List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin
• List of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev

References

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