List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

This is a list of international trips made by Angela Merkel , the 8th Chancellor of Germany, since her assumption of office on 22 November 2005 to 8 December 2021, the date of the election and investiture of Olaf Scholz, new chancellor.

Summary of international trips

A map of all the countries she visited as of February 2015.

See also: Foreign relations of Germany and Foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government

List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

2005

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
France	Paris	23 November	First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany
Belgium	Brussels	24 November
United Kingdom	London	24 November
Spain	Barcelona	27 November
Poland	Warsaw	2 December
Belgium	Brussels	16–17 December

2006

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Austria	Vienna	2 January
United States	Washington, D.C.	12–13 January
Russia	Moscow	16 January
France	Versailles	23 January
Israel	Jerusalem	29 January
"Palestinian territories" [a]	Ramallah
United States	New York City and Washington D.C.	4–5 April
Russia	Tomsk	26 April
Slovakia	Bratislava	11 May
Austria	Vienna	12 May
China	Beijing and Shanghai	22–23 May
Russia	Saint Petersburg	15–17 July
France	Paris	25 August
Finland	Helsinki	10–11 September
France	Compiègne	23 September
Italy	Castel Gandolfo	28 September
Turkey	Istanbul	6 October
France	Paris	12 October
Finland	Lahti	20 October
Netherlands	The Hague	27 October
United Kingdom	London	3 November
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	15 November
Italy	Milan	7 December
Belgium	Brussels	15 December
Finland	Helsinki	19 December
Denmark	Copenhagen

2007

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
United States	Washington, D.C.	5 January
Slovenia	Ljubljana	15 January
France	Strasbourg	17 January
Russia	Sochi	21 January
Switzerland	Davos	24 January
Egypt	Cairo	3 February
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	4 February
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi and Dubai	5–6 February
Kuwait	Kuwait City	6 February
France	Strasbourg	13 February
	Cannes	15 February
Belgium	Brussels	7 March
Poland	Warsaw	16 March
Italy	Rome	19 March
Jordan	Amman and Aqaba	31 March
Israel	Jerusalem	1 April
"Palestinian territories" [a]	Ramallah
Lebanon	Beirut	2 April
United States	Washington, D.C.	29–30 April
Croatia	Zagreb	11 May
Russia	Samara	17–18 May
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	17 June
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 June
France	Toulouse	16 July
Greece	Athens	20 July
Denmark	Ilulissat	17–18 August
Hungary	Budapest	21 August
United Kingdom	London	22 August
China	Beijing and Nanjing	26–28 August
Japan	Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka	28–31 August
United States	New York City	24–25 September
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	4 October
South Africa	Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town	5–6 October
Liberia	Monrovia	7 October
India	New Delhi and Mumbai	29 October to 1 November
Afghanistan	Kabul	3 November
United States	Crawford, Texas	9–10 November
France	Paris	13 December
Portugal	Lisbon	8 December
		13 December
Belgium	Brussels	14 December

2008

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
United Kingdom	London	29 January
Spain	Palma	31 January
Russia	Moscow	8 March
Belgium	Brussels	14 March
Israel	Jerusalem and Tel Aviv	14–16 March
Romania	Bucharest	3–4 April	See 2008 Bucharest summit
Norway	Oslo	12 April
Ireland	Dublin	14 April
France	Strasbourg	15 April
Switzerland	Bern and Geneva	29 April
Brazil	Brasília and São Paulo	13–15 May
Peru	Lima	15–16 May
Colombia	Bogotá	16–17 May
Mexico	Mexico City	17–18 May
Japan	Tōyako	7–8 July
France	Paris	13 July
Algeria	Algiers	17 July
Ukraine	Kyiv	21 July
Russia	Sochi	15–16 August
Georgia	Tbilisi	17 August
Sweden	Stockholm	25 August
Estonia	Tallinn	26 August
Lithuania	Vilnius	26 August
Belgium	Brussels	1 September
Poland	Wrocław	24 September
Russia	Saint Petersburg	2 October
France	Paris	4 October
	Colombey-les-Deux-Églises	11 October
	Paris	12 October
Belgium	Brussels	16 October
Czech Republic	Prague	20 October
China	Beijing	23–25 October
United Kingdom	London	30 October
United States	Washington D.C.	14–15 November
Belgium	Brussels	7 November
Italy	Trieste	18 November
France	Paris	24 November
Poland	Warsaw	9 December
Belgium	Brussels	11–12 December

2009

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
France	Paris	8 January
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	13 January
Israel	Jerusalem	13 January
Switzerland	Davos	30 January
Belgium	Brussels	1 March
		20 March
United Kingdom	London	1 April
France	Strasbourg	4 April
Czech Republic	Prague	5 April
Afghanistan	Kunduz	6 April
Czech Republic	Prague	7 May
Poland	Kraków	4 June
France	Paris	11 June
Belgium	Brussels	19 June
United States	Washington, D.C.	26 June
Italy	L'Aquila	8–10 July
Russia	Sochi	14 August
Hungary	Sopron	19 August
Poland	Gdańsk	1 September	70th anniversary of the September campaign
Belgium	Brussels	17 September
United States	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.	24–25 September
Belgium	Brussels	29–30 October
United States	Washington, D.C.	2–3 November
France	Paris	11 November
Belgium	Brussels	19 November
		10–11 December
Denmark	Copenhagen	17–18 December

2010

Dmitry Medvedev greeting Merkel prior to the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

A joint press conference between Merkel and Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
France	Paris	4 February
Belgium	Brussels	11 February
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	9 March
Netherlands	The Hague	11 March
Belgium	Brussels	25–26 March
Turkey	Istanbul and Ankara	29–30 March
United Kingdom	Chequers and London	1 April
United States	Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles	12–15 April
Portugal	Lisbon	16 April
Italy	Bolzano	17–18 April
Belgium	Brussels	7 May
Russia	Moscow	8–9 May	See 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Belgium	Brussels	17 June
Canada	Huntsville and Toronto	25–27 June	See 36th G8 summit and 2010 G20 Toronto summit
South Africa	Cape Town	3 July	See 2010 FIFA World Cup
Russia	Yekaterinburg	15 July [1] [2]
China	Beijing and Xi'an	16–17 July
Kazakhstan	Astana	18 July
Lithuania	Vilnius	6 September
Latvia	Riga	7 September
Belgium	Brussels	16 September
United States	New York City	20–21 September
Belgium	Brussels	4 October
Bulgaria	Sofia	11 October
Romania	Bucharest	12 October [3]
France	Deauville	18–19 October
Belgium	Brussels	28–29 September
United Kingdom	Chequers	20–21 September
Belgium	Brussels	30–31 October
Republic of Korea	Seoul	11–12 November	See 2010 G20 Seoul summit
Belgium	Brussels and Bruges	12 November
Portugal	Lisbon	19–20 November	See 2010 Lisbon summit
Kazakhstan	Astana	1 December
Belgium	Brussels	16–17 December
Afghanistan	Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif	18 December

2011

Merkel with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Madrid, February 2011

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Malta	Valletta	10 January
Cyprus	Nicosia	11 January
Switzerland	Davos	28 January
Israel	Jerusalem and Tel Aviv	31 January to 1 February
Spain	Madrid	3 February
Belgium	Brussels	4 February
Poland	Warsaw	7 February
Slovakia	Bratislava	11 February
Belgium	Brussels	11 March
France	Paris	19 March
Belgium	Brussels	24–25 March
France	Deauville	26–27 May	See 37th G8 summit
India	New Delhi	31 May
Singapore	Central Area	1 June
United States	Washington, D.C.	7–8 June
Switzerland	Geneva	14 June
Poland	Warsaw	21 June
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 June
Poland	Hel Peninsula	9 July
Kenya	Nairobi	12 July
Angola	Luanda	13 July
Nigeria	Abuja	14 July
Belgium	Brussels	21 July
France	Paris	16 August
Croatia	Zagreb	22 August
Serbia	Belgrade	23 August
Slovenia	Ljubljana	30 August
France	Paris	1 September
Poland	Warsaw	29–30 September
Belgium	Brussels	5 October
Vietnam	Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City	10–11 October
Mongolia	Ulanbaatar	12–13 October	[4] [5]
Belgium	Brussels	23 October
France	Cannes	2–3 November	See 2011 G20 Cannes summit
Belgium	Brussels	8–9 December
Kosovo	Pristina	19 December

2012

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Switzerland	Davos	25 January
Belgium	Brussels	30 January
China	Beijing and Guangzhou	1 February
France	Paris	6 February
Belgium	Brussels	1–2 March
Italy	Rome	13 March
Czech Republic	Prague	3 April
United States	Camp David and Chicago	18–20 May	See 38th G8 summit and 2012 Chicago summit
Belgium	Brussels	23 May
Mexico	Los Cabos	18–19 June	See 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit
Italy	Rome	22 June
France	Paris	27 June
Belgium	Brussels	28–29 June
Italy	Rome	4 July
France	Reims	8 July
Indonesia	Jakarta	9–11 July
Canada	Ottawa and Gatineau	15–16 August
Moldova	Chișinău	22 August
China	Beijing and Tianjin	29–30 August
Spain	Madrid	6 September
Austria	Vienna	7 September
Greece	Athens	9 October
Belgium	Brussels	18–19 October
Belgium	Brussels	7 November
United Kingdom	London	7 November
Portugal	Lisbon	12 November
Russia	Moscow	16 November
Belgium	Brussels	22–23 November
Norway	Oslo	10 December
Belgium	Brussels	13–14 December

2013

Merkel with Nicos Anastasiades in Limassol, January 2013.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Cyprus	Limassol	12 January
Switzerland	Davos	24 January
Chile	Santiago	26–27 January
France	Paris	6 February
Belgium	Brussels	7–8 February
Norway	Oslo	20 February
Turkey	Ankara, Kahramanmaraş and Göreme	24–25 February
Poland	Warsaw	6 March
Belgium	Brussels	15–15 March
Vatican	Vatican City	19 March
Afghanistan	Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz	10 May
Vatican	Vatican City	18 May
Belgium	Brussels	22 May
Netherlands	Nijmegen	23 May
United Kingdom	London	25 May
France	Paris	30 May
United Kingdom	Lough Erne	17–18 June
Russia	Saint Petersburg	21 June
Belgium	Brussels	28–29 June
Russia	Saint Petersburg	5–6 September
Belgium	Gent	19 October
	Brussels	24–25 October
France	Paris	12 November
Lithuania	Vilnius	28–29 November
France	Paris	18 December
Belgium	Brussels	19–20 December

2014

Merkel with Sybrand van Haersma Buma in Dublin, March 2014.

Merkel with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, March 2014

Merkel with U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House garden, May 2014.

Merkel with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron in Flen Municipality, June 2014.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
France	Paris	19 February
Israel	Jerusalem	24–25 February
United Kingdom	London	27 February
Belgium	Brussels	6 March
Ireland	Dublin	7 March
Poland	Warsaw	12 March
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 March
Netherlands	The Hague	24–25 March
Belgium	Brussels	2–3 April
Greece	Athens	11 April
United States	Washington D.C.	2 May
Belgium	Brussels	27 May
		4–5 June	See 40th G7 summit
France	Ouistreham and Ranville	6 June	70th anniversary of D-Day
Sweden	Flen Municipality	9–10 June
Brazil	Brasília and Salvador	15–16 June	See 2014 FIFA World Cup
Belgium	Ypres und Brussels	26–27 June
China	Beijing and Chengdu	6–8 July
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	13 July	See 2014 FIFA World Cup
Croatia	Dubrovnik	15 July
Belgium	Brussels	16 July
Latvia	Riga	18 August
Ukraine	Kyiv	23 August
Spain	Santiago de Compostela	24–25 August
Belgium	Brussels	30 August
United Kingdom	Newport	4–5 September	See 2014 Wales summit
Italy	Milan	16–17 October
Slovakia	Bratislava	20 October
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 October
	Ypres and Nieuwpoort	28 October	100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres [6] [7] [8]
New Zealand	Auckland and Motutapu Island	13–14 November
Australia	Brisbane and Sydney	15–17 November	See 2014 G20 Brisbane summit
Poland	Krzyżowa	20 November
Belgium	Brussels	18–19 December

2015

Merkel with Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande in the Moscow Kremlin.

Merkel with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, February 2015.

Merkel (center) at the Minsk II talks in Minsk, Belarus.

Merkel with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, October 2015.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
United Kingdom	London	7 January
France	Paris	11 January
Switzerland	Davos	22 January
Italy	Florence	22–23 January
France	Strasbourg	30 January
Hungary	Budapest	2 February
Ukraine	Kyiv	5 February
Russia	Moscow	6 February	Trilateral Summit with French President Francois Hollande [9]
United States	Washington D.C.	8–9 February
Canada	Ottawa	9–10 February
Belarus	Minsk	11–12 February	See Minsk II [10]
Belgium	Brussels	12 February
France	Paris	20 February
Italy	Rome	20–21 February
Vatican	Vatican City	20 February
Belgium	Brussels	4 March
Japan	Tokyo and Kawasaki	9–10 March
Belgium	Brussels	19–20 March
France	Seyne	25 March
Finland	Helsinki	30 March
Belgium	Brussels	23 April
Poland	Warsaw	27 April
Denmark	Copenhagen	28 April
Russia	Moscow	10 May	See Victory Day (9 May) [11] [12] [13]
Switzerland	Geneva	18 May
Latvia	Riga	20–21 May
Belgium	Brussels	10–11 June
		22 June
		25–26 June
France	Paris	6 July
Belgium	Brussels	7 July
Albania	Tirana	8 July
Serbia	Belgrade	8 July
Bosnia	Sarajevo	9 July
Belgium	Brussels	12 July
Italy	Milan	17 August
Brazil	Brasília	19–20 August
Austria	Vienna	27 August	See 2015 Western Balkans Summit, Vienna
Switzerland	Bern	3 September
Belgium	Brussels	23 September
United States	New York City	24–27 September
France	Paris	2 October
India	New Delhi and Bangalore	4–6 October
France	Strasbourg	7 October
United Kingdom	Chequers	9 October
Belgium	Brussels	15–16 October
Turkey	Istanbul	18 October
Belgium	Brussels	25 October
France	Paris	27 October
China	Beijing and Hefei	28–30 October
Malta	Valletta	11–12 November
Turkey	Antalya	15–16 November	See 2015 G20 Antalya summit
France	Paris	25 November	See COP21 Summit
Belgium	Brussels	29 November
France	Paris	30 November
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 December

2016

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
United Kingdom	London	4 February
France	Strasbourg	7 February
United Kingdom	London	7 January
Turkey	Ankara	8 February
Belgium	Brussels	18–19 February
France	Paris	4 March
Belgium	Brussels	7 March
		17–18 March
France	Metz	7 April
Netherlands	Middelburg and Eindhoven	21 April
Turkey	Gaziantep	23 April
Italy	Rome	5 May
Vatican	Vatican City	6 May
Turkey	Istanbul	22–23 May
Japan	Shima	26–27 May	See 42nd G7 summit
France	Verdun	29 May
Switzerland	Schattdorf and Pollegio	1 June
China	Beijing and Shenyang	12–14 June
France	Paris	4 July	See 2016 Western Balkans Summit, Paris
Poland	Warsaw	8–9 July	See 2016 Warsaw summit
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	13–14 July	[14]
Mongolia	Ulanbaatar	15–16 July
Italy	Ventotene	22 August
Estonia	Tallinn	24–25 August
Czech Republic	Prague	25 August
Poland	Warsaw	26 August
Italy	Maranello	31 August
France	Évian-les-Bains	2 September
China	Hangzhou	4–5 September	See 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
France	Paris	15 September
Slovakia	Bratislava	16 September
Austria	Vienna	24 September
Mali	Bamako	9 October
Niger	Niamey	10 October
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	11 October
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 October
		15 December

2017

Merkel and Beata Szydło in Warsaw, February 2017.

Merkel with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, March 2017.

Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, May 2017.

Merkel at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, May 2017.

Merkel with the Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, June 2017.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	12 January
Belgium	Brussels	12 January
Sweden	Stockholm	31 January
Turkey	Ankara	2 February
Malta	Valletta	2–3 February
Poland	Warsaw	7 February
Egypt	Cairo	2 March
Tunisia	Tunis	3 March
France	Versailles	6 March
Belgium	Brussels	9–10 March
United States	Washington D.C.	17 March
Vatican	Vatican City	24 March
Italy	Rome	24–25 March
Belgium	Brussels	29 April
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	30 April
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	1 May
Russia	Sochi	2 May
Belgium	Brussels	25 May	See 2017 Brussels summit
Italy	Taormina	26–27 May	See 43rd G7 summit
Argentina	Buenos Aires	8 June
Mexico	Mexico City	9–10 June
Italy	Rome	16–17 June
Vatican	Vatican City	16 June
Belgium	Brussels	22–23 June
France	Strasbourg	1 July
Italy	Trieste	12 July	See 2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste
France	Paris	13 July
		28 August
Estonia	Tallinn	29 September
Belgium	Brussels	19–20 October	Merkel attended the European Council meeting.
		24 November
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	29 November
France	Paris	13 December

2018

Merkel with the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, March 2018

Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, May 2018.

Merkel at the 44th G7 summit La Malbaie, June 2018.

Merkel alongside world leaders during a summit in Istanbul on Syria, October 2018.

Merkel with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, August 2018.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
France	Paris	19 January
Bulgaria	Sofia	20 January
France	Paris	16 March
Poland	Warsaw	19 March
Belgium	Brussels	22–23 March
United States	Washington, D.C.	27 April [15]
Italy	Assisi	12 May
Bulgaria	Sofia	16–17 May [16]
Russia	Sochi	18 May [17]
China	Beijing and Shenzhen	23–25 May
Portugal	Braga, Porto and Lisbon	30–31 May
Italy	Eppan	3 June
Canada	La Malbaie	8–9 June
Jordan	Amman	21 June
Lebanon	Beirut	22 June
Belgium	Brussels	24 June
		28–29 June
United Kingdom	London	10 July [18]
Belgium	Brussels	11–12 July
Spain	Almonte	11–12 August
Georgia	Tbilisi and Odzisi	23 August [19]
Armenia	Yerevan	24 August [20]
Azerbaijan	Baku	25 August [21]
Senegal	Dakar	29 August
Ghana	Accra	30 August
Nigeria	Abuja	31 August [22]
France	Marseille	7 September
Macedonia [b]	Skopje	8 September
Lithuania	Vilnius and Rukla	14 September
Algeria	Algiers	17 September
Austria	Salzburg	19–20 September
Israel	Jerusalem	3–4 October
Netherlands	The Hague	10 October
Belgium	Brussels	17–19 October
Czech Republic	Prague	26 October	Attended the 100th anniversary of the founding of the former Czechoslovakia [23] [24] [25] [26]
Turkey	Istanbul	27 October [27]
Ukraine	Kyiv	1 November
Poland	Warsaw	2 November
Finland	Helsinki	7 November
France	Paris and Compiègne	10–11 November [28]
	Strasbourg	13 November
Belgium	Brussels	25 November
Argentina	Buenos Aires	30 November to 1 December	See 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit [29]
United States	Washington, D.C.	5 December	Attended the state funeral of George H. W. Bush
Morocco	Marrakesh	9–10 December
Belgium	Brussels	13–14 December

2019

Merkel in Sibiu in May 2019

Merkel meeting with Pedro Sánchez, Acting Prime Minister of Spain, on 28 May 2019 in Brussels

Merkel in Osaka in June 2019

Merkel with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris in December 2019

Merkel at the Normandy Format with French president Emmanuel Macron, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Greece	Athens	10–11 January	See Germany-Greece relations. [30] [31] [32]
Switzerland	Davos	23–24 January	Attended the World Economic Forum.
Japan	Tokyo	3–5 February
Egypt	Sharm el-Sheikh	24–25 February
France	Paris	27 February
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 March
France	Paris	26 March	See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit
Italy	Assisi	29 March
Ireland	Dublin	4 April
Belgium	Brussels	10 April
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	1 May [33]
Mali	Gao	2 May [33]
Niger	Niamey	3 May [33]
Romania	Sibiu	9 May
Croatia	Zagreb	18 May
Belgium	Brussels	28 May
United States	Cambridge, Boston	30 May	Delivered a speech for the Harvard University Class of 2019 [34]
United Kingdom	Portsmouth	5 June	75th anniversary of the D-Day landings [35]
Switzerland	Geneva	11 June
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 June
Japan	Osaka	27–28 June	See 2019 G20 Osaka summit [36] [37] [38]
Belgium	Brussels	30 June to 2 July
Poland	Poznań	5 July [39]	See 2019 Western Balkans Summit, Poznań
France	Paris	14 July	See Bastille Day military parade [40] [41] [42]
Hungary	Sopron	19 August	Attended the 30th anniversary of the "Pan-European Picnic" [43] [44] [45] [46]
Iceland	Reykjavík and Þingvellir	19–20 August
Netherlands	The Hague	22 August
France	Biarritz	24–26 August	See 45th G7 summit
Poland	Warsaw	1 September	80th anniversary of the September campaign
China	Beijing	6–7 September
United States	New York	22–24 September	Attended the UN General Assembly
France	Paris	30 September	See Death and state funeral of Jacques Chirac.
		13 October
India	New Delhi	31 October to 2 November
Italy	Rome	11 November	Official visit
Croatia	Zagreb	20 November	Official visit
United Kingdom	London and Watford	3–4 December	See 2019 London summit
Poland	Oświęcim	6 December
France	Paris	9 December	See Normandy Format
Belgium	Brussels	12–13 December

2020

Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, January 2020.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)
Russia	Moscow	11 January
Switzerland	Davos	23 January	Attended the World Economic Forum.
Turkey	Istanbul	24 January [47]
South Africa	Pretoria	5–6 February
Angola	Luanda	7 February
Belgium	Brussels	20 February	Attended a European Summit.
		8 July	Speech in the European Parliament. Note: First trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
		17–21 July	Attended a Special European Summit.
France	Bormes-les-Mimosas	20 August	Discussed the 2020 Belarusian protests and COVID-19 with President Macron.
Belgium	Brussels	1–2 October	Participation in the European Council.
		15–16 October
		10–11 December

2021

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Note(s)	Image
United Kingdom	Carbis Bay	11–13 June
Belgium	Brussels	14 June
	Brussels	24–25 June	Attended a European Summit.
United Kingdom	Ellesborough, Windsor	2 July
United States	Washington, D.C.	15 July		Merkel with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, 15 July 2021.
Russia	Moscow	20 August
Ukraine	Kyiv	22–24 August [48]
Poland	Warsaw	11 September
Serbia	Belgrade	13 September
Albania	Tirana	14 September
France	Paris	16 September
Slovenia	Predoslje	5–6 October	Attended a EU-Western Balkan Summit.
Italy	Rome	7 October
Vatican City	Vatican City
Israel	Jerusalem, Yad Vashem	9–11 October
Spain	Cuacos de Yuste	14 October
Belgium	Brussels	15 October
Turkey	Istanbul	16 October	See Germany-Turkey relations and Turkey-European Union relations.
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 October	Attended a European Summit.
Greece	Athens	29 October
Italy	Rome	30–31 October
United Kingdom	Glasgow	1–3 November	Attended the COP26 Summit.
France	Beaune	3 November	Merkel received the Legion of Honour.
	Paris	12 November	Attended an international conference on Libya Note: Last trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.

Multilateral meetings

Angela Merkel participated in the following summits during her chancellorship:

Group	Year
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
G8 / G7	15–17 July, Saint Petersburg	6–8 June, Heiligendamm	7–9 July, Tōyako	8–10 July, L'Aquila	25–26 June, Huntsville	26–27 May, Deauville	18–19 May, Camp David	17–18 June, Enniskillen	4–5 June, Brussels	7–8 June, Krün	26–27 May, Shima	26–27 May, Taormina	8–9 June, La Malbaie	24–26 August, Biarritz	10–12 June, (cancelled) Camp David	11–13 June, Carbis Bay
NATO	28–29 November, Riga	none	2–4 April, Bucharest	3–4 April, Strasbourg Kehl	19–20 November, Lisbon	none	20–21 May, Chicago	none	4–5 September, Newport	none	8–9 July, Warsaw	25 May, Brussels	11–12 July, Brussels	3–4 December, Watford	none	14 June, Brussels
██ = Did not attend.

Notes

1. The Federal Republic of Germany does not recognised the State of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
2. The Republic of Macedonia changed its name to Republic of North Macedonia on 12 February 2019.

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External links

• The Chancellor's Official Website