List of international trips made by Olaf Scholz

Countries visited by Olaf Scholz during his chancellorship.

  Germany

  1 visit

  2 visits

  3–7 visits

  8–10 visits

  11 or more visits

The following is a list of international trips made by Olaf Scholz as Chancellor of Germany during his term of office from 2021 to 2025.

List

2021

Country	Location(s)	Date	Details
France	Paris	10 December	Met with French President Emmanuel Macron. [1]
Belgium	Brussels		Met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. [2]
Poland	Warsaw	12 December	Met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Belgium	Brussels	15–16 December	Attended the Eastern Partnership summit. Attended a European Council summit.
Italy	Rome	20 December	Met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

2022

Country	Location(s)	Date	Details
Spain	Madrid	17 January	Met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. [3]
United States	Washington, D.C.	7 February	Met with US President Joe Biden, and had a dinner with various senators. [4]
Ukraine	Kyiv	14 February	Met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [5]
Russia	Moscow	15 February	Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [6]
Belgium	Brussels	17-18 February	Attended the 2022 European Union–African Union summit. [7]
Belgium	Brussels	24 February	Attended the extraordinary European Council summit.
France	Paris	28 February	Discussion with Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen and representatives of the European Round Table for Industry.
Israel	Jerusalem	1-2 March	Visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Talks with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
France	Versailles	10-11 March	Participation in the informal meeting of EU Heads of State and Government
Turkey	Ankara	14 March	Conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Belgium	Brussels	24 March	Attended an extraordinary NATO summit.
Ukraine	Kyiv	16 June	Met with French President Macron, Ukrainian President Zelensky, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 June	Attended the European Council summit.
Spain	Madrid	28–30 June	Attended the 2022 NATO Madrid summit.
Canada	Montreal, Toronto, Stephenville	21-24 August	Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [8]
Czech Republic	Prague	6 October	Attended the 2022 1st European Political Community Summit.
China	Beijing	4 November	Met with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Vietnam	Hanoi	13-14 November	Met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính.
Indonesia	Bali	15-16 November	Attended the 2022 G20 summit.

2023

Country	Location(s)	Date	Details	Image
Vatican City		5 January	Attended the funeral service of former Pope Benedict XVI. [9]
Brazil	Brasília	30 January	Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Japan	Hiroshima	19–21 May	Attended 49th G7 summit.
Estonia	Tallinn	26 May	Met with the Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš and Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė. During the visit, issues of NATO security, defense cooperation and support for Ukraine were discussed. [10]
Moldova	Bulboaca	1 June	Attended the 2023 2nd European Political Community Summit.
Lithuania	Vilnius	11–12 July	Attended the 2023 NATO Vilnius summit.
India	New Delhi	9–10 September	Attended the 2023 G20 summit. [11]
Spain	Granada	5 October	Attended the 2023 3rd European Political Community Summit.
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1 December	Attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [12]

2024

Country	Location(s)	Date	Details
Belgium	Brussels	31 January	Attended the memorial service for former European Commission president Jacques Delors. [13]
China	Beijing	16 April	Met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
France	Omaha Beach	4 June	Attended a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. [14]
Italy	Fasano	13–15 June	Attended 50th G7 summit
Switzerland	Lucerne	15–16 June	Attended the June 2024 Ukraine peace summit.
United States	Washington, D.C.	9–11 July	Attended the 2024 NATO Washington summit.
United Kingdom	Woodstock	18 July	Attended the 2024 4th European Political Community Summit.
Serbia	Belgrade	19 July	Met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and signed a joint lithium agreement with Serbia and the European Union. [15]
France	Paris	26–27 July	Attended the 2024 Summer Olympics. [16] [17]
United States	New York City	21–24 September	Attended the general debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [18]
India	New Delhi	24–26 October	Met with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	18-19 November	Attended the 2024 G20 summit.
Ukraine	Kyiv	2 December	Met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

2025

Country	Location(s)	Date	Details	Image
France	Paris	17 February	Scholz joined an Emergency meeting of European leaders, hosted by President Macron, to respond to President Trump's push for peace negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian War. [19]
United Kingdom	London	March 1–2	Scholz travelled to London to participate in the summit on European security and Ukraine.
France	Paris	27 March	Scholz attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" hosted by President Macron. [20]
Vatican City		26 April	Attended the funeral of Pope Francis. [21]
France	Paris	30 April	Attended a dinner with Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron for his last trip as Chancellor

Multilateral meetings

Olaf Scholz participated in the following summits during his chancellorship:

Group	Year
	2022	2023	2024	2025
NATO	24 March, Brussels	11–12 July, Vilnius	9–11 July, Washington, D.C.
	28–30 June, Madrid
G7	26–28 June Schloss Elmau	19–21 May Hiroshima	13–15 June Fasano
G20	15–16 November Bali	9–10 September New Delhi	18–19 November Rio de Janeiro
EPC	6 October, Prague	1 June, Bulboaca	18 July, Woodstock
		5 October, Granada	7 November, Budapest
Others	none	none	Global Peace Summit 15–16 June Lucerne	Securing our future 2 March, London
				15 March, (videoconference) United Kingdom
				27 March, Paris
██ = Did not attend /participate.

See also

• List of international trips made by Angela Merkel
• List of international trips made by Friedrich Merz

References

1. "Bundeskanzler Scholz reist nach Paris und Brüssel". bundeskanzler.de. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
2. "Bundeskanzler Scholz reist nach Polen". bundeskanzler.de. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
3. "Bundeskanzler Scholz reist nach Spanien". bundeskanzler.de. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
4. "Nun geht es nach Washington: US-Präsident Biden empfängt Kanzler Scholz am 7. Februar". rnd.de. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
5. Ukraine-Krise: Scholz reist am 15. Februar zu Putin – zuvor Gespräche mit Biden und Selenskyj rnd.de, 4 February 2022, retrieved 6 February 2022.
6. "Pressekonferenz von Bundeskanzler Scholz und Präsident Putin zum Besuch des Bundeskanzlers in der Russischen Föderation am 15. Februar 2022" . Retrieved 25 February 2022.
7. "EU und Afrikanische Union erneuern Partnerschaft". Deutsche Welle (in German). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
8. https://globalnews.ca/news/9075705/german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-canada/
9. "Papst Benedikt: Steinmeier, Scholz, Bas und Tschentscher reisen in einer Maschine zur Beisetzung". Der Spiegel (in German). 3 January 2023. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
10. English, LSM+ (26 May 2023). "Baltic states and Germany pledge long-term support for Ukraine". Eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
11. "Scholz reist nächsten Freitag zum G20-Gipfel nach Neu-Delhi". FinanzNachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
12. "28. Weltklimakonferenz (COP28) in Dubai". bundeskanzler.de. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
13. "Teilnahme an der Gedenkzeremonie zu Ehren Jacques Delors". bundeskanzler.de. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
14. "World leaders, veterans mark D-Day's 80th anniversary in France". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
15. "Germany's Scholz set for rare meeting with Serbia's isolated Vučić to finalize lithium deal". Politico. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
16. "Teilnahme an der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele". bundeskanzler.de. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
17. "Sport verbindet die Menschen aus verschiedenen Ländern". bundeskanzler.de. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
18. "Bundeskanzler Scholz reist zum VN-Zukunftsgipfel nach New York". bundesregierung.de. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
19. https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-scholz-calls-for-us-european-unity-at-paris-summit/live-71634533
20. Visegrád 24 [@visegrad24] (27 March 2025). "List of the leaders & representatives of 31 countries gathering in Paris right now for an emergency summit on Ukraine aimed at providing military aid & setting up a coalition of peacekeeping forces" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 March 2025– via Twitter.
21. "Who will be attending Pope Francis' funeral? A list of world leaders". Reuters. 22 April 2025 [Updated periodically in the days preceding the funeral]. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

External links

• Official calendar of visits on the Federal Chancellery website (in German)