List of international trips made by Petr Pavel

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Petr Pavel, the fourth President of the Czech Republic, since his inauguration on 9 March 2023.

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Since March 2023, he has visited these countries:

List

2023

No.DateCountryVenueDetails
113–14 March 2023Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Bratislava Meeting with President Zuzana Čaputová, Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Speaker of National Council Boris Kollár. [1] Visiting location of 2022 Bratislava shooting and honoration of Ján Kuciak. [2]
216–17 March 2023Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw Meeting with President Andrzej Duda, [3] [4] and prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. [5]
321 March 2023Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin Meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Visit of Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer and Steinmeier's predecessor Joachim Gauck. [6]
419–20 April 2023Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Summit of NATO. [7]
528–30 April 2023Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv
Dnipro
Pavel visited Kyiv together with Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová. [8] [9] He then visited Dnipro becoming the first foreign head of state visiting Eastern Ukraine since Russian invasion of Ukraine. [10] [11]
65–6 May 2023Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. [12] [13]
715–16 May 2023Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen Attended Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen. [14] [15]
816–17 May 2023Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Reykjavík Attended Council of Europe Summit. [16]
919 May 2023Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Selb Attended start of Bavarian-Czech friendship weeks. [17]
1031 May – 1 June 2023Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna Meeting with President Alexander Van der Bellen, Speaker of National Council Wolfgang Sobotka and Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner. [18] [19]
116–7 June 2023Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Bratislava Pavel attended Bucharest Nine meeting [20] [21] and then visited Czech soldiers who are part of Multinational Battle Group in Slovakia. [22]
1211–12 July 2023Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vilnius 2023 Vilnius summit, [23] NATO Public Forum
1317–22 September 2023Flag of the United States.svg  United States New York City Session of the United Nations General Assembly, [24] United Nations Security Council, bilateral meetings with other heads of state
143–4 October 2023Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of France.svg  France
Bruges
Strasbourg
Opening ceremony of the academic year at the College of Europe, plenary session of the European Parliament, meeting with the president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola [25]
1527–29 November 2023Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome
Milan
Working visit, meeting with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni [26]
1620–21 December 2023Flag of France.svg  France Paris Working visit, meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet [27]

2024

No.DateCountryVenueDetails
1715–16 January 2024Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Jerusalem
Beersheba
Meeting with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, among others. [28]
1817 January 2024Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Doha Meeting with emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [28]
1916–17 February 2024Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Munich Attended Munich Security Conference, held bilateral talks with the President of Ukraine and the President of Montenegro. [29]
2028 February – 1 March 2024Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Luxembourg Meeting with Grand Duke Henri, Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Speaker Claude Wiseler. [30]
2115 March 2024Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dresden Meeting with Minister-President Michael Kretschmer. [31]
225–7 April 2024Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Kigali Meeting with President Paul Kagame, attended the 30th commemoration of the Rwandan genocide. [32]

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