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List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

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

This is the list of international trips made by Angela Merkel, who served as Chancellor of Germany from 22 November 2005 until 8 December 2021.

Summary

Countries visited by Angela Merkel during her chancellorship.

The number of visits per country where chancellor Angela Merkel traveled are:

2005

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France Paris 23 November Merkel met with President Jacques Chirac.
Note: First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.
Belgium Brussels Merkel met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.
United Kingdom London 24 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Spain Barcelona 27 November Merkel attended the Euromed summit.
Poland Warsaw 2 December Merkel met with Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
Belgium Brussels 16–17 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2006

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Austria Vienna 2 January Merkel met with Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.
United States Washington, D.C. 12–13 January Merkel met with President George W. Bush.
Russia Moscow 16 January Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
France Versailles 23 January Merkel met with President Jacques Chirac.
Israel Jerusalem 29 January Merkel met with Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
Palestine Palestine Ramallah Merkel met with President Mahmoud Abbas.
Russia Tomsk 26 April Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
United States New York City and Washington D.C. 4–5 May Merkel met with President George W. Bush. Merkel delivered the speech to American and German entrepreneurs. Merkel also delivered the speech at the 100th anniversary celebration of the American Jewish Committee.
Slovakia Bratislava 11 May Merkel met with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda.
Austria Vienna 12 May Merkel attended the Caribbean summit.
China Beijing and Shanghai 22–23 May Merkel met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Merkel visited the installations of Expo 2010.
Russia Saint Petersburg 15–17 July Merkel attended the 32nd G8 summit.
France Paris 25 August Merkel met with President Jacques Chirac.
Finland Helsinki 10–11 September Merkel attended the ASEM summit. Merkel held bilateral meetings with Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
France Compiègne 23 September Merkel met with President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Italy Castel Gandolfo 28 September Private audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
Turkey Istanbul 6 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
France Paris 12 October Merkel met with President Jacques Chirac.
Finland Lahti 20 October Merkel attended the informal European Council summit.
Netherlands The Hague 27 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Queen Beatrix.
United Kingdom London 3 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Luxembourg Luxembourg City 15 November Merkel accepted the Vision for Europe award from the Edmond Israel Foundation.
Italy Milan 7 December Merkel met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Merkel visited La Scala.
Belgium Brussels 15 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Finland Helsinki 19 December Merkel met with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.
Denmark Copenhagen Merkel met with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

2007

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United States Washington, D.C. 5 January Merkel met with President George W. Bush.
Slovenia Ljubljana 15 January Merkel attended the anniversary celebration of the Euro.
France Strasbourg 17 January Merkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
Russia Sochi 21 January Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
 Switzerland Davos 24 January Merkel delivered the speech at the World Economic Forum.
Egypt Cairo 3 February Merkel met with President Hosni Mubarak.
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 4 February Merkel met with King Abdullah.
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 5 February Merkel met with Emir Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Dubai 6 February Merkel met with Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Kuwait Kuwait City Merkel met with Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.
France Strasbourg 13 February Merkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
Cannes 15 February Merkel attended the France-Africa summit.
Belgium Brussels 6 March Merkel attended the European Council summit to reach an agreement on climate protection. Merkel also attended the EU Social summit.
Poland Warsaw 16 March Merkel met with President Lech Kaczyński. Merkel delivered the speech at the University of Warsaw.
Italy Rome 19 March Merkel met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
Jordan Amman and Aqaba 31 March Merkel met with King Abdullah II.
Israel Jerusalem 1 April Merkel met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University. Merkel visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
Palestine Palestine Ramallah Merkel met with President Mahmoud Abbas to support the peace process.
Lebanon Beirut 2 April Merkel met with Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Merkel visited the frigate Brandenburg, a flagship of the German naval unit, on UNIFIL mission.
United States Washington, D.C. 29–30 April Merkel attended the EU-US summit.
Croatia Zagreb 11 May Merkel attended the meeting of the countries of South-East European cooperation. Merkel met with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
Russia Samara 17–18 May Merkel attended the EU-Russia summit.
Luxembourg Luxembourg City 17 June Merkel met with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.
Belgium Brussels 21–22 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Toulouse 16 July Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Greece Athens 20 July Merkel met with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.
Denmark Ilulissat 17–18 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Merkel visited the West Greenland coast in the context of climate change and global warming.
Hungary Budapest 21 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Merkel delivered speech at the German-speaking Andrássy University.
United Kingdom London 22 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
China Beijing and Nanjing 26–28 August Merkel met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Merkel delivered the speech at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Merkel also delivered the speech at the Nanjing Law Institute.
Japan Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka 29–31 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito.
United States New York City 24–25 September Merkel attended the UN Climate Change summit. Merkel delivered the speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Merkel accepted the World Statesman Award 2007 (Head of Government of the Year) from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 4 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Merkel delivered the speech to the African Union.
South Africa Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town 5–6 October Merkel met with President Thabo Mbeki and former President Nelson Mandela.
Liberia Monrovia 7 October Merkel met with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
India New Delhi and Mumbai 29 October–1 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Merkel visited the Bank for Rural Development in Mumbai.
Afghanistan Kabul 3 November Merkel met with President Hamid Karzai. Merkel visited the German ISAF soldiers.
United States Crawford 9–10 November Merkel met with President George W. Bush.
France Paris 6 December Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Portugal Lisbon 8 December Merkel attended the EU-Africa summit.
13 December Merkel attended the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon.
Belgium Brussels 14 December Merkel met with the EU heads of state and government.

2008

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United Kingdom London 29 January Merkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Spain Palma 31 January Merkel met with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Russia Moscow 8 March Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
Belgium Brussels 14 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Israel Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 14–16 March Merkel attended the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel. Merkel met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Merkel delivered the speech to the Knesset.
Romania Bucharest 3–4 April Merkel attended the 2008 NATO summit.
Norway Oslo 12 April Merkel met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Ireland Dublin 14 April Merkel met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
France Strasbourg 15 April Merkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
 Switzerland Bern and Geneva 29 April Merkel met with the President Pascal Couchepin. Merkel visited the CERN.
Brazil Brasília and São Paulo 13–15 May Merkel met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Merkel visited the VW's headquarters in São Paulo. See Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit.
Peru Lima 15–16 May Merkel met with President Alan García. Merkel attended the EU-Latin America summit.
Colombia Bogotá 17–18 May Merkel met with President Álvaro Uribe.
Mexico Mexico City 18–19 May Merkel met with President Felipe Calderón.
Japan Tōyako 7–9 July Merkel attended the 34th G8 summit.
France Paris 13 July Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Algeria Algiers 17 July Merkel met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Ukraine Kyiv 21 July Merkel met with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Russia Sochi 15–16 August Merkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev.
Georgia Tbilisi 17 August Merkel met with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Sweden Stockholm 25 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Estonia Tallinn 26 August Merkel met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.
Lithuania Vilnius Merkel met with President Valdas Adamkus and Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas.
Belgium Brussels 1 September Merkel attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
Poland Wrocław 24 September Merkel received the award of an honorary doctorate from the Wrocław University of Technology.
Russia Saint Petersburg 2 October Merkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev.
France Paris 4 October Merkel attended the G4 Summit with President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 11 October Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Paris 12 October Euro countries adopt a joint action plan to stabilize the financial markets.
Belgium Brussels 16 October
Czech Republic Prague 20 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek.
China Beijing 23–25 October Merkel attended the ASEM summit.
United Kingdom London 30 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Belgium Brussels 7 November Merkel attended the preparatory meeting for the G20 summit.
United States Washington D.C. 14–15 November Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Italy Trieste 18 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
France Paris 24 November Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Poland Warsaw 9 December Merkel met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Belgium Brussels 11–12 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2009

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France Paris 8 January Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 18 January Merkel held the conference to bring about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel Jerusalem Merkel met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
 Switzerland Davos 30 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Belgium Brussels 1 March Merkel attended the EU special meeting on the economic crisis.
20 March
United Kingdom London 1 April Merkel attended the G20 summit.
France Strasbourg 4 April Merkel attended the 2009 NATO summit.
Czech Republic Prague 5 April Merkel attended the EU-US summit.
Afghanistan Kunduz 6 April Merkel visited the German bases.
Czech Republic Prague 7 May Merkel attended the founding summit of the EU's Eastern Partnership.
Poland Kraków 4 June Merkel attended the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism.
France Paris 11 June Merkel attended the preparation of the European Council summit.
Belgium Brussels 19 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United States Washington, D.C. 26 June Merkel met with President Barack Obama.
Italy L'Aquila 8–10 July Merkel attended the 35th G8 summit.
Russia Sochi 14 August Merkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev.
Hungary Sopron 19 August Merkel attended the 20th anniversary of the opening of Hungary's border.
Poland Gdańsk 1 September Merkel attended the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the World War II.
Belgium Brussels 17 September Merkel attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
United States Pittsburgh 24–25 September Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Belgium Brussels 29–30 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United States Washington, D.C. 2–3 November Merkel met with President Barack Obama. Merkel addressed a joint session of the United States Congress.
France Paris 11 November Merkel attended the commemoration ceremonies for the end of the World War I.
Belgium Brussels 19 November Merkel met with EU heads of state and government.
10–11 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Denmark Copenhagen 17–18 December Merkel attended the COP15 summit.

2010

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France Paris 4 February Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Merkel attended the 12th Franco-German Ministerial Council.
Belgium Brussels 11 February Merkel attended the EU special meeting.
Luxembourg Luxembourg City 9 March Merkel met with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and Grand Duke Henri.
Netherlands The Hague 11 March Merkel met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
Belgium Brussels 25–26 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Turkey Istanbul and Ankara 29–30 March Merkel met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül.
United Kingdom Chequers and London 1 April Merkel met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Merkel received the award from the King Charles II Medal of the Royal Society.
United States Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles 12–15 April Merkel attended the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit.
Portugal Lisbon 16 April Unexpected stopover on the return journey to Germany due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Italy Rome and Bolzano 17 April Continuation of the delayed return journey to Germany by plane (to Rome) and vehicles (to Bolzano) due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Bolzano 18 April Last leg of the delayed return journey by vehicle to Germany due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Belgium Brussels 7 May Merkel attended the summit of the Eurozone states.
Russia Moscow 8–9 May Merkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev. Merkel attended the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the end of the World War II.
Spain Madrid 17 May Merkel attended the EU-Latin America summit.
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 24 May Merkel toured the Masdar Eco-City.
Saudi Arabia Thuwal and Jeddah 25–26 May Merkel toured the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Merkel met with King Abdullah.
Qatar Doha 26–27 May
Bahrain Manama 27 May Merkel met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
Belgium Brussels 17 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Canada Huntsville 25–26 June Merkel attended the 36th G8 summit.
Toronto 26–27 June Merkel attended the G20 summit.
South Africa Cape Town 3 July Merkel met with President Jacob Zuma. Merkel attended the football match between Germany and Argentina at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Russia Yekaterinburg 15 July Merkel met with President Dmitry Medvedev. Merkel attended the 12th German-Russian intergovernmental consultations and the Petersburg Dialogue.[1][2]
China Beijing and Xi'an 16–17 July Merkel met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Merkel visited the Terracotta Army.
Kazakhstan Astana 18 July Merkel met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Lithuania Vilnius 6 September Merkel met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Latvia Riga 7 September Merkel met with President Valdis Zatlers.
Belgium Brussels 16 September Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United States New York City 20–21 September Merkel participated in the United Nations General Assembly summit on the Millennium Development Goals.
Belgium Brussels 4 October Merkel attended the ASEM summit.
Bulgaria Sofia 11 October Merkel met with President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Merkel received the award of an honorary doctorate from the University of Ruse and the Bulgarian State Order Stara Planina.
Romania Bucharest 12 October Merkel met with President Traian Băsescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc.[3]
France Deauville 18–19 October Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Belgium Brussels 28–29 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United Kingdom Chequers 30–31 October Merkel met with Prime Minister David Cameron.
South Korea Seoul 11–12 November Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Belgium Brussels and Bruges 12 November Merkel met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Yves Leterme.
Portugal Lisbon 19–20 November Merkel attended the 2010 NATO summit.
Kazakhstan Astana 1 December Merkel attended the OSCE summit.
Belgium Brussels 16–17 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Afghanistan Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif 18 December Merkel visited the German troops. Merkel met with President Hamid Karzai.

2011

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Malta Valletta 10 January Merkel met with President George Abela and Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi.
Cyprus Nicosia 11 January Merkel met with President Dimitris Christofias.
 Switzerland Davos 28 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Israel Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 31 January–1 February Merkel met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the occasion of the 3rd German-Israeli government consultations. Merkel received the award of an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University.
Spain Madrid 3 February Merkel met with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and King Juan Carlos I on the occasion of the 23rd German-Spanish intergovernmental consultations.
Belgium Brussels 4 February Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Poland Warsaw 7 February Merkel met with President Bronisław Komorowski and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the Weimar Triangle.
Slovakia Bratislava 11 February Merkel attended the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Visegrád Agreement.
Belgium Brussels 11 March Merkel attended the special meeting of the European Council summit on the situation in Libya.
France Paris 19 March Merkel attended the summit on the Libyan crisis.
Belgium Brussels 24–25 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Deauville 26–27 May Merkel attended the 37th G8 summit.
India New Delhi 31 May Merkel met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Singapore Central Area 1 June
United States Washington, D.C. 7–8 June Merkel met with President Barack Obama. Merkel received the award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
 Switzerland Geneva 14 June Merkel delivered the speech at the 100th Annual Work Conference of the International Labor Organization.
Poland Warsaw 21 June Merkel participated in the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations.
Belgium Brussels 23–24 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Poland Hel Peninsula 9 July Merkel attended the informal meeting in a private atmosphere with President Bronislaw Komorowski.
Kenya Nairobi 12 July
Angola Luanda 13 July
Nigeria Abuja 14 July
Belgium Brussels 21 July Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 16 August Merkel met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Croatia Zagreb 22 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.
Serbia Belgrade 23 August Merkel met with President Boris Tadić.
Slovenia Ljubljana 30 August Merkel met with President Borut Pahor.
France Paris 1 September Merkel attended the summit on the Libyan crisis.
Poland Warsaw 29–30 September Merkel attended the Eastern Partnership summit.
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 Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Cannes 2–3 November Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Belgium Brussels 8–9 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Kosovo Pristina 19 December Merkel met with Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi. Merkel visited the German KFOR troops.

2012

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 Switzerland Davos 25 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Belgium Brussels 30 January Merkel attended the informal European Council summit.
China Beijing and Guangzhou 1–2 February Merkel met with President Hu Jintao, Chairman of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao.
France Paris 6 February Merkel attended the 14th Franco-German Ministerial Council.
Belgium Brussels 1–2 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif 12 March Merkel visited the German troops.
Italy Rome 13 March Merkel met with President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Mario Monti.
Czech Republic Prague 3 April Merkel met with President Václav Klaus and Prime Minister Petr Nečas.
United States Camp David 18–19 May Merkel attended the 38th G8 summit.
Chicago 20 May Merkel attended the 2012 NATO summit.
Belgium Brussels 23 May Merkel attended the informal dinners of EU heads of state and government.
Mexico Los Cabos 18–19 June Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Italy Rome 22 June Merkel met with Prime Minister Mario Monti, French President François Hollande, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
France Paris 27 June Merkel met with President François Hollande.
Belgium Brussels 28–29 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Italy Rome 4 July Merkel participated in the German-Italian intergovernmental consultations.
France Reims 8 July Merkel attended the 50th anniversary of the Mass in Reims Cathedral, which was attended by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle. The fair is considered a symbol of the improvement of German-French relations.
Indonesia Jakarta 9–11 July Merkel met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Merkel visited the Tsunami Early Warning Centre and the Istiqlal Mosque, as well as meetings with Indonesian and German business representatives.
Canada Ottawa and Gatineau 15–16 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Moldova Chișinău 22 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Vladimir Filat.
Note: First visit of a German head of government to Moldova.
China Beijing and Tianjin 29–30 August Merkel met with Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping.
Spain Madrid 6 September Merkel met with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Merkel participated in the German-Spanish business meeting.
Austria Vienna 7 September Merkel met with Chancellor Werner Faymann.
Greece Athens 9 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
Belgium Brussels 18–19 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
7 November Merkel delivered the keynote speech on European policy to the European Parliament.
United Kingdom London 7 November Merkel met with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Portugal Lisbon 12 November Merkel met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Merkel participated in the German-Portuguese business meeting.
Russia Moscow 16 November Merkel participated in the 14th German-Russian intergovernmental consultations. Merkel delivered the speech at the Petersburg Dialogue.
Belgium Brussels 22–23 November Merkel attended the special European Council summit on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework, Merkel met with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.
Norway Oslo 10 December Merkel participated in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.
Belgium Brussels 13–14 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2013

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Cyprus Limassol 12 January Merkel met with Cypriot politicians.
 Switzerland Davos 24 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Chile Santiago 26–27 January Merkel met with President Sebastián Piñera. Merkel attended the EU summit with Latin American and Caribbean countries.
France Paris 6 February Merkel met with President François Hollande. Merkel attended the international football match between France and Germany at the Stade de France.
Belgium Brussels 7–8 February Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Norway Oslo 20 February Merkel met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Turkey Ankara, Kahramanmaraş and Göreme 24–25 February Merkel visited the German troops as part of Operation Active Fence. Merkel met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Poland Warsaw 6 March Merkel attended the meeting of the member countries of the Visegrád Group, along with French President François Hollande.
Belgium Brussels 14–15 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Vatican Vatican City 19 March Merkel attended the inauguration of Pope Francis.
Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz 10 May Merkel visited the German troops.
Vatican Vatican City 18 May Merkel attended the private audience with Pope Francis.
Belgium Brussels 22 May Merkel attended the European Council summit. Merkel received the honor with the Lord Jakobovits of European Jewry Prize by the European Rabbinical Conference.
Netherlands Nijmegen 23 May Merkel received the award of an honorary doctorate by Radboud University Nijmegen.
United Kingdom London 25 May Merkel attended the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich at London's Wembley Stadium.
France Paris 30 May Merkel met President François Hollande.
United Kingdom Lough Erne 17–18 June Merkel attended the 39th G8 summit.
Russia Saint Petersburg 21 June Merkel attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
Belgium Brussels 28–29 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Russia Saint Petersburg 5–6 September Merkel attended the G20 summit.
Belgium Gent 19 October Merkel attended the funeral service for former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens. Merkel met with the Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo.
Brussels 24–25 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 12 November Merkel participated in a conference on youth employment.
Lithuania Vilnius 28–29 November Merkel attended the Eastern Partnership summit.
France Paris 18 December Merkel met with President François Hollande.
Belgium Brussels 19–20 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2014

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France Paris 19 February Merkel participated in the 16th Franco-German Ministerial Council. Merkel met with President François Hollande. Merkel visited the OECD. Merkel met with OECD Secretary-General José Ángel Gurría. Merkel participated in the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Israel Jerusalem 24–25 February Merkel participated in the fifth German-Israeli intergovernmental consultations. Merkel met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
United Kingdom London 27 February Merkel delivered the speech to both houses of the British Parliament. Merkel met with Prime Minister David Cameron and audience with Elizabeth II.
Belgium Brussels 6 March Merkel attended the EU special summit on the crisis in Ukraine.
Ireland Dublin 7 March Merkel met with Taoiseach with Enda Kenny.
Poland Warsaw 12 March Merkel met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Belgium Brussels 20–21 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Netherlands The Hague 24–25 March Merkel attended the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.
Belgium Brussels 2–3 April Merkel attended the 4th EU-Africa summit.
Greece Athens 11 April Merkel met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
United States Washington D.C. 2 May Merkel met with President Barack Obama. Merkel delivered the speech on transatlantic economic issues and current issues of bilateral relations and foreign policy at the American Chamber of Commerce.
Belgium Brussels 27 May Merkel attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
4–5 June Merkel attended the 40th G7 summit.
France Ouistreham and Ranville 6 June Merkel attended the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Allied troops|landing of the Allied troops in Normandy. Merkel also attended wreath-laying ceremony at the Ranville military cemetery.
Sweden Flen Municipality 9–10 June Merkel met with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Brazil Brasília and Salvador 15–16 June Merkel met with President Dilma Rousseff. Merkel visited the 2014 FIFA World Cup group match between Germany and Portugal.
Belgium Ypres and Brussels 26–27 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
China Beijing and Chengdu 6–8 July
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 13 July Merkel attended the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between Germany and Argentina.
Croatia Dubrovnik 15 July Merkel attended the Brdo summit.
Belgium Brussels 16 July Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Latvia Riga 18 August Merkel met with President Andris Bērziņš and Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma.
Ukraine Kyiv 23 August Merkel met with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Spain Santiago de Compostela 24–25 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Belgium Brussels 30 August Merkel attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
United Kingdom Newport 4–5 September Merkel attended the 2014 NATO summit.
Italy Milan 16–17 October Merkel attended the ASEM summit.
Slovakia Bratislava 20 October Merkel met with Andrej Kiska and Robert Fico. Merkel received an honorary doctorates from Comenius University.
Belgium Brussels 23–24 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Ypres and Nieuwpoort 28 October Merkel attended the central commemoration of the Kingdom of Belgium on the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres.[6][7][8]
New Zealand Auckland and Motutapu Island 13–14 November Merkel met with Prime Minister John Key. Merkel visited a project to raise endangered kiwifruit.
Australia Brisbane and Sydney 15–17 November Merkel attended the G20 summit. Merkel met with Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Poland Krzyżowa 20 November Merkel attended the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Mass of Reconciliation.
Belgium Brussels 18–19 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2015

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United Kingdom London 7 January Merkel met with Prime Minister David Cameron. Merkel visited the British Museum.
France Paris 11 January Merkel participated in the solidarity march for the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo.
 Switzerland Davos 22 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Italy Florence 22–23 January Merkel met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Merkel also met with representatives of German companies in Italy.
France Strasbourg 30 January Merkel met with President François Hollande and the European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
Hungary Budapest 2 February Merkel met with President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Ukraine Kyiv 5 February Merkel met with President Petro Poroshenko and French President François Hollande.
Russia Moscow 6 February Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin and French President François Hollande.[9]
United States Washington D.C. 8–9 February Merkel met with President Barack Obama. Merkel also met with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
Canada Ottawa 9–10 February Merkel met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Belarus Minsk 11–12 February Merkel attended the summit for a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine. Merkel met with President Alexander Lukashenko, French President François Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.[10]
Belgium Brussels 12 February Merkel attended the informal European Council summit.
France Paris 20 February Merkel met with President François Hollande.
Italy Rome 20–21 February
Vatican Vatican City 20 February Merkel met with high-ranking representatives from the Church and science. Merkel attended the audience with Pope Francis. Merkel also met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Belgium Brussels 4 March Merkel visited the European Commission. Merkel met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Merkel also met with King Philippe at Schloss Laken.
Japan Tokyo and Kawasaki 9–10 March Merkel met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Merkel visited a German company.
Belgium Brussels 19–20 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Seyne 25 March Merkel visited the crash site of Germanwings flight 9525, along with President François Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Finland Helsinki 30 March Merkel met with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.
Belgium Brussels 23 April Merkel attended the EU special summit on Refugee Policy.
Poland Warsaw 27 April Merkel participated in the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations.
Denmark Copenhagen 28 April Merkel met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Russia Moscow 10 May Merkel attended the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.[11][12][13]
 Switzerland Geneva 18 May Merkel attended in the WHO World Health Assembly. Merkel met with the Director-General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan.
Latvia Riga 20–21 May Merkel attended the 4th Eastern Partnership summit.
Belgium Brussels 10–11 June Merkel attended the 8th EU-Latin America summit.
22 June Merkel attended the special summit of eurozone heads of state and government on the Greek debt crisis.
25–26 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 6 July Merkel met with President François Hollande to assess the situation following the Greek referendum.
Belgium Brussels 7 July Merkel attended the special summit of the heads of state and government of the euro area on the Greek debt crisis and the Greek referendum.
Albania Tirana 8 July Merkel met with President Bujar Nishani and Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Serbia Belgrade 8 July Merkel met with President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.
Bosnia Sarajevo 9 July Merkel met with Prime Minister Denis Zvizdić.
Belgium Brussels 12 July Merkel attended the special summit of eurozone heads of state and government on the Greek sovereign debt crisis. Merkel also attended the extraordinary European Council.
Italy Milan 17 August Merkel visited the Expo 2015, along with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Brazil Brasília 19–20 August Merkel participated in the 1st German-Brazilian Government Consultations. Merkel met with President Dilma Rousseff.
Austria Vienna 27 August Merkel met with Werner Faymann and President Heinz Fischer. Merkel received the award of the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria. Merkel attended the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the German Chamber of Commerce in Austria. Merkel attended the Western Balkans Summit.
 Switzerland Bern 3 September Merkel met with President Simonetta Sommaruga. Merkel received the award of an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern.
Belgium Brussels 23 September Merkel attended an informal European Council summit on the refugee crisis in Europe.
United States New York City 24–27 September Merkel attended the United Nations summit.
France Paris 2 October Merkel met with President François Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
India New Delhi and Bangalore 4–6 October Merkel participated in the German-Indian government consultations. Merkel met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
France Strasbourg 7 October Merkel met with President François Hollande and European Parliament President Martin Schulz. Merkel participated in the plenary session of the European Parliament.
United Kingdom Chequers 9 October Merkel met with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Belgium Brussels 15–16 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Turkey Istanbul 18 October Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Belgium Brussels 25 October Merkel attended a meeting of EU heads of government on the refugee crisis in Europe.
France Paris 27 October Merkel participated in the European Round Table.
China Beijing and Hefei 28–30 October Merkel met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
Malta Valletta 11–12 November Merkel attended the 5th EU-Africa summit. Merkel also attended an informal meeting of EU leaders on the refugee crisis in Europe.
Turkey Antalya 15–16 November Merkel attended the G20 summit.
France Paris 25 November Merkel met with President François Hollande to discuss the follow-up to the attacks in Paris.
Belgium Brussels 29 November Merkel attended the EU-Turkey summit to discuss solutions to the refugee crisis in Europe.
France Paris 30 November Merkel attended the COP21 summit.
Belgium Brussels 17–18 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2016

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United Kingdom London 4 February Merkel participated in the donor conference for Syria and the surrounding region "Supporting Syria and the Region". Merkel co-hosted the event, along with Prime Minister David Cameron, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Kuwaiti Emir Al-Sabah, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
France Strasbourg 7 February Merkel met with President François Hollande and European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
Turkey Ankara 8 February Merkel met with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Belgium Brussels 18–19 February Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 4 March Merkel met with President François Hollande.
Belgium Brussels 7 March Merkel attended the meeting of EU leaders with Turkey to discuss the implementation of the Action Plan to reduce illegal arrivals from Turkey to the EU.
17–18 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Metz 7 April Merkel participated in the 18th Franco-German Ministerial Council. Merkel met with President François Hollande.
Netherlands Middelburg and Eindhoven 21 April Merkel participated in the 2nd German-Dutch intergovernmental consultations. Merkel met with the Dutch royal couple Willem-Alexander and Máxima and Princess Beatrix. Merkel met with the Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Turkey Gaziantep 23 April Merkel travelled to Turkey with European Council President Donald Tusk and the European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans.
Italy Rome 5 May Merkel met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Vatican Vatican City 6 May Merkel participated in the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize to Pope Francis.
Turkey Istanbul 22–23 May Merkel participated in the World Humanitarian Summit. Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Japan Shima 26–27 May Merkel attended the 42nd G7 summit.
France Verdun 29 May Merkel attended the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun together with President François Hollande.
 Switzerland Schattdorf and Pollegio 1 June Merkel participated in the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
China Beijing and Shenyang 12–14 June Merkel participated in the 4th Sino-German Intergovernmental Consultations.
Belgium Brussels 28–29 June Merkel attended the European Council summit with a focus on the UK's decision to leave the EU.
France Paris 4 July Merkel attended the Western Balkans Summit.
Poland Warsaw 8–9 July Merkel attended the 2016 NATO summit.
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 13–14 July Merkel met with President Almazbek Atambayev.[14]
Mongolia Ulanbaatar 15–16 July Merkel attended the ASEM summit.
Italy Ventotene 22 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and French President François Hollande.
Estonia Tallinn 24–25 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas and President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. Merkel visited the NATO's Centre of Excellence.
Czech Republic Prague 25 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and President Miloš Zeman. Merkel visited the Technical University of Prague.
Poland Warsaw 26 August Merkel attended the Visegrád Group meeting. Merkel met with Prime Minister Beata Szydło.
Italy Maranello 31 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
France Évian-les-Bains 2 September Merkel participated in a panel discussion at the 25th German-French business meeting. Merkel met with President François Hollande.
China Hangzhou 4–5 September Merkel attended the G20 summit.
France Paris 15 September Merkel met with President François Hollande in preparation for the meeting in Bratislava the following day.
Slovakia Bratislava 16 September Merkel attended an informal meeting of the remaining EU leaders on the future of the European Union.
Austria Vienna 24 September Merkel attended the Western Balkans meeting.
Mali Bamako 9 October Merkel met with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Niger Niamey 10 October Merkel met with President Mahamadou Issoufou. Merkel also met with German MINUSMA soldiers.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 11 October Merkel met with President Hailemariam Desalegn and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Belgium Brussels 20–21 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
15 December

2017

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Luxembourg Luxembourg City 12 January Merkel met with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Grand Duke Henri.
Belgium Brussels 12 January Merkel received the award of a joint honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven. Merkel met with King Philippe and Prime Minister Charles Michel.
Sweden Stockholm 31 January Merkel met with Swedish royal couple Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
Turkey Ankara 2 February Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.
Malta Valletta 2–3 February Merkel attended the informal meeting of EU leaders on migration and the future of the EU after Brexit.
Poland Warsaw 7 February Merkel met with Prime Minister Beata Szydło and President Andrzej Duda. Merkel also met with the PiS party leader Jarosław Kaczyński, the Civic Platform party leader Grzegorz Schetyna, and the PSL party leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Egypt Cairo 2 March Merkel met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. Merkel also met with the Pope and Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria Tawadros II in St. Mark's Cathedral and with the Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb.
Tunisia Tunis 3 March Merkel met with President Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
France Versailles 6 March Merkel met with President François Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Belgium Brussels 9–10 March Merkel attended the European Council summit and an informal meeting in preparation for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome.
United States Washington D.C. 17 March Merkel met with President Donald Trump.
Vatican Vatican City 24 March Merkel attended the private audience with Pope Francis.
Italy Rome 24–25 March Merkel attended the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome.
Belgium Brussels 29 April Merkel attended the special European Council summit with the remaining 27 EU heads of state and government to define the guidelines for the Brexit negotiations.
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 30 April Merkel met with King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed ibn Salman.
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1 May Merkel met with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Russia Sochi 2 May Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
Belgium Brussels 25 May Merkel attended the 2017 NATO summit.
Italy Taormina 26–27 May Merkel attended the 43rd G7 summit.
Argentina Buenos Aires 8 June Merkel met with President Mauricio Macri.
Mexico Mexico City 9–10 June Merkel met with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Italy Rome 16–17 June
Vatican Vatican City 16 June Merkel attended the private audience with Pope Francis.
Belgium Brussels 22–23 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Strasbourg 1 July Merkel participated in a European act of mourning for the deceased former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Italy Trieste 12 July Merkel attended the Western Balkans Summit.
France Paris 13 July Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron. Merkel participated in the 19th Franco-German Ministerial Council.
28 August Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Chadian President Idriss Déby, Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, and Libyan Presidential Council President Fayez al-Sarraj.
Estonia Tallinn 29 September Merkel attended the EU Digital Summit of EU heads of state and government.
 Belgium Brussels 19–20 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
24 November Merkel attended the 5th Eastern Partnership summit.
Ivory Coast Abidjan 29 November Merkel attended the summit of the European and African Union.
France Paris 13 December Merkel attended the G5 Sahel conference.

2018

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France Paris 19 January Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Bulgaria Sofia 20 January Merkel met with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.
 Switzerland Davos 24 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Belgium Brussels 22–23 February Merkel attended the European Council summit and the EU-Sahel conference.
France Paris 16 March Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Poland Warsaw 19 March Merkel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and President Andrzej Duda.
Belgium Brussels 22–23 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United States Washington, D.C. 27 April Merkel met with President Donald Trump.[15]
Italy Assisi 12 May Merkel presented the Franciscan Peace Prize "Lamp of Peace". Merkel met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Bulgaria Sofia 16–17 May Merkel attended an informal meeting of EU heads of state or government. Merkel also attended an informal meeting of the European Union with the third countries of the Western Balkans.[16]
Russia Sochi 18 May Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.[17]
China Beijing and Shenzhen 23–25 May Merkel met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
Portugal Braga, Porto and Lisbon 30–31 May Merkel met with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa. Merkel visited the Bosch's development and technology center in Braga. Merkel visited the University of Porto.
Italy Eppan 3 June Merkel visited the training camp of the German national football team in the run-up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Canada La Malbaie 8–9 June Merkel attended the 44th G7 summit.
Jordan Amman 21 June Merkel met with King Abdullah II. Merkel also met with Bundeswehr soldiers stationed in Jordan.
Lebanon Beirut 22 June Merkel met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Aoun, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. Merkel attended a double-shift school, where Lebanese children are taught in the morning and Syrian refugee children in the afternoon.
Belgium Brussels 24 June Merkel attended the informal EU migration meeting.
28–29 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United Kingdom London 10 July Merkel attended the Western Balkans Summit.[18]
Belgium Brussels 11–12 July Merkel attended the 2018 NATO summit.
Spain Almonte 11–12 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at his holiday home in the Coto de Doñana National Park.
Georgia (country) Tbilisi and Odzisi 23 August[19] Merkel met with President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze. Merkel visited the Georgian border with South Ossetia.
Armenia Yerevan 24 August Merkel met with President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Merkel attended the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.[20]
Azerbaijan Baku 25 August Merkel met with President Ilham Aliyev.[21]
Senegal Dakar 29 August Merkel met with President Macky Sall.
Ghana Accra 30 August Merkel met with President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Nigeria Abuja 31 August Merkel met with President Muhammadu Buhari.[22]
France Marseille 7 September Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
North Macedonia Skopje 8 September Merkel met with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
Lithuania Vilnius and Rukla 14 September Merkel met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Latvian Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis, and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas. Merkel visited the NATO Battlegroup Lithuania.
Algeria Algiers 17 September Merkel met with President Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia.
Austria Salzburg 19–20 September Merkel attended an informal meeting of the heads of state and government of the European Union.
Israel Jerusalem 3–4 October Merkel participated in the 7th German-Israeli intergovernmental consultations. Merkel met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa.
Netherlands The Hague 10 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Belgium Brussels 17–19 October Merkel attended the European Council summit, the Euro summit, and the ASEM summit
Czech Republic Prague 26 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.[23][24][25][26]
Turkey Istanbul 27 October Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Russian President Vladimir Putin for the summit on Syria .[27]
Ukraine Kyiv 1 November Merkel met with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.
Poland Warsaw 2 November Merkel participated in the 15th German-Polish intergovernmental consultations. Merkel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Finland Helsinki 7 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.
France Paris and Compiègne 10–11 November[28] Merkel attended a commemorative event in the clearing of Compiègne with President Emmanuel Macron. Merkel visited the Musée d'Orsay as well as participation in an international commemoration ceremony at the Arc de Triomph.
Strasbourg 13 November Merkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
Belgium Brussels 25 November Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November–1 December Merkel attended the G20 summit.[29]
United States Washington, D.C. 5 December Merkel attended the state funeral of former President George H. W. Bush.
Morocco Marrakesh 9–10 December Merkel participated in the conference for the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Merkel met with King Mohammed VI and Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani.
Belgium Brussels 13–14 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2019

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Greece Athens 10–11 January Merkel met with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.[30][31][32]
 Switzerland Davos 23–24 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Japan Tokyo 3–5 February Merkel met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito.
Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh 24–25 February Merkel attended the summit of the European Union and the Arab League.
France Paris 27 February Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Belgium Brussels 21–22 March Merkel attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 26 March Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. See 2019 state visits by Xi Jinping to Italy and France.
Italy Assisi 29 March Merkel participated in the presentation of the Franciscan Peace Prize "Lamp of Peace" to the Jordanian King Abdullah II. Merkel met with the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
Ireland Dublin 4 April Merkel met with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
Belgium Brussels 10 April Merkel attended the special European Council summit.
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 1 May Merkel met with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Merkel also met with the presidents of the G5 Sahel member states and representatives of civil society.[33]
Mali Gao 2 May Merkel met with the German soldiers of the MINUSMA mission.[33]
Niger Niamey 3 May Merkel met with President Mahamadou Issoufou. Merkel also met with representatives of civil society and visit to the construction site of a women's shelter.[33]
Romania Sibiu 9 May Merkel attended the informal European Council summit.
Croatia Zagreb 18 May Merkel met with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
Belgium Brussels 28 May Merkel attended an informal dinner of the heads of state and government of the European Union.
United States Cambridge and Boston 30 May Merkel attended the Harvard University's graduation ceremony. Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the university, Merkel also met with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.[34]
United Kingdom Portsmouth 5 June Merkel attended the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the landing of the Allied troops in Normandy.[35]
 Switzerland Geneva 11 June Merkel participated in the 108th International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization.
Belgium Brussels 20–21 June Merkel attended the European Council summit and a Euro summit.
Japan Osaka 27–28 June Merkel attended the G20 summit.[36][37][38]
Belgium Brussels 30 June–2 July Merkel attended the special EU summit to fill the top positions in the European Union.
Poland Poznań 5 July Merkel attended the Western Balkans Summit.[39]
France Paris 14 July Merkel attended the Bastille Day military parade.[40][41][42]
Hungary Sopron 19 August Merkel attended the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Hungarian border. Merkel met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.[43][44][45][46]
Iceland Reykjavík and Þingvellir 19–20 August Merkel met with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Merkel toured a geothermal power plant. Merkel met with the heads of government of the Nordic Council.
Netherlands The Hague 22 August Merkel participated in the meeting of the German-Dutch Climate Cabinet. Merkel met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
France Biarritz 24–26 August Merkel attended the 45th G7 summit.
Poland Warsaw 1 September Merkel attended the central commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the World War II.
China Beijing 5–7 September Merkel met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Merkel visited the various companies. Merkel spoke at the Huachung University.
United States New York 22–24 September Merkel attended the UN Climate Change Summit and the UN General Assembly.
France Paris 30 September Merkel attended the state funeral of former President Jacques Chirac.
13 October Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Toulouse 16 October Merkel participated in the Franco-German Ministerial Council.
Belgium Brussels 17–18 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
India New Delhi 31 October–2 November Merkel participated in the German-Indian government consultations. Merkel met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Merkel signed an agreement on the modernisation of India's mass transit system.
Italy Rome 11 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
Croatia Zagreb 20 November Merkel met with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
United Kingdom London and Watford 3–4 December Merkel attended the 2019 NATO summit. Merkel held bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Poland Oświęcim 6 December Merkel visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.
France Paris 9 December Met with President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Belgium Brussels 12–13 December Merkel attended the European Council summit.

2020

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Russia Moscow 11 January Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
 Switzerland Davos 23 January Merkel attended the World Economic Forum.
Turkey Istanbul 24 January Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[47]
South Africa Pretoria 5–6 February Merkel met with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Angola Luanda 7 February Merkel met with President João Lourenço.
Belgium Brussels 20 February Merkel attended the special European Council summit.
8 July Merkel delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
Note: First trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
17–21 July Merkel attended the special European Council summit.
France Bormes-les-Mimosas 20 August Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Belgium Brussels 1–2 October Merkel attended the special European Council summit.
15–16 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
10–11 December

2021

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
Belgium Brussels 24–25 May Merkel attended the special European Council summit.
United Kingdom Carbis Bay 11–13 June Merkel attended the 47th G7 summit.
Belgium Brussels 14 June Merkel attended the 2021 NATO summit.
24–25 June Merkel attended the European Council summit.
United Kingdom Ellesborough and Windsor 2 July Merkel met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
United States Washington, D.C. and Baltimore 15 July Merkel met with President Joe Biden. Merkel honored Biden with an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.
Russia Moscow 20 August Merkel met with President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine Kyiv 21 August Merkel met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.[48]
Poland Warsaw 11 September Merkel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Serbia Belgrade 13 September Merkel met with President Aleksandar Vučić.
Albania Tirana 14 September Merkel met with Prime Minister Edi Rama.
France Paris 16 September Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Slovenia Predoslje 5–6 October Merkel attended the informal European Council summit and the EU-Western Balkan Summit.
Italy Rome 7 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Vatican City Vatican City Merkel attended the audience with Pope Francis.
Israel Jerusalem, Yad Vashem 9–11 October Merkel met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Isaac Herzog, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Merkel received the honorary doctorate of the Haifa Technion. Merkel visited the Yad Vashem Memorial.
Spain Cuacos de Yuste 14 October Merkel presented the Charles V Europe Prize by King Felipe VI at the Monastery of Yuste. Merkel met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Belgium Brussels 15 October Merkel met with King Philippe and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.
Turkey Istanbul 16 October Merkel met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Belgium Brussels 21–22 October Merkel attended the European Council summit.
Greece Athens 28–29 October Merkel met with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Italy Rome 30–31 October Merkel attended the G20 summit.
United Kingdom Glasgow 1 November Merkel attended the COP26 summit.
France Beaune 2 November Merkel met President Emmanuel Macron.
Paris 12 November Merkel met with President Emmanuel Macron. Merkel took over the co-chairmanship of the Libya Conference.
Note: Last trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.

Multilateral meetings

Angela Merkel participated in the following summits during her chancellorship:

GroupYear
2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
UNGASeptember,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City		September,
United States New York City
NATO28–29 November,
Latvia Riga		none2–4 April,
Romania Bucharest		3–4 April,
France Strasbourg
Germany Kehl		19–20 November,
Portugal Lisbon		none20–21 May,
United States Chicago		none4–5 September,
United Kingdom Newport		none8–9 July,
Poland Warsaw		25 May,
Belgium Brussels		11–12 July,
Belgium Brussels		3–4 December,
United Kingdom Watford		none14 June,
Belgium Brussels
NSSnonenonenonenone12–13 April,
United States Washington, D.C.		none26–27 March,
South Korea Seoul		none24–25 March,
Netherlands The Hague		none31 March – 1 April,
United States Washington, D.C.		nonenonenonenonenone
G8/G715–17 July,
Russia Saint Petersburg		6–8 June,
Germany Heiligendamm		7–9 July,
Japan Tōyako		8–10 July,
Italy L'Aquila		25–26 June,
Canada Huntsville		26–27 May,
France Deauville		18–19 May,
United States Camp David		17–18 June,
United Kingdom Enniskillen		4–5 June,
Belgium Brussels		7–8 June,
Germany Krün		26–27 May,
Japan Shima		26–27 May,
Italy Taormina		8–9 June,
Canada La Malbaie		24–26 August,
France Biarritz		10–12 June,
(cancelled)
United States Camp David		11–13 June,
United Kingdom Carbis Bay
G20Didn't exist14–15 November,
United States Washington, D.C.		2 April,
United Kingdom London		26–27 June,
Canada Toronto		3–4 November,
Cannes		18–19 June,
Mexico Los Cabos		5–6 September,
Russia Saint Petersburg		15–16 November,
Australia Brisbane		15–16 November,
Turkey Antalya		4–5 September,
China Hangzhou		7–8 July,
Germany Hamburg		30 November – 1 December,
Argentina Buenos Aires		28–29 June,
Japan Osaka		21–22 November,
(videoconference)
Saudi Arabia Riyadh		30–31 October,
Italy Rome
24–25 September,
United States Pittsburgh		11–12 November,
South Korea Seoul
Normandy FormatDidn't exist6 June,
France
Normandy		11–12 February,
Belarus
Minsk		19 October,
Germany
Berlin		nonenone9 December,
France
Paris		nonenone
16–17 October,
Italy
Milan		2 October,
France
Paris
Berlin ProcessDidn't exist27 August,
Austria Vienna		4 July,
France Paris		12 July,
Italy Trieste		9–10 July,
United Kingdom London		4–5 July,
Poland Poznań
██ = Did not attend/participate.

See also

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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