List of international trips made by Olaf Scholz

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This is the list of international trips made by Olaf Scholz, who served as Chancellor of Germany from 8 December 2021 until 6 May 2025.

Summary

Countries visited by Olaf Scholz during his chancellorship.
  Germany
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3–7 visits
  8–10 visits
  11 or more visits

The number of visits per country where chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled are:

2021

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
France Paris 10 December Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.[1]
Note: First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.
Belgium Brussels Scholz met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.[2]
Poland Warsaw 12 December Scholz met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Belgium Brussels 15–16 December Scholz attended the Eastern Partnership summit and the European Council summit.
Italy Rome 20 December Scholz met with Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

2022

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
Spain Madrid 17 January Scholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.[3]
United States Washington, D.C. 7 February Scholz met with President Joe Biden. Scholz had a dinner with various senators.[4]
Ukraine Kyiv 14 February Scholz met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[5]
Russia Moscow 15 February Scholz met with President Vladimir Putin.[6]
Belgium Brussels 17–18 February Scholz attended the summit of the heads of state and government of the European Union and the African Union.[7]
24 February Scholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
France Paris 28 February Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and representatives of the European Round Table for Industry.
Israel Jerusalem 1–2 March Scholz visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Scholz met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
France Versailles 10–11 March Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
Turkey Ankara 14 March Scholz met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Belgium Brussels 24–25 March Scholz attended an extraordinary 2022 NATO summit. Scholz attended the European Council summit.
United Kingdom London 8 April Scholz met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Japan Tokyo 27–29 April Scholz met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Scholz delivered the speech on German-Japanese relations at an economic event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Japan.
Denmark Esbjerg 18 May Scholz attended the first North Sea Summit.
Netherlands The Hague 19 May Scholz met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Senegal Dakar 22 May Scholz met with President Macky Sall. Scholz discussed with business representatives. Inauguration of the Diass solar park.
Niger Niamey 22–23 May Scholz visited the base of the EUTM's Gazelle Special Forces Mission and the soldiers stationed there. Scholz met with President Mohamed Bazoum.
South Africa Johannesburg 24 May Scholz met with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Scholz visited the Sasol company. Scholz participated in the anniversary celebration of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Southern Africa.
 Switzerland Davos 26 May Scholz delivered the speeech at the World Economic Forum.
Belgium Brussels 30–31 May Scholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
Lithuania Vilnius 7 June Scholz met with President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. Scholz visited the EFP Battlegroup Lithuania.
Kosovo Pristina 10 June Scholz met with Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Scholz visited the German KFOR troops.
Serbia Belgrade Scholz met with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and President Aleksandar Vučić.
Greece Thessaloniki Scholz attended the meeting of the countries of the Regional Cooperation Council initiative.
North Macedonia Skopje 11 June Scholz met with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski.
Bulgaria Sofia Scholz met with Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.
Ukraine Kyiv 16 June Scholz met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. Scholz visited the Kyiv suburb of Irpin to assess the war damage.
Belgium Brussels 23–24 June Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Spain Madrid 28–30 June Scholz attended the 2022 NATO summit.
France Paris 4 July Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.
United Kingdom London 31 July Scholz attended the final match of the 2022 Women's European Football Championship.
Norway Oslo 15 August Scholz participated in the Nordic-German Meeting. Scholz met with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Sweden Stockholm and Södertälje 16 August Scholz met with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. Scholz visited to the truck manufacturer Scania.
Canada Montreal, Toronto, and Stephenville 21–24 August Scholz met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[8]
Czech Republic Prague 29 August Scholz met with Prime Minister Petr Fiala. Scholz delivered the speech at Charles University.
France Évian-les-Bains 2 September Scholz participated in a panel discussion and a banquet on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Franco-German business meeting.
United States New York City 19–21 September Scholz attended the United Nations General Assembly.
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 24–25 September Scholz met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Scholz met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Qatar Doha Scholz met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Spain A Coruña 5–6 October Sxholz participated in the German-Spanish government consultations. Scholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Czech Republic Prague 6–7 October Scholz attended the 1st European Political Community Summit.
Belgium Brussels 20–21 October Scholz attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 26 October Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Greece Athens 27 October Scholz met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
China Beijing 4 November Scholz met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 7–8 November Scholz attended the COP27 summit.
Vietnam Hanoi 13 November Scholz met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.
Singapore Singapore 14 November Scholz met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Halimah Yacob. Scholz participated in the 17th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business.
Indonesia Bali 15–16 November Scholz attended the G20 summit.
Albania Tirana 6 December Scholz attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Belgium Brussels 14–15 December On 14 December, Scholz attended the EU-ASEAN summit. On the next day, Scholz attended the European Council summit.

2023

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
Italy Rome 5 January
Vatican City Vatican City Scholz attended the funeral service of former Pope Benedict XVI.[9]
 Switzerland Davos 18 January Scholz attended the World Economic Forum.
France Paris 22 January Scholzed attended the 24th Franco-German Ministerial Council. Scholz attended and delivered speech at the ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Argentina Buenos Aires 28 January Scholz met with President Alberto Fernández.
Chile Santiago 29 January Scholz met with President Gabriel Boric.
Brazil Brasília 30 January Scholz met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
France Paris 8 February Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Belgium Brussels 9–10 February Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Zeebrugge 14 February Scholz met with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo as part of a Belgian-German energy meeting.
India New Delhi and Bengaluru 24–26 February Scholz met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
United States Washington, D.C. 2–4 March Scholz met with President Joe Biden.
Japan Tokyo 17–18 March Scholz met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Scholz participated in and chaired of the first German-Japanese government consultations.
Belgium Brussels 23–24 March Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Netherlands Rotterdam 27 March Scholz met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Scholz participated and led the 4th German-Dutch government consultations.
Romania Bucharest 3 April Scholz met with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, President of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu, and Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
Portugal Lisbon 19–20 April Scholz met with Prime Minister António Costa.
Belgium Ostend 24 April Scholz attended the second North Sea Summit.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 4–5 May Scholz met with African Union President Moussa Faki, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Head of the Interim Administration of Tigray Province Gatchew Reda, and President Sahle-Work Zewde.
Kenya Nairobi and Lake Naivasha 5–6 May Scholz met with President William Ruto. Scholz also met with representatives from politics, business, civil society and culture.
France Strasbourg 9 May Scholz delivered the speech to the European Parliament.
Iceland Reykjavík 16–17 May Scholz attended the 4th Council of Europe summit.
Japan Hiroshima 19–21 May Scholz attended 49th G7 summit.
South Korea Seoul and Demilitarized zone 21 May Scholz met with President Yoon Suk Yeol. Scholz visited the Demilitarized Zone.
Estonia Tallinn 26 May Scholz met with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš.[10]
Moldova Bulboaca 1 June Scholz attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit.
Italy Rome 8 June Scholz met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella.
France Paris 12 June Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Weimar Triangle format.
22–23 June Scholz participated in the "Summit for a New Global Financing Pact". Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Belgium Brussels 29–30 June Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Lithuania Vilnius 11–12 July Scholz attended the 2023 NATO summit.
Belgium Brussels 17–18 July Scholz attended the 3rd EU–CELAC summit.
India New Delhi 9–10 September Scholz attended the G20 summit.[11]
United States New York City 17–20 September Scholz attended the United Nations General Assembly.
Spain Granada 5–6 October Attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit. Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state or government.
Albania Tirana 16 October Scholz attended the Western Balkans summit.
Israel Tel Aviv-Jaffa 17 October Scholz met with Secretary of State Eli Cohen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Isaac Herzog.
Egypt Cairo 18 October Scholz met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Scholz also met with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
Belgium Brussels 26–27 October Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Nigeria Abuja and Lagos 29–31 October Scholz met with President Bola Tinubu. Scholz also met with ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray.
Ghana Accra Scholz met with President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Spain Málaga 10 November Scholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
United Arab Emirates Dubai 1 December Scholz attended the COP28 summit.[12]
Belgium Brussels 13–15 December On 13 December, Scholz attended the Western Balkans conference. On the next days, Scholz attended the European Council summit.

2024

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
Belgium Brussels 31 January Scholz attended the memorial service for former European Commission president Jacques Delors.[13]
1 February Scholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
United States Washington, D.C. 8–9 February Scholz met with President Joe Biden.
France Paris 26 February Scholz participated in the conference on support for Ukraine.
Italy Rome 1 March Scholz met with President Sergio Mattarella.
Vatican City Vatican City 2 March Scholz attended the audience with Pope Francis.
Jordan Aqaba 17 March Scholz met with King Abdullah II.
Israel Jerusalem Scholz met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Issac Herzog.
Belgium Brussels 21–22 March Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Slovenia Ljubljana 26 March Scholz met with Prime Minister Robert Golob.
Romania Bucharest 6 April Scholz met with Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.
China Chongqing, Shanghai, and Beijing 13–16 April Scholz met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
Belgium Brussels 17–18 April Scholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
Lithuania Pabradė 6 May Scholz met with President Gitanas Nausėda. Troop visited the 10th Armoured Division stationed in Lithuania as part of the Quadriga exercise.
Latvia Riga Scholz met with Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
Sweden Stockholm 13 May Scholz met with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Scholz visited the company Ericsson.
France Omaha Beach 6 June Scholz attended the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy.[14]
Italy Fasano 13–15 June Scholz attended the 50th G7 summit.
 Switzerland Lucerne 15–16 June Scholz attended the Ukraine peace summit.
Belgium Brussels 17 June Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
27–28 June Scholz attended the European Council summit.
Poland Warsaw 2 July Scholz met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Scholz participated in the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations.
United States Washington, D.C. 9–11 July Scholz attended the 2024 NATO summit.
United Kingdom Woodstock 18 July Scholz attended the 4th European Political Community Summit.
Serbia Belgrade 19 July Scholz met with President Aleksandar Vučić. Scholz signed a joint lithium agreement with Serbia and the European Union.[15]
France Paris 26–27 July Scholz attended the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16][17] Scholz visited the German athletes at the Olympic Village.
8–10 August Scholz attended the 2024 Summer Olympics. Scholz met with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach.
Moldova Chișinău 21 August Scholz met with President Maia Sandu and Prime Minister Dorin Recean. .
France Évian-les-Bains 6 September Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron. Scholz participated in the German-French business meeting.
Uzbekistan Samarqand 15–16 September Scholz met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Scholz participated in the German-Uzbek business roundtable.
Kazakhstan Astana 15–16 September Scholz met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon, and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Scholz participated in the German-Kazakh economic forum.
United States New York City 21–24 September Scholz attended the United Nations General Assembly.[18]
Belgium Brussels 17 October Scholz attended the European Council summit and the Euro summit.
Turkey Istanbul 18–19 October Scholz met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
India New Delhi 24–26 October Met with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Hungary Budapest 7–8 November Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 18–19 November Scholz attended the G20 summit.
Ukraine Kyiv 2 December Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Belgium Brussels 18–19 December On 18 December, Scholz attended the Western Balkans conference. On the next day, Scholz attended the European Council summit.

2025

Country Location(s) Date Details Image
Finland Helsinki 14 January Scholz attended the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit. Scholz met with President Alexander Stubb, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen.[19]
 Switzerland Davos 21 January Scholz delivered the speech at the World Economic Forum.
France Paris 22 January Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the anniversary of the Élysée Treaty.
Poland Kraków and Oświęcim 27 January Scholz met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Scholz attended the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
United Kingdom London 2 February Scholz met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Belgium Brussels 3 February Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.
France Paris 10 February Scholz attended the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit.
17 February Scholz attended an emergency meeting with European leaders in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's push for peace negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian War.[20]
United Kingdom London 2 March Scholz attended the London summit on support for Ukraine.
Belgium Brussels 6 March Scholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
20–21 March Scholz attended the European Council summit.
France Paris 27 March Scholz attended the Coalition of the willing on support for Ukraine.[21]
Spain Madrid 3 April Scholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Poland Warsaw 16 April Scholz met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Vatican City Vatican City 26 April Scholz attended the funeral of Pope Francis.[22]
France Paris 30 April Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Note: Last trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.

Multilateral meetings

Olaf Scholz participated in the following summits during his chancellorship:

GroupYear
2022202320242025
UNGA20–21 September,
United States New York City		19–20 September,
United States New York City		22–24 September,
United States New York City
NATO24 March,
Belgium Brussels		11–12 July,
Lithuania Vilnius		9–11 July,
United States Washington, D.C.
28–30 June,
Spain Madrid
G726–28 June,
Germany Schloss Elmau		19–21 May,
Japan Hiroshima		13–15 June,
Italy Fasano
G2015–16 November,
Indonesia Bali		9–10 September,
India New Delhi		18–19 November,
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
EPC6 October,
Czech Republic Prague		1 June,
Moldova Bulboaca		18 July,
United Kingdom Woodstock
5 October,
Spain Granada		7 November,
Hungary Budapest
EU–CELACnone17–18 July,
Belgium Brussels		none
North Sea Summit18 May,
Denmark Esbjerg		24 April,
Belgium Ostend		nonenone
Berlin Process3 November,
Germany Berlin		16 October,
Albania Tirana		14 October,
Germany Berlin
OthersnonenoneGlobal Peace Summit
15–16 June,
Switzerland Lucerne		Securing our future
2 March,
United Kingdom London
15 March,
(videoconference)
United Kingdom
Building a robust peace for Ukraine and Europe
27 March,
France Paris
██ = Did not attend / participate.

See also

References

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  13. "Teilnahme an der Gedenkzeremonie zu Ehren Jacques Delors". bundeskanzler.de. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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  16. "Teilnahme an der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele". bundeskanzler.de. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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