This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Mario Draghi, who served as prime minister of Italy from 13 February 2021 to 22 October 2022.
Summary
Countries by number of visits:
- One visit to Algeria, the Czech Republic, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine
- Two visits to Spain
Trips
2021
| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | Tripoli | 06 April 2021 | Prime Minister Draghi's state visit to Libya was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government, and the first trip outside Europe as well. Draghi visited Libya, where he met Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, seeking to strengthen ties with the African country. The trip was described as an attempt to reduce the Turkish and Egyptian influences over Libya, following the aftermath of the civil war. |
| Portugal | Porto | 07–08 May 2021 | Draghi travelled to Porto to attend the EU Social Summit with the other heads of state or government of the European Union. The next day he attended an informal summit between other heads of state or government of the European Union. |
| France | Paris | 18 May 2021 | Draghi travelled to Paris to attend the Summit on Financing African Economies at the Grand Palais Éphémère with the other heads of state or government leaders of thirty African countries. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 24–25 May 2021 | Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the Special meeting of the European Council. |
| United Kingdom | Carbis Bay | 11–13 June 2021 | Draghi travelled to Carbis Bay to attend the 47th G7 summit. He met the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 14 June 2021 | Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the 2021 NATO summit. |
| Spain | Barcelona | 18 June 2021 | Draghi travelled to Barcelona to attend the Cercle d’Economia. He was awarded the ‘Prize for European Construction’. He met the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. |
| Germany | Berlin | 21 June 2021 | Draghi met with Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the European migrant crisis, in preparation for the European Council. |
| France | Marseille | 02 September 2021 | Draghi travelled to Marseille to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| Slovenia | Brdo, Ljubljana | 5–6 October | Draghi attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit. |
| United Kingdom | Glasgow | 01–12 November 2021 | Invited by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend as co-host of COP26, Draghi travelled to Glasgow to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. He met the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. |
| France | Paris | 12 November 2021 | Draghi attended an international conference on Libya. He met the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. |
2022
| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Paris | 16 February 2022 | Draghi travelled to Paris and he attended the ‘Consultations and commitment prospects for the Sahel’ working dinner. He met the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to review the military presence in Mali. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 24 February 2022 | Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the Special meeting of the European Council about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 07 March 2022 | Draghi travelled to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. They discussed about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions towards Russia. |
| France | Versailles | 10–11 March 2022 | Draghi travelled to Versailles to attend an informal Meeting of EU Heads of State and Government to discuss about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reduction of the dependency towards Russia. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 24 March 2022 | Draghi travelled to Brussels to attend the extraordinary NATO summit to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| Algeria | Algiers | 11 April 2022 | Draghi travelled to Algiers to meet Algerian president |
| United States | Washington D.C. | 10-11 May 2022 | Draghi travelled to Washington D.C. for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions towards Russia. In the two days in Washington he made a stop on Capitol Hill for a bipartisan meeting with the leadership of Congress and speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Draghi was at the Atlantic Council to receive the Distinguished Leadership Award, awarded by the US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen. |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 13-14 June 2022 | Draghi met with the President of Israel Isaac Herzog, the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Also visited Yad Vashem. |
| Palestinian Authority | Ramallah | Draghi met with Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. | |
| Ukraine | Kyiv, Irpin | 16 June 2022 | Draghi met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He travelled to Kyiv by train from Rzeszów for safety reasons. |
| Belgium | Brussels | 23–24 June 2022 | Macron attended in Brussels an EU-Western Balkans Leaders meeting, a European Council and a Euro summit. |
| Germany | Schloss Elmau | 26-28 June 2022 | Draghi attended the 48th G7 summit. Met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. |
| Spain | Madrid | 28–30 June 2022 | Draghi travelled to Madrid to attend the 32nd NATO Summit at IFEMA. |
| Turkey | Ankara | 5 July 2022 | Draghi traveled to Ankara to discuss the Ukraine War and EU-Turkey relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. |
| United States | New York City | 20 September 2022 | Travelled to New York to attend General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 6 October 2022 | Draghi travelled to Prague to attend the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community. |
Multilateral meetings
Mario Draghi participated in the following summits during his prime ministership:
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| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UN GA | 23 September, New York City | 20 September, New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G7 | 11–13 June, Carbis Bay | 26–28 June, Schloss Elmau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G-20 | 30–31 October, Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO | 14 June, Brussels | 24 March, Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28–30 June, Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EU summit | 25–26 February (videoconference), 25–26 March (videoconference), 24–25 June, 21–22 October, 16–17 December, Brussels | 24–25 March, 23–24 June, Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Euro summit | 25 March, 16 December, Brussels | TBD, Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EaP summit | 15 December, Brussels | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MED9 summit | 17 September, Athens | 31 October– 4 November, TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNCCC | 1–12 November, Glasgow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASEM | 21–22 November, Phnom Penh (videoconference)[a] | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Others | 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Tokyo | 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ██ = Hosted by Italy ██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend ^a Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio attended in the Prime Minister's place. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- Foreign relations of Italy
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