List of international prime ministerial trips made by Paolo Gentiloni

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes France Paris 10 January Prime Minister Gentiloni’s state visit to France was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. Gentiloni met President François Hollande. The leaders discuss about the fight against Islamic terrorism and migrant crisis.^[1] Germany Berlin 18 January Paolo Gentiloni visited Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders talked about European migrant crisis and economic growth. Gentiloni also met the Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.^[2] Spain Madrid 27 January Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Madrid, where he met the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.^[3] Portugal Lisboa 28 January Paolo Gentiloni went to Lisboa, where he met the Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa. The meeting was focused on migrant crisis and economic growth.^[4] United Kingdom London 9 February Gentiloni went to London, where he met Prime Minister Theresa May. The two Prime Ministers discussed about Brexit and UK withdrawal from the European Union. The Italian leader later spoke at the London School of Economics and Political Science.^[5] Spain Madrid 10 April Prime Minister Gentiloni visited Spain where he participated to the EU Med Group summit. During the event he met with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, French President François Hollande, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.^[6] United States Washington D.C. 19–20 April Prime Minister Gentiloni visit the United States, where he met President Donald Trump at the White House. Gentiloni later spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.^[7] Canada Ottawa 20–21 April Gentiloni went to Canada, where he met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Italian Prime Minister also met the Canadian Governor General David Johnston.^[8] Kuwait Kuwait City 30 April–1 May Gentiloni went to Kuwait, where he had bilateral meetings with the Emir Sabah al-Ahmad and the crown prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad; later the premier visited the Italian soldiers stationed in Kuwait as part of the anti-ISIL coalition.^[9] China Beijing 14–16 May Gentiloni had an official trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, to discuss about the One Belt One Road Initiative, a development strategy proposed by the Chinese government that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries.^[10] Russia Sochi 16–17 May Paolo Gentiloni went to Sochi, where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders stressed their hope for a loosening of international sanctions against Russia and for a re-opening of a dialogue between Russia and NATO. They also signed six economic deals regarding Eni and Rosneft.^[11] Germany Berlin 28 August Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The main focus of their meeting was the migrant crisis.^[12] Slovenia Ljubljana 7 September Gentiloni met Prime Minister Miro Cerar. The focus of the meeting was the repatriation of immigrants.^[13] Czech Republic Prague 7 September Paolo Gentiloni went to Prague, where he met Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to discuss about the immigration to Europe.^[14] Greece Corfu 14 September Prime Minister Gentiloni visited the island of Corfu where he met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The two leaders signed many economic deals regarding infrastructures and transports, in particular the Italian State Railways bought Greek TrainOSE.^[15] United States New York City 19–20 September On 19 September Gentiloni spoke at the New York University. While on following day, he participated to the United Nations summit in New York City, focusing his speech on the problem of climatic change, migrant crisis and fight against terrorism.^[16] In NYC Gentiloni had also bilateral meetings with UK Prime Minister Theresa May, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.^[17] Estonia Tallinn 29 September Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Tallinn to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Digital Summit.^[18] India New Delhi 29–30 October Gentiloni went to India, where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two leaders signed some economic treaties and discussed the recognition of the Hare Krishnas, who still are not recognized in Italy as a religious minority.^[19][20] Saudi Arabia Riyadh 30–31 October Prime Minister Gentiloni met in Riyadh, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.^[21] United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 31 October Paolo Gentiloni visited the United Arab Emirates, where he met in Abu Dhabi the crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.^[22] Qatar Doha 31 October–1 November Gentiloni went to Doha, in Qatar, where he met with the Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and visited the National Library of Qatar with Emir’s consort, Moza bint Nasser.^[23] Sweden Göteborg 17 November Paolo Gentiloni went to Sweden to participate with the other European leaders to the 2017 Social Summit.^[24] Tunisia Tunis 24–26 November Paolo Gentiloni visited Tunisia, where he met President Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister Youssef Chahed; the discussions were focused on migrant crisis and Libyan civil war. He also had a meeting with the Italian community.^[25] Angola Luanda 26–27 November Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Angola to meet President João Lourenço. The two leaders signed many economic deals between Eni and the Angolan Sonangol Group. On 27 November Gentiloni paid tribute to Agostinho Neto’s memorial.^[26] Ghana Accra 27–28 November Paolo Gentiloni visited Ghana, where he met Nana Akufo-Addo. On 28 November the Prime Minister visited Eni’s plant “John Agyekum Kufuor”.^[27] Ivory Coast Abidjan 28–29 November Gentiloni went to Ivory Coast to participate at the EU–African Union summit. During the event he had bilateral meetings with many African leaders.^[28] Portugal Lisboa 1 December Prime Minister Gentiloni went to Lisboa, where he had a multilateral meeting with Prime Minister Antonio Costa and the other leaders of the Party of European Socialists. The meeting was focused on Brexit.^[29] France Paris 13 December Gentiloni went to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders discussed about fight against Islamic terrorism, the Libyan Civil War and migrant crisis.^[30]