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List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron, the 25th and current President of France. As of April 2024, Emmanuel Macron has made 243 presidential trips to 89 states internationally since his inauguration on 14 May 2017. National trips are not included.

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Summary

The number of visits per country where President Macron traveled are:

One visit to Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Poland, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Vanuatu
Two visits to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Niger, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine
Three visits to China, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Japan, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, and Vatican City
Four visits to the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia
Five visits to Spain, Switzerland, and Qatar
Six visits to the United States
Eight visits to the United Kingdom
Nine visits to Italy
Twenty-eight visits to Germany
Forty-five visits to Belgium

Map of international trips made by Emmanuel Macron as president: (April 2024)

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2017

President Emmanuel Macron meets with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, 26 May 2017

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Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Germany	Berlin	15 May	Macron's state visit to Germany was his first international trip as President. He chose Germany as the first foreign trip of his presidency in a demonstration of a pro-European sign, as well as to follow the tradition of French presidents making their first international trip to Germany.^[1] During his first full day in office, Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[2] The two leaders agreed to construct a plan to reform the European Union amidst the rise of right-wing populism and Euroscepticism.^[3]
Mali	Gao	19 May	Macron met with French troops committed to Operation Barkhane. It was his first trip outside Europe as President.^[4]
Belgium	Brussels	25–26 May	Macron attended the NATO summit, his first summit meeting as President. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including U.S. President Donald Trump.^[5]
Italy	Taormina	26–27 May	Macron attended the G7 summit in Taormina.^[6] He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
Morocco	Rabat	14–15 June	Macron met the King of Morocco Mohammed VI during this private and friendly trip.^[7]
Belgium	Brussels	22–23 June	Macron attended his first European Council. He held separate bilateral meetings with Angela Merkel, and the representants of the Visegrád Group.^[8]
Germany	Berlin	29 June	Macron met with other European heads of state and government, as part of the preparations for the G20 summit.^[9]
Mali	Bamako	2 July	Macron attended a security summit of the G5 Sahel to boost support for the creation of a regional counter-terror force.^[10]
Germany	Hamburg	7–8 July	Macron attended the G20 summit in Hamburg. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[11]
Switzerland	Lausanne	10–11 July	Macron travelled to Lausanne to visit the International Olympic Committee for the presentation of the Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. During this trip Macron was accompanied by his wife Brigitte, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the chairs of the bid, Bernard Lapasset and Tony Estanguet.^[12]
Italy	Trieste	12–13 July	Macron attended the 2017 Western Balkans Summit. One day before, he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.^[13]
Austria	Salzburg	23 August	Macron met with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern.^[14]
Romania	Bucharest	24 August	Macron met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.^[15]
Bulgaria	Varna	25 August	Macron met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Euxinograd Palace.^[16]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City, Niederanven	28 August	Macron met with Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. He also held political talks at Senningen Castle with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.^[17]
Greece	Athens	6–7 September	Macron paid a state visit to Greece where he called to rebuild European Union.^[18]
United States	New York City	18–20 September	Macron participated to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.^[19]
Estonia	Tallinn, Tapa Army Base	28–29 September	Macron attended the EU Digital Summit and held a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[20] He then visited troops together with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas at Tapa Army Base.^[21]
Germany	Frankfurt	10 October	Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair.^[22]
Belgium	Brussels	19–20 October	Macron attended the European Council.
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Dubai	8–9 November	Macron inaugurated the Louvre Abu Dhabi.^[23]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	9 November	Macron made an emergency Saudi Arabia trip over Lebanon war fears.^[24]
Germany	Bonn	15 November	Macron attended the opening ceremony of the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference.^[25]
Sweden	Gothenburg	17 November	Macron attended the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth.^[26]
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	28–29 November	Macron met with Burkinabe President, delivered a speech about Africa, exchanged with students and visited a solar-powered plant.^[27]
Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan	29–30 November	Macron attended the fifth African Union – European Union summit.^[27]
Ghana	Accra	30 November	Macron met with Ghanaian President and visited some local start-ups.^[27]
Algeria	Algiers	6 December	Macron made a work and friendship visit in Algeria.^[28]
Qatar	Doha	7 December	Macron paid an official visit to Qatar.^[29]
Belgium	Brussels	14–15 December	Macron attended the European Council.^[30]
Niger	Niamey	22–23 December	Macron visited the French troops from Operation Barkhane.^[31]

2018

President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron with United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House during his state visit to Washington, D.C., 23 April 2018

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China	Xi'an, Beijing	8–10 January	Macron arrived in Xi'an first, visited the Terracotta Army, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi'an great mosque. He also delivered a speech about multilateralism at Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Later he flew to Beijing, visited the Palace Museum and met with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.^[32] He gifted Xi one of the elite cavalry corps’ horses in response to a leased panda from China's "panda diplomacy".^[33]
Italy	Rome	10 January	Macron met Southern European Union leaders to talk about migration and budgets at EU Med summit.^[34]
United Kingdom	Camberley, London	18–19 January	Official visit in the UK in a Brexit context. Macron met with Prime Minister Theresa May in Sandhurst Military Academy for a UK-France Summit to strengthen the Paris-London special relationship on Defence and Security issues. Met with the French Community in London.^[35]
Switzerland	Davos	24 January	Macron made a speech in Davos at the World Economic Forum.^[36]
Tunisia	Tunis	31 January–1 February	Macron met with President Beji Caid Essebsi.
Senegal	Dakar, Saint-Louis	2–3 February	Macron met with President Macky Sall.
Belgium	Brussels	23 February	Macron attended an extraordinary European Council on Brexit.
India	New Delhi, Varanasi, Mirzapur	9–12 March	Macron met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.^[37]
Netherlands	The Hague	21 March	Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander.
Belgium	Brussels	22–23 March	Macron attended the European Council.
Germany	Berlin	19 April	Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
United States	Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon	23–25 April	Macron met with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders during an official State Visit.
Australia	Sydney	1–3 May	Macron met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Germany	Aachen	9–10 May	Macron received the Charlemagne Prize.
Bulgaria	Sofia	16–17 May	Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Russia	Saint Petersburg	24–25 May	Macron met with President Vladimir Putin. He also attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Canada	Ottawa, Montreal, La Malbaie	6–9 June	Macron met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa and Premier of Quebec Philippe Couillard in Montreal. Macron also attended the G7 summit in La Malbaie. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Germany	Gransee	19 June	Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Vatican City	Vatican City	26 June	Macron met with Pope Francis.
Belgium	Brussels	28–29 June	Macron attended the European Council.
Mauritania	Nouakchott	2 July	Macron attended the 31st African Union summit.
Nigeria	Abuja, Lagos	3–4 July	Macron met with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Russia	Saint Petersburg	10 July	Macron attended the semi-final between France and Belgium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Belgium	Brussels	11–12 July	Macron attended the NATO summit.
Russia	Moscow	15 July	Macron attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia with the final victory (4–2) of France national football team.^[38]^[39]
Spain	Madrid	26 July	Macron met with the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI.
Portugal	Lisbon	27 July	Macron met with the Prime Minister Antonio Costa, attended a summit on energy and held a consultation about the future of the European Union along with Antonio Costa.
Denmark	Copenhagen	28–29 August	Macron paid a state visit to Denmark. He met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Margrethe II.
Finland	Helsinki	30 August	Macron paid an official visit and met with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.
Luxembourg	Bourglinster, Luxembourg City	6 September	Macron met with the Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.
Austria	Salzburg	19–20 September	Macron attended an informal summit with the other heads of state or government of the European Union concerning mainly Brexit and the European migrant crisis.
United States	New York City	24–26 September	Macron participated to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
Armenia	Yerevan	10–12 October	Macron travelled to Yerevan to attend the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Summit.
Belgium	Brussels	17–19 October	Macron travelled to Brussels to attend a European Council and the 12th Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM).
Slovakia	Bratislava	26 October	Macron met with President Andrej Kiska and Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini.
Czech Republic	Prague	26–27 October	Macron met with President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
Turkey	Istanbul	27 October	Macron attended a summit hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Syria conflict along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Morocco	Tangier, Rabat	15 November	Macron travelled to Morocco to inaugurate along with King Mohammed VI the first high-speed railway line in Africa.
Germany	Berlin	18 November	Macron travelled to Berlin to commemorate Volkstrauertag along with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Neue Wache. He also made a speech at the Bundestag about the European Union.
Belgium	Brussels, Ghent, Molenbeek, Louvain-la-Neuve	19–20 November	Macron paid a state visit to Belgium. He met with King Philippe of Belgium and Prime Minister Charles Michel.
Belgium	Brussels	25 November	Macron attended an extraordinary summit on Brexit along with the other European Union leaders.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	28 November – 1 December	Macron met with President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires. Macron also attended the G20 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Belgium	Brussels	13–14 December	Macron travelled to Brussels to attend a European Council.
Chad	N’Djamena	22–23 December	Macron visited the French troops from Operation Barkhane and met with President Idriss Déby.

2019

President Emmanuel Macron meets with the French community in Tokyo, 26 June 2019

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Germany	Aachen	22 January	Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel to sign the Aachen Treaty.
Egypt	Cairo, Abu Simbel	27–29 January	Macron paid an official visit and met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Cyprus	Nicosia	29 January	Macron attended a EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
Djibouti	Djibouti City	12 March	Macron met with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and visited the French troops based in Djibouti.
Ethiopia	Lalibela, Addis Ababa	12–13 March	Macron paid a state visit, met with President Sahle-Work Zewde and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Kenya	Nairobi	13–14 March	Macron paid a state visit, the first of a French President in Kenya and met with President Uhuru Kenyatta. He also attended the 3rd edition of the One Planet Summit.
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 March	Macron attended the European Council.
Belgium	Brussels	10 April	Macron attended an extraordinary European Council on Brexit.
Germany	Berlin	29 April	Macron attended along with Chancellor Angela Merkel an informal summit with Western Balkans countries.
Romania	Sibiu	9 May	Macron attended an informal European summit of heads of state or government about the future of the European Union.
Belgium	Brussels	28 May	Macron attended an informal European summit along with European Union leaders after 2019 European Parliament election.
United Kingdom	Portsmouth	5 June	Macron attended the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorative ceremonies alongside international leaders.
Switzerland	Geneva	11 June	Macron attended the centenary of the International Labour Organization.
Malta	Valletta	14 June	Macron attended a EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 June	Macron attended the European Council.
Japan	Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka	26–29 June	Macron paid an official visit, met with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Emperor Naruhito and with the French community in Tokyo. Macron also attended the G20 summit in Osaka. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Belgium	Brussels	30 June – 2 July	Macron attended an extraordinary European summit.
Serbia	Belgrade	15–16 July	Macron paid an official visit and met with President Aleksandar Vučić.
Tunisia	Tunis	27 July	Macron attended the funeral of late President Beji Caid Essebsi.
Andorra	Andorra la Vella, Canillo	13 September	Macron in his capacity as Co-Princes of Andorra met with the other Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, the General Syndics of the General Council Roser Suñé Pascuet and Prime Minister Xavier Espot.
Italy	Rome	18 September	Macron met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
United States	New York City	22–24 September	Macron participated to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 October	Macron attended the European Council.
Germany	Frankfurt	28 October	Macron attended the farewell event for European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
China	Shanghai, Beijing	4–6 November	Macron met with President Xi Jinping, attended the China International Import Expo and inaugurated the Centre Pompidou West Bund Museum. Macron and Xi signed business and trade deals worth $45 billion during his visit.^[40]^[41]
Germany	Berlin	10 November	Macron met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
United Kingdom	London, Watford	3–4 December	Macron attended the 30th NATO summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Belgium	Brussels	12–13 December	Macron attended the European Council.
Côte d'Ivoire	Port-Bouët, Abidjan, Bouaké	20–22 December	Macron visited the French troops based in Côte d'Ivoire and met with President Alassane Ouattara. He also paid tribute to French soldiers killed in Bouaké in 2004.
Niger	Niamey	22 December	Macron made a quick stop in Niamey where he met with President Mahamadou Issoufou and paid tribute to the 71 soldiers from Niger killed the week before.

2020

President Emmanuel Macron in Riga, Latvia, 29 September 2020

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Germany	Berlin	19 January	Macron attended a meeting on the Libyan Civil War. He also met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Israel	Jerusalem	21–23 January	Macron travelled to Jerusalem for the World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Macron also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and Benny Gantz.
Palestine	Ramallah	22 January	Macron paid a short visit to meet with President Mahmoud Abbas.
Poland	Warsaw, Kraków	3–4 February	Macron paid an official visit. He met with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Germany	Munich	14–15 February	Macron travelled to Bavaria to attend the 56th Munich Security Conference.
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 February	Macron attended a special European Council.
Italy	Naples	27 February	Macron attended the 35th Franco-Italian summit. He met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and President Sergio Mattarella.
United Kingdom	London	18 June	Macron travelled to London to commemorate the Appeal of 18 June and to give the city the Legion of Honour. He also met with Charles, Prince of Wales and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Netherlands	The Hague	23 June	Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Germany	Gransee	29 June	Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mauritania	Nouakchott	30 June	Macron attended a G5 Sahel summit and met with President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
Belgium	Brussels	17–21 July	Macron attended an extraordinary European Council to decide the EU economic response to the COVID-19 recession which deeply affected the continent. The summit was among the longest ones in history.
Lebanon	Beirut	6 August	Macron travelled to Lebanon two days after the 2020 Beirut explosion. He toured the Port of Beirut, the site of the explosions and met with rescuers and local firemen. Macron also met with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
Lebanon	Beirut, Jaj	31 August–1 September	Macron travelled to Lebanon for the second time in a month. He visited Lebanese singer Fairuz in Rabieh. On the next day, he went to Jaj to plant a cedar tree marking the centennial of Greater Lebanon. Then, he met UN representatives and NGO members to discuss reconstruction efforts in Beirut. He also met with President Michel Aoun, Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi and other political leaders, in addition to visiting injured people at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital.^[42]
Iraq	Baghdad	2 September	Macron travelled to Iraq to assert its "sovereignty", despite regional tensions.^[43] He met with President Barham Salih, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani.^[44]
Lithuania	Vilnius	28–29 September	Macron met with President Gitanas Nausėda and Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Latvia	Riga	29–30 September	Macron met with President Egils Levits and Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš.
Belgium	Brussels	1–2 October	Macron attended an extraordinary European Council.
Belgium	Brussels	15–16 October	Macron attended the European Council.
Belgium	Brussels	10–11 December	Macron attended the European Council.

2021

President Emmanuel Macron with US President, German Chancellor and UK Prime Minister in Rome, 30 October 2021

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Chad	N'Djamena	22–23 April	Macron attended the funeral of former President Idriss Déby.
Portugal	Porto	7–8 May	Macron attended the EU Social Summit.
Belgium	Brussels	24–25 May	Macron attended the European Council.
Rwanda	Kigali	27–28 May	Macron paid an official visit to Rwanda where he met with President Paul Kagame and visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
South Africa	Pretoria, Johannesburg	28–29 May	Macron paid an official visit to South Africa. He met with President Cyril Ramaphosa and visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
United Kingdom	Carbis Bay	11–13 June	Macron travelled to Carbis Bay to attend the G7 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and U.S. President Joe Biden.
Belgium	Brussels	14 June	Macron travelled to Brussels to attend the 31st NATO summit.
Germany	Berlin	18 June	Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Belgium	Brussels	24–25 June	Macron attended the European Council.
Japan	Tokyo	23–24 July	Macron travelled to Tokyo to attend the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Ireland	Dublin	26 August	Macron travelled to Dublin where he met with President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
Iraq	Baghdad, Mosul, Erbil	28–29 August	Macron attended a regional conference in Baghdad to which several leaders of countries neighboring Iraq were invited, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Greece	Athens	17 September	Macron travelled to Athens to attend the 8th EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
Slovenia	Ljubljana	5–6 October	Macron attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 October	Macron attended the European Council.
Italy	Rome	29–31 October	Macron attended the G20 summit. He also met the day before the summit with U.S. President Joe Biden.
United Kingdom	Glasgow	1 November	Macron travelled to Scotland to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Croatia	Zagreb	24–25 November	Macron paid an official visit to Croatia, the first of a French President since the country's independence in 1991. He met with President Zoran Milanović and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
Italy	Rome	25–26 November	Macron travelled to Rome where he met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Vatican City	Vatican City	26 November	Macron met with Pope Francis.
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	3 December	Macron met with Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He also visited the French pavilion at the Expo 2020.
Qatar	Doha	3–4 December	Macron met with Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	4 December	Macron met with Mohammed bin Salman.
Hungary	Budapest	13 December	Macron met with President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He also attended a Visegrád Group meeting.
Belgium	Brussels	15–16 December	Macron attended in Brussels the sixth Eastern Partnership summit and a European Council.

2022

President Emmanuel Macron attends the G7 leaders meeting in Brussels, 24 March 2022

President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron with United States President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House during his state visit to Washington, D.C., 1 December 2022

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Germany	Berlin	25 January	Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Russia	Moscow	7 February	Macron met with President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine	Kyiv	8 February	Macron met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Germany	Berlin	8 February	Macron met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 February	Macron attended in Brussels the sixth European Union – African Union summit.
Belgium	Brussels	24 February	Macron attended a special meeting of the European Council to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Belgium	Brussels	24–25 March	Macron travelled to Brussels to attend an extraordinary NATO summit and a G7 Leaders meeting about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also attended the European Council.
Germany	Berlin	9 May	Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his first trip abroad after his re-election in April 2022.
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	15 May	Macron travelled to Abu Dhabi to pay tribute to the late President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who died two days earlier.
Belgium	Brussels	30–31 May	Macron attended a special meeting of the European Council.
Romania	Constanța	14–15 June	Macron visited the French troops based in Constanța. He also met with President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă.
Moldova	Chișinău	15 June	Macron met with President Maia Sandu.
Ukraine	Kyiv, Irpin	16 June	Macron met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi 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	Macron attended in Brussels a EU-Western Balkans Leaders meeting, a European Council and a Euro summit.
Germany	Schloss Elmau	25–28 June	Macron travelled to the Bavarian Alps to attend the 48th G7 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Spain	Madrid	28–30 June	Macron attended the 32nd NATO summit.
Portugal	Lisbon	30 June	Macron attended the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference.
Cameroon	Yaoundé	25–26 July	Macron met with Presidents Paul Biya , Patrice Talon and Umaro Sissoco Embaló and french local communities.
Benin	Cotonou	26–27 July
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	27–28 July
Algeria	Algiers, Oran	25–27 August	Macron met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
United Kingdom	London	18–19 September	Macron attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey and met with King Charles III at a reception at Buckingham Palace.
United States	New York City	19–21 September	Macron attended the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
Germany	Berlin	3 October	Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a working dinner.
Czech Republic	Prague	6–7 October	Macron attended at Prague Castle the 1st European Political Community Summit and an informal European Council.
Belgium	Brussels	20–21 October	Macron attended the European Council.
Italy	Rome	23–24 October	Macron participated in an international forum on peace. He also met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Vatican City	Vatican City	24 October	Macron met with Pope Francis.^[45]
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	7 November	Macron attended the COP27.
Indonesia	Bali	14–16 November	Macron travelled to Bali to attend the G20 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Thailand	Bangkok	16–18 November	Macron attended the APEC summit. He also met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and with the French community in Bangkok.
Tunisia	Djerba	19 November	Macron attended the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Summit.
United States	Washington, D.C., New Orleans	29 November – 2 December	Macron met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Congressional leaders during an official State Visit. He also met with the French community in Washington and travelled to New Orleans.
Albania	Tirana	6 December	Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Spain	Alicante	9 December	Macron attended the 9th EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
Qatar	Al Khor	14 December	Macron attended the semi-final between France and Morocco of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Belgium	Brussels	15 December	Macron attended the European Council.
Qatar	Lusail	18 December	Macron attended the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Argentina.
Jordan	Amman	20–21 December	Macron attended the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership. He also met with King Abdullah II.

2023

President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 11 April 2023

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Spain	Barcelona	19 January	Macron attended the Franco-Spanish Summit alongside Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Netherlands	The Hague	30 January	Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Belgium	Brussels	9 February	Macron attended the European Council.
Germany	Munich	17 February	Macron attended the 59th Munich Security Conference.
Gabon	Libreville	1–2 March	Macron attended the One Forest Summit, met with President Ali Bongo Ondimba and with the French community in Libreville.
Angola	Luanda	3 March	Macron met with Presidents João Lourenço, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi and french local communities.
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	3 March
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	4 March
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 March	Macron attended a European Council and a Euro summit.
China	Beijing, Guangzhou	5–8 April	Macron paid a state visit to China and met with President Xi Jinping.
Netherlands	Amsterdam, The Hague	11–12 April	Macron paid a state visit to the Netherlands. He met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Belgium	Ostend	24 April	Macron attended the second edition of the North Sea Summit.
United Kingdom	London	6 May	Macron attended the coronation of King Charles III.
Iceland	Reykjavík	16–17 May	Macron attended the 4th Council of Europe summit.
Japan	Hiroshima	19–21 May	Macron attended the G7 summit.
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	21 May	Macron met with President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh for the first visit of a French President to Mongolia.^[46]
Slovakia	Bratislava	31 May	Macron met with President Zuzana Čaputová and delivered a speech at GLOBSEC Forum.
Moldova	Chișinău, Bulboaca	1 June	Macron attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit.
Germany	Potsdam	6 June	Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz for an informal dinner.
Belgium	Brussels	29–30 June	Macron attended the European Council.
Lithuania	Vilnius	11–12 July	Macron attended the 33rd NATO summit.
Belgium	Brussels	17–18 July	Macron attended the EU-CELAC summit
Vanuatu	Port-Vila	27–29 July	First French president to travel to non-French Pacific islands, Macron made historic visits to clarify the strategy of French diplomacy in the heart of the Indo-Pacific.^[47]
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	27–29 July
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	29 July	First time that a French president has visited this island. Met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.^[48]
India	New Delhi	9–10 September	Macron attended the G20 summit.
Bangladesh	Dhaka	10–11 September	Macron met with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Italy	Rome	26 September	Macron attended the state funeral of former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Malta	Valletta	29 September	Macron attended the EU Med summit.
Spain	Granada	5–6 October	Macron attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit.
Germany	Hamburg	9–10 October	Macron met with Chancellor Scholz.
Albania	Tirana	16–17 October	Macron met with Prime Minister Edi Rama following the Berlin Process Summit to promote stronger cooperation between the European Union and the Western Balkans countries.
Israel	Tel Aviv	24 October^[49]	Macron met with Benjamin Netanyahu.^[49]
Palestine	Ramallah	25 October^[50]	Macron met with Mahmoud Abbas.^[51]
Jordan	Amman	25 October^[50]	Macron met with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Egypt	Cairo	26 October^[50]	Macron met with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Belgium	Brussels	26–27 October	Macron attended the European Council.
Kazakhstan	Astana	1 November^[52]	Macron met with president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Uzbekistan	Samarkand	2 November^[52]	Macron met with president Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Switzerland	Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne	15–16 November	Macron paid a state visit to Switzerland and met with President Alain Berset.
Germany	Berlin	20 November	Macron attended the conference of the G20 "Compact with Africa".
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1 December	Macron attended the COP 28.
Qatar	Doha	2 December	Macron met with Emir sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Belgium	Brussels	13–15 December	Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit followed by the European Council.
Jordan	Aqaba	22 December	Macron met with King Abdullah II of Jordan and celebrated Christmas with French troops on an air base.

2024

More information Country, Areas visited ...

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Switzerland	Davos	17 January	Macron spoke at the 54th World Economic Forum.
Germany	Berlin	22 January	Macron spoke at the Bundestag during a tribute to Wolfgang Schäuble. He also met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
India	Jaipur, New Delhi	25–26 January	Macron was invited as chief guest to celebrate India's 75th Republic Day celebration. He met with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sweden	Stockholm, Lund, Malmö	30–31 January	Macron paid a State Visit to Sweden. Macron met King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and other members of the Swedish royal family. Macron also met Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Belgium	Brussels	1 February	Macron attended a Special European Council to discuss budget support to Ukraine.
Czech Republic	Prague	5 March	Macron met with President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
Germany	Berlin	15 March	Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in as part of the Weimar Triangle to discuss aid to Ukraine.
Belgium	Brussels	21–22 March	Macron attended the Nuclear Energy Summit and the European Council summit.
Brazil	Bélem, Itaguai, Brasilia, São Paulo	26–28 March	Macron made a State visit to Brazil and met with President Lula. It was Macron's first visit to Brazil as President and his first trip to Latin America since 2018.^[53]
Belgium	Brussels	17-18 April	Macron attended an extraordinary European Council.

Future trips

More information Country, Areas visited ...

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Germany	Berlin	26–28 May 2024	Macron will pay a state visit to Germany.
Italy	Apulia	13–15 June 2024	Macron will attend the G7 summit.
Belgium	Brussels	27–28 June 2024	Macron will attend the European Council summit.
United States	Washington, D.C.	9–11 July 2024	Macron will attend the 75th NATO summit.
United Kingdom	Woodstock	18 July 2024	Macron will attend the 4th EPC Summit in the UK.
United States	New York City	24 September 2024	Macron will attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	18–19 November 2024	Macron will attend the G20 summit.

Multilateral meetings

More information Group, Year ...

Group	Year
Group	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
UN GA	18–20 September, New York City	24–26 September, New York City	23–25 September, New York City	22 September, New York City (videoconference)	27 September,^[a] New York City	20 September, New York City	21 September,^[b] New York City	TBD, New York City
G7	26–27 May, Taormina	8–9 June, La Malbaie	24–26 August, Biarritz	10–12 June, Camp David (cancelled)	11–13 June, Carbis Bay	26–28 June, Schloss Elmau	19–21 May, Hiroshima	13–15 June, Apulia
G-20	7–8 July, Hamburg	30 November – 1 December, Buenos Aires	28–29 June, Osaka	21–22 November, Riyadh (videoconference)	30–31 October, Rome	15–16 November, Bali	9–10 September, New Delhi	18–19 November, Rio de Janeiro
NATO	25 May, Brussels	11–12 July, Brussels	3–4 December, Watford		14 June, Brussels	24 March, Brussels	11–12 July, Vilnius	9–11 July, Washington
NATO	25 May, Brussels	11–12 July, Brussels	3–4 December, Watford		14 June, Brussels	28–30 June, Madrid	11–12 July, Vilnius	9–11 July, Washington
NSS								TBD
OIF		11–12 October, Yerevan				19–20 November, Djerba
EP	24 November, Brussels				15 December, Brussels
ASEM		18–19 October, Brussels			21–22 November, Phnom Penh (videoconference)
EU–CELAC	26–27 October, San Salvador						17–18 July, Brussels	TBD
EU	22–23 June, 19–20 October, 14–15 December, Brussels	23 February, 22–23 March, 28–29 June, 17–18 October, 25 November, 13–14 December, Brussels	21–22 March, 10 April, 20–21 June, 30 June – 2 July, 17–18 October, 12–13 December, Brussels	10 March (videoconference) 17 March (videoconference), 26 March (videoconference), 23 April (videoconference), 19 June (videoconference), 15–16 October, 10–11 December, Brussels	24–25 May, 24–25 June, 21–22 October, 16 December, Brussels	24–25 March, 23–24 June, 20–21 October, 15 December, Brussels	23–24 March, 29–30 June, 26–27 October, 14–15 December, Brussels	21–22 March, Brussels
Euro summit	15 December, Brussels	23 March, 29 June, 18 October, 14 December, Brussels	21 June, 13 December, Brussels	11 December, Brussels	25 March (videoconference), 25 June, 16 December, Brussels	24 June, Brussels	24 March, Brussels	TBD, Brussels
██ = Did not attend; ██ = Future event. ^a Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attended in the President's place. ^b Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna attended in the President's place.

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