List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

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This is a list of international trips made by Angela Merkel, the 8th Chancellor of Germany, since her assumption of office on 22 November 2005 to 8 December 2021, the date of the election and investiture of Olaf Scholz, new chancellor.

Summary of international trips

A map of all the countries she visited as of February 2015.
See also: Foreign relations of Germany and Foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government
List of international trips made by Angela Merkel

2005

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 France Paris 23 November First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany
 Belgium Brussels 24 November
 United Kingdom London 24 November
 Spain Barcelona 27 November
 Poland Warsaw 2 December
 Belgium Brussels 16–17 December

2006

Country Areas visited Date(s) Image(s)
 Austria Vienna 2 January
 United States Washington, D.C. 12–13 January
 Russia Moscow 16 January
 France Versailles 23 January
 Israel Jerusalem 29 January
Palestine "Palestinian territories"[a] Ramallah
 United States New York City and Washington D.C. 4–5 April
 Russia Tomsk 26 April
 Slovakia Bratislava 11 May
 Austria Vienna 12 May
China China Beijing and Shanghai 22–23 May
 Russia Saint Petersburg 15–17 July
 France Paris 25 August
 Finland Helsinki 10–11 September
 France Compiègne 23 September
 Italy Castel Gandolfo 28 September
 Turkey Istanbul 6 October
 France Paris 12 October
 Finland Lahti 20 October
 Netherlands The Hague 27 October
 United Kingdom London 3 November
 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 15 November
 Italy Milan 7 December
 Belgium Brussels 15 December
 Finland Helsinki 19 December
 Denmark Copenhagen

2007

Country Areas visited Date(s) Image(s)
 United States Washington, D.C. 5 January
 Slovenia Ljubljana 15 January
 France Strasbourg 17 January
 Russia Sochi 21 January
  Switzerland Davos 24 January
 Egypt Cairo 3 February
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 4 February
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi and Dubai 5–6 February
 Kuwait Kuwait City 6 February
 France Strasbourg 13 February
Cannes 15 February
 Belgium Brussels 7 March
 Poland Warsaw 16 March
 Italy Rome 19 March
 Jordan Amman and Aqaba 31 March
 Israel Jerusalem 1 April
Palestine "Palestinian territories"[a] Ramallah
 Lebanon Beirut 2 April
 United States Washington, D.C. 29–30 April
 Croatia Zagreb 11 May
 Russia Samara 17–18 May
 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 17 June
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 June
 France Toulouse 16 July
 Greece Athens 20 July
 Denmark Ilulissat 17–18 August
 Hungary Budapest 21 August
 United Kingdom London 22 August
China China Beijing and Nanjing 26–28 August
 Japan Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka 28–31 August
 United States New York City 24–25 September
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 4 October
 South Africa Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town 5–6 October
 Liberia Monrovia 7 October
 India New Delhi and Mumbai 29 October to 1 November
 Afghanistan Kabul 3 November
 United States Crawford, Texas 9–10 November
 France Paris 13 December
 Portugal Lisbon 8 December
13 December
 Belgium Brussels 14 December

2008

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 United Kingdom London 29 January
 Spain Palma 31 January
 Russia Moscow 8 March
 Belgium Brussels 14 March
 Israel Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 14–16 March
 Romania Bucharest 3–4 April See 2008 Bucharest summit
 Norway Oslo 12 April
 Ireland Dublin 14 April
 France Strasbourg 15 April
 Switzerland Bern and Geneva 29 April
 Brazil Brasília and São Paulo 13–15 May
 Peru Lima 15–16 May
 Colombia Bogotá 16–17 May
 Mexico Mexico City 17–18 May
 Japan Tōyako 7–8 July
 France Paris 13 July
 Algeria Algiers 17 July
 Ukraine Kyiv 21 July
 Russia Sochi 15–16 August
 Georgia Tbilisi 17 August
 Sweden Stockholm 25 August
 Estonia Tallinn 26 August
 Lithuania Vilnius 26 August
 Belgium Brussels 1 September
 Poland Wrocław 24 September
 Russia Saint Petersburg 2 October
 France Paris 4 October
Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 11 October
Paris 12 October
 Belgium Brussels 16 October
 Czech Republic Prague 20 October
China China Beijing 23–25 October
 United Kingdom London 30 October
 United States Washington D.C. 14–15 November
 Belgium Brussels 7 November
 Italy Trieste 18 November
 France Paris 24 November
 Poland Warsaw 9 December
 Belgium Brussels 11–12 December

2009

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 France Paris 8 January
 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 13 January
 Israel Jerusalem 13 January
 Switzerland Davos 30 January
 Belgium Brussels 1 March
20 March
 United Kingdom London 1 April
 France Strasbourg 4 April
 Czech Republic Prague 5 April
 Afghanistan Kunduz 6 April
 Czech Republic Prague 7 May
 Poland Kraków 4 June
 France Paris 11 June
 Belgium Brussels 19 June
 United States Washington, D.C. 26 June
 Italy L'Aquila 8–10 July
 Russia Sochi 14 August
 Hungary Sopron 19 August
 Poland Gdańsk 1 September 70th anniversary of the September campaign
 Belgium Brussels 17 September
 United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 24–25 September
 Belgium Brussels 29–30 October
 United States Washington, D.C. 2–3 November
 France Paris 11 November
 Belgium Brussels 19 November
10–11 December
 Denmark Copenhagen 17–18 December

2010

Dmitry Medvedev greeting Merkel prior to the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
A joint press conference between Merkel and Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 France Paris 4 February
 Belgium Brussels 11 February
 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 9 March
 Netherlands The Hague 11 March
 Belgium Brussels 25–26 March
 Turkey Istanbul and Ankara 29–30 March
 United Kingdom Chequers and London 1 April
 United States Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles 12–15 April
 Portugal Lisbon 16 April
 Italy Bolzano 17–18 April
 Belgium Brussels 7 May
 Russia Moscow 8–9 May See 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
 Belgium Brussels 17 June
 Canada Huntsville and Toronto 25–27 June See 36th G8 summit and 2010 G20 Toronto summit
 South Africa Cape Town 3 July See 2010 FIFA World Cup
 Russia Yekaterinburg 15 July[1][2]
China China Beijing and Xi'an 16–17 July
 Kazakhstan Astana 18 July
 Lithuania Vilnius 6 September
 Latvia Riga 7 September
 Belgium Brussels 16 September
 United States New York City 20–21 September
 Belgium Brussels 4 October
 Bulgaria Sofia 11 October
 Romania Bucharest 12 October[3]
 France Deauville 18–19 October
 Belgium Brussels 28–29 September
 United Kingdom Chequers 20–21 September
 Belgium Brussels 30–31 October
 Republic of Korea Seoul 11–12 November See 2010 G20 Seoul summit
 Belgium Brussels and Bruges 12 November
 Portugal Lisbon 19–20 November See 2010 Lisbon summit
 Kazakhstan Astana 1 December
 Belgium Brussels 16–17 December
 Afghanistan Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif 18 December

2011

Merkel with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Madrid, February 2011
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Malta Valletta 10 January
 Cyprus Nicosia 11 January
 Switzerland Davos 28 January
 Israel Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 31 January to 1 February
 Spain Madrid 3 February
 Belgium Brussels 4 February
 Poland Warsaw 7 February
 Slovakia Bratislava 11 February
 Belgium Brussels 11 March
 France Paris 19 March
 Belgium Brussels 24–25 March
 France Deauville 26–27 May See 37th G8 summit
 India New Delhi 31 May
 Singapore Central Area 1 June
 United States Washington, D.C. 7–8 June
 Switzerland Geneva 14 June
 Poland Warsaw 21 June
 Belgium Brussels 23–24 June
 Poland Hel Peninsula 9 July
 Kenya Nairobi 12 July
 Angola Luanda 13 July
 Nigeria Abuja 14 July
 Belgium Brussels 21 July
 France Paris 16 August
 Croatia Zagreb 22 August
 Serbia Belgrade 23 August
 Slovenia Ljubljana 30 August
 France Paris 1 September
 Poland Warsaw 29–30 September
 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
 France Cannes 2–3 November See 2011 G20 Cannes summit
 Belgium Brussels 8–9 December
 Kosovo Pristina 19 December

2012

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Switzerland Davos 25 January
 Belgium Brussels 30 January
China China Beijing and Guangzhou 1 February
 France Paris 6 February
 Belgium Brussels 1–2 March
 Italy Rome 13 March
 Czech Republic Prague 3 April
 United States Camp David and Chicago 18–20 May See 38th G8 summit and 2012 Chicago summit
 Belgium Brussels 23 May
 Mexico Los Cabos 18–19 June See 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit
 Italy Rome 22 June
 France Paris 27 June
 Belgium Brussels 28–29 June
 Italy Rome 4 July
 France Reims 8 July
 Indonesia Jakarta 9–11 July
 Canada Ottawa and Gatineau 15–16 August
 Moldova Chișinău 22 August
China China Beijing and Tianjin 29–30 August
 Spain Madrid 6 September
 Austria Vienna 7 September
 Greece Athens 9 October
 Belgium Brussels 18–19 October
 Belgium Brussels 7 November
 United Kingdom London 7 November
 Portugal Lisbon 12 November
 Russia Moscow 16 November
 Belgium Brussels 22–23 November
 Norway Oslo 10 December
 Belgium Brussels 13–14 December

2013

Merkel with Nicos Anastasiades in Limassol, January 2013.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Cyprus Limassol 12 January
 Switzerland Davos 24 January
 Chile Santiago 26–27 January
 France Paris 6 February
 Belgium Brussels 7–8 February
 Norway Oslo 20 February
 Turkey Ankara, Kahramanmaraş and Göreme 24–25 February
 Poland Warsaw 6 March
 Belgium Brussels 15–15 March
 Vatican Vatican City 19 March
 Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz 10 May
 Vatican Vatican City 18 May
 Belgium Brussels 22 May
 Netherlands Nijmegen 23 May
 United Kingdom London 25 May
 France Paris 30 May
 United Kingdom Lough Erne 17–18 June
 Russia Saint Petersburg 21 June
 Belgium Brussels 28–29 June
 Russia Saint Petersburg 5–6 September
 Belgium Gent 19 October
Brussels 24–25 October
 France Paris 12 November
 Lithuania Vilnius 28–29 November
 France Paris 18 December
 Belgium Brussels 19–20 December

2014

Merkel with Sybrand van Haersma Buma in Dublin, March 2014.
Merkel with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, March 2014
Merkel with U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House garden, May 2014.
Merkel with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron in Flen Municipality, June 2014.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 France Paris 19 February
 Israel Jerusalem 24–25 February
 United Kingdom London 27 February
 Belgium Brussels 6 March
 Ireland Dublin 7 March
 Poland Warsaw 12 March
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 March
 Netherlands The Hague 24–25 March
 Belgium Brussels 2–3 April
 Greece Athens 11 April
 United States Washington D.C. 2 May
 Belgium Brussels 27 May
4–5 June See 40th G7 summit
 France Ouistreham and Ranville 6 June 70th anniversary of D-Day
 Sweden Flen Municipality 9–10 June
 Brazil Brasília and Salvador 15–16 June See 2014 FIFA World Cup
 Belgium Ypres und Brussels 26–27 June
China China Beijing and Chengdu 6–8 July
 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 13 July See 2014 FIFA World Cup
 Croatia Dubrovnik 15 July
 Belgium Brussels 16 July
 Latvia Riga 18 August
 Ukraine Kyiv 23 August
 Spain Santiago de Compostela 24–25 August
 Belgium Brussels 30 August
 United Kingdom Newport 4–5 September See 2014 Wales summit
 Italy Milan 16–17 October
 Slovakia Bratislava 20 October
 Belgium Brussels 23–24 October
Ypres and Nieuwpoort 28 October 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres[6][7][8]
 New Zealand Auckland and Motutapu Island 13–14 November
 Australia Brisbane and Sydney 15–17 November See 2014 G20 Brisbane summit
 Poland Krzyżowa 20 November
 Belgium Brussels 18–19 December

2015

Merkel with Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande in the Moscow Kremlin.
Merkel with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, February 2015.
Merkel (center) at the Minsk II talks in Minsk, Belarus.
Merkel with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, October 2015.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 United Kingdom London 7 January
 France Paris 11 January
 Switzerland Davos 22 January
 Italy Florence 22–23 January
 France Strasbourg 30 January
 Hungary Budapest 2 February
 Ukraine Kyiv 5 February
 Russia Moscow 6 February Trilateral Summit with French President Francois Hollande[9]
 United States Washington D.C. 8–9 February
 Canada Ottawa 9–10 February
 Belarus Minsk 11–12 February See Minsk II[10]
 Belgium Brussels 12 February
 France Paris 20 February
 Italy Rome 20–21 February
 Vatican Vatican City 20 February
 Belgium Brussels 4 March
 Japan Tokyo and Kawasaki 9–10 March
 Belgium Brussels 19–20 March
 France Seyne 25 March
 Finland Helsinki 30 March
 Belgium Brussels 23 April
 Poland Warsaw 27 April
 Denmark Copenhagen 28 April
 Russia Moscow 10 May See Victory Day (9 May)[11][12][13]
 Switzerland Geneva 18 May
 Latvia Riga 20–21 May
 Belgium Brussels 10–11 June
22 June
25–26 June
 France Paris 6 July
 Belgium Brussels 7 July
 Albania Tirana 8 July
 Serbia Belgrade 8 July
 Bosnia Sarajevo 9 July
 Belgium Brussels 12 July
 Italy Milan 17 August
 Brazil Brasília 19–20 August
 Austria Vienna 27 August See 2015 Western Balkans Summit, Vienna
 Switzerland Bern 3 September
 Belgium Brussels 23 September
 United States New York City 24–27 September
 France Paris 2 October
 India New Delhi and Bangalore 4–6 October
 France Strasbourg 7 October
 United Kingdom Chequers 9 October
 Belgium Brussels 15–16 October
 Turkey Istanbul 18 October
 Belgium Brussels 25 October
 France Paris 27 October
China China Beijing and Hefei 28–30 October
 Malta Valletta 11–12 November
 Turkey Antalya 15–16 November See 2015 G20 Antalya summit
 France Paris 25 November See COP21 Summit
 Belgium Brussels 29 November
 France Paris 30 November
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 December

2016

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 United Kingdom London 4 February
 France Strasbourg 7 February
 United Kingdom London 7 January
 Turkey Ankara 8 February
 Belgium Brussels 18–19 February
 France Paris 4 March
 Belgium Brussels 7 March
17–18 March
 France Metz 7 April
 Netherlands Middelburg and Eindhoven 21 April
 Turkey Gaziantep 23 April
 Italy Rome 5 May
 Vatican Vatican City 6 May
 Turkey Istanbul 22–23 May
 Japan Shima 26–27 May See 42nd G7 summit
 France Verdun 29 May
 Switzerland Schattdorf and Pollegio 1 June
China China Beijing and Shenyang 12–14 June
 France Paris 4 July See 2016 Western Balkans Summit, Paris
 Poland Warsaw 8–9 July See 2016 Warsaw summit
 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 13–14 July [14]
 Mongolia Ulanbaatar 15–16 July
 Italy Ventotene 22 August
 Estonia Tallinn 24–25 August
 Czech Republic Prague 25 August
 Poland Warsaw 26 August
 Italy Maranello 31 August
 France Évian-les-Bains 2 September
China China Hangzhou 4–5 September See 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
 France Paris 15 September
 Slovakia Bratislava 16 September
 Austria Vienna 24 September
 Mali Bamako 9 October
 Niger Niamey 10 October
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 11 October
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 October
15 December

2017

Merkel and Beata Szydło in Warsaw, February 2017.
Merkel with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, March 2017.
Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, May 2017.
Merkel at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, May 2017.
Merkel with the Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, June 2017.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 12 January
 Belgium Brussels 12 January
 Sweden Stockholm 31 January
 Turkey Ankara 2 February
 Malta Valletta 2–3 February
 Poland Warsaw 7 February
 Egypt Cairo 2 March
 Tunisia Tunis 3 March
 France Versailles 6 March
 Belgium Brussels 9–10 March
 United States Washington D.C. 17 March
 Vatican Vatican City 24 March
 Italy Rome 24–25 March
 Belgium Brussels 29 April
 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 30 April
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1 May
 Russia Sochi 2 May
 Belgium Brussels 25 May See 2017 Brussels summit
 Italy Taormina 26–27 May See 43rd G7 summit
 Argentina Buenos Aires 8 June
 Mexico Mexico City 9–10 June
 Italy Rome 16–17 June
 Vatican Vatican City 16 June
 Belgium Brussels 22–23 June
 France Strasbourg 1 July
 Italy Trieste 12 July See 2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste
 France Paris 13 July
28 August
 Estonia Tallinn 29 September
 Belgium Brussels 19–20 October Merkel attended the European Council meeting.
24 November
 Ivory Coast Abidjan 29 November
 France Paris 13 December

2018

Merkel with the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, March 2018
Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, May 2018.
Merkel at the 44th G7 summit La Malbaie, June 2018.
Merkel alongside world leaders during a summit in Istanbul on Syria, October 2018.
Merkel with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, August 2018.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 France Paris 19 January
 Bulgaria Sofia 20 January
 France Paris 16 March
 Poland Warsaw 19 March
 Belgium Brussels 22–23 March
 United States Washington, D.C. 27 April[15]
 Italy Assisi 12 May
 Bulgaria Sofia 16–17 May[16]
 Russia Sochi 18 May[17]
China China Beijing and Shenzhen 23–25 May
 Portugal Braga, Porto and Lisbon 30–31 May
 Italy Eppan 3 June
 Canada La Malbaie 8–9 June
 Jordan Amman 21 June
 Lebanon Beirut 22 June
 Belgium Brussels 24 June
28–29 June
 United Kingdom London 10 July[18]
 Belgium Brussels 11–12 July
 Spain Almonte 11–12 August
 Georgia Tbilisi and Odzisi 23 August[19]
 Armenia Yerevan 24 August[20]
 Azerbaijan Baku 25 August[21]
 Senegal Dakar 29 August
 Ghana Accra 30 August
 Nigeria Abuja 31 August[22]
 France Marseille 7 September
North Macedonia Macedonia[b] Skopje 8 September
 Lithuania Vilnius and Rukla 14 September
 Algeria Algiers 17 September
 Austria Salzburg 19–20 September
 Israel Jerusalem 3–4 October
 Netherlands The Hague 10 October
 Belgium Brussels 17–19 October
 Czech Republic Prague 26 October Attended the 100th anniversary of the founding of the former Czechoslovakia[23][24][25][26]
 Turkey Istanbul 27 October[27]
 Ukraine Kyiv 1 November
 Poland Warsaw 2 November
 Finland Helsinki 7 November
 France Paris and Compiègne 10–11 November[28]
Strasbourg 13 November
 Belgium Brussels 25 November
 Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November to 1 December See 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit[29]
 United States Washington, D.C. 5 December Attended the state funeral of George H. W. Bush
 Morocco Marrakesh 9–10 December
 Belgium Brussels 13–14 December

2019

Merkel in Sibiu in May 2019
Merkel meeting with Pedro Sánchez, Acting Prime Minister of Spain, on 28 May 2019 in Brussels
Merkel in Osaka in June 2019
Merkel with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris in December 2019
Merkel at the Normandy Format with French president Emmanuel Macron, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Greece Athens 10–11 January See Germany-Greece relations.[30][31][32]
  Switzerland Davos 23–24 January Attended the World Economic Forum.
 Japan Tokyo 3–5 February
 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh 24–25 February
 France Paris 27 February
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 March
 France Paris 26 March See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit
 Italy Assisi 29 March
 Ireland Dublin 4 April
 Belgium Brussels 10 April
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 1 May[33]
 Mali Gao 2 May[33]
 Niger Niamey 3 May[33]
 Romania Sibiu 9 May
 Croatia Zagreb 18 May
 Belgium Brussels 28 May
 United States Cambridge, Boston 30 May Delivered a speech for the Harvard University Class of 2019[34]
 United Kingdom Portsmouth 5 June 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings[35]
 Switzerland Geneva 11 June
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 June
 Japan Osaka 27–28 June See 2019 G20 Osaka summit[36][37][38]
 Belgium Brussels 30 June to 2 July
 Poland Poznań 5 July[39] See 2019 Western Balkans Summit, Poznań
 France Paris 14 July See Bastille Day military parade[40][41][42]
 Hungary Sopron 19 August Attended the 30th anniversary of the "Pan-European Picnic"[43][44][45][46]
 Iceland Reykjavík and Þingvellir 19–20 August
 Netherlands The Hague 22 August
 France Biarritz 24–26 August See 45th G7 summit
 Poland Warsaw 1 September 80th anniversary of the September campaign
China China Beijing 6–7 September
 United States New York 22–24 September Attended the UN General Assembly
 France Paris 30 September See Death and state funeral of Jacques Chirac.
13 October
 India New Delhi 31 October to 2 November
 Italy Rome 11 November Official visit
 Croatia Zagreb 20 November Official visit
 United Kingdom London and Watford 3–4 December See 2019 London summit
 Poland Oświęcim 6 December
 France Paris 9 December See Normandy Format
 Belgium Brussels 12–13 December

2020

Merkel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, January 2020.
Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s)
 Russia Moscow 11 January
  Switzerland Davos 23 January Attended the World Economic Forum.
 Turkey Istanbul 24 January[47]
 South Africa Pretoria 5–6 February
 Angola Luanda 7 February
 Belgium Brussels 20 February Attended a European Summit.
8 July Speech in the European Parliament.
Note: First trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
17–21 July Attended a Special European Summit.
 France Bormes-les-Mimosas 20 August Discussed the 2020 Belarusian protests and COVID-19 with President Macron.
 Belgium Brussels 1–2 October Participation in the European Council.
15–16 October
10–11 December

2021

Country Areas visited Date(s) Note(s) Image
 United Kingdom Carbis Bay 11–13 June
 Belgium Brussels 14 June
Brussels 24–25 June Attended a European Summit.
 United Kingdom Ellesborough, Windsor 2 July
 United States Washington, D.C. 15 July
Merkel with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, 15 July 2021.
Merkel with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, 15 July 2021.
 Russia Moscow 20 August
 Ukraine Kyiv 22–24 August[48]
 Poland Warsaw 11 September
 Serbia Belgrade 13 September
 Albania Tirana 14 September
 France Paris 16 September
 Slovenia Predoslje 5–6 October Attended a EU-Western Balkan Summit.
 Italy Rome 7 October
 Vatican City Vatican City
 Israel Jerusalem, Yad Vashem 9–11 October
 Spain Cuacos de Yuste 14 October
 Belgium Brussels 15 October
 Turkey Istanbul 16 October See Germany-Turkey relations and Turkey-European Union relations.
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 October Attended a European Summit.
 Greece Athens 29 October
 Italy Rome 30–31 October
 United Kingdom Glasgow 1–3 November Attended the COP26 Summit.
 France Beaune 3 November Merkel received the Legion of Honour.
Paris 12 November Attended an international conference on Libya
Note: Last trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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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