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This is thelist of international trips made byFriedrich Merz, who is currently serving asChancellor ofGermany since 6 May 2025.

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Country	Location(s)	Date	Details	Image
France	Paris	7 May	Met with PresidentEmmanuel Macron.[1]
Poland	Warsaw		Met with Prime MinisterDonald Tusk, emphasizing relations within theWeimar Triangle.
Belgium	Brussels	9 May	Met with President of the European CommissionUrsula von der Leyen.[2] InNATO headquarters met with Secretary GeneralMark Rutte for bilateral talks, and to discuss preparation of the NATO Summit in The Hague.[3]
Ukraine	Kyiv	10 May	Merz travelled to Kyiv with French PresidentEmmanuel Macron, British Prime MinisterKeir Starmer, and Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk to meet PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy and display European unity in support of Ukraine.[4]
Albania	Tirana	16 May	Merz attended the6th European Political Community Summit.
Italy	Rome	17 May	Merz met with Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni.
Vatican City	Vatican City	18 May	Merz attended inauguration mass and met withPope Leo XIV.
Lithuania	Vilnius	22 May	Merz visited Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade aimed at strengthening NATO's presence and deterring Russian threats in the Baltic region.[5][6]
Finland	Turku,Kultaranta	26-27 May	Participation in the Nordic Summit; meetings with PresidentAlexander Stubb and Prime MinisterPetteri Orpo.
United States	Washington DC	5 June	Merz met with PresidentDonald Trump.
Canada	Kananaskis	15–17 June	Merz attended the51st G7 summit.
Netherlands	The Hague	24–25 June	Merz attended the2025 NATO summit.
Belgium	Brussels	26–27 June	Merz attended theEuropean Council summit.
Italy	Rome	10 July	Merz attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference.
United Kingdom	London	17 July	Merz met with Prime MinisterKeir Starmer.
United States	Washington, D.C.	18 August	Merz attended aWhite House multilateral meeting on Ukraine, in which he held peace talks with US President Trump, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, and other European leaders following theTrump–Putin Alaska Summit.
Moldova	Chișinău	27 August	Merz met with Moldovan PresidentMaia Sandu along with French PresidentEmmanuel Macron and Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk.
France	Toulon	28–29 August	Attended theFranco-German Ministerial Council.
France	Évian-les-Bains	4 September	Met with PresidentEmmanuel Macron.
Spain	Madrid	18 September	Met with Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez.
Denmark	Copenhagen	1–2 October	Participation in the informal meeting ofEU heads of state and government. He attended the7th European Political Community Summit.
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	13 October	Merz attended theSharm El Sheikh summit which included the signing of theGaza peace plan to end theGaza war.
United Kingdom	London	22 October	AttendedWestern Balkans Summit
Belgium	Brussels	23–24 October	Merz attended theEuropean Council summit.
Turkey	Ankara	30 October	Wreath-laying ceremony at theAtatürk Mausoleum. Meeting with PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Brazil	Belém	7 November	Merz attended theCOP30 pre-conference.
South Africa	Johannesburg	22–23 November	Merz attended the2025 G20 Johannesburg summit.

Friedrich Merz is scheduled to participate in the followingsummits during his chancellorship:

Group	Year
	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
UNGA	September, New York City	TBD, New York City	TBD, New York City	TBD, New York City	TBD, New York City
NATO	24–25 June, The Hague	7–8 July, Ankara	TBD, Tirana	TBA	TBA
Ukraine Recovery Conference	10–11 July, Rome	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
G7	16–17 June Kananaskis	14–16 June Évian-les-Bains	TBD, United States	TBD, United Kingdom	TBD, Germany
G20	22–23 November Johannesburg	14–15 December Miami	TBA	TBA	TBA
EPC	16 May Tirana	4 May Yerevan	TBD TBD	TBD TBD	TBD
	2 October Copenhagen	TBD TBD	TBD, TBD	TBD TBD	TBD TBD
COP	7 November, Belém	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Others	Multilateral meeting on Ukraine 18 August Washington	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
██ = Did not attend. ██ = Future event.

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