List of international trips made by Maia Sandu

Official welcoming ceremony held for Sandu in Kyiv, January 2021.

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Maia Sandu, the 6th President of Moldova and the former Prime Minister of Moldova (serving in 2019).

International trips as Prime Minister[]

Sandu with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, July 2019.

Date	Country	City	Notes
2 July 2019	Romania[1]	Bucharest	Met with: Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania Viorica Dăncilă – Prime Minister of Romania Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu – President of the Senate Ion-Marcel Ciolacu – President of the Chamber of Deputies
3–4 July 2019	Belgium[2]	Brussels	Met with: Donald Tusk – President of the European Council Johannes Hahn – European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Pierre Moscovici – European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Cecilia Malmström – European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič – Vice-President of the European Commission Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary General of NATO
11 July 2019	Ukraine[3]	Kyiv	Met with: Volodymyr Zelensky – President of Ukraine
16 July 2019	Germany[4]	Berlin	Met with: Angela Markel – Chancellor of Germany Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer – Federal Minister of Defense; Leader of the CDU
22 August 2019	Lithuania[5]	Vilnius	Met with: Gitanas Nausėda – President of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis – Prime Minister of Lithuania Linas Antanas Linkevičius – Minister of Foreign Affairs
11 September 2019	USA[6][7][8]	Washington, D.C.	Met with: Mike Pence – Vice President of the United States Ivanka Trump – Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Justin Muzinich – Deputy Secretary of the Treasury David Norquist – Deputy Secretary of Defense Eliot Engel – Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

As President[]

Map of international trips made by Maia Sandu as president

Date	Country	City	Notes
12 January 2021	Ukraine[9][10]	Kyiv	Met with: Volodymyr Zelensky – President of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal – Prime Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
18–19 January 2021	Belgium[11]	Brussels	Met with: Ursula von der Leyen – President of the European Commission David Sassoli – President of the European Parliament Charles Michel – President of the European Council Josep Borrell – Vice-President of the European Commission; High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Valdis Dombrovkis – Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People; European Commissioner for Trade Johannes Hahn – European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Didier Reynders – European Commissioner for Justice Olivér Várhelyi – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Philippe, King of the Belgians
3–4 February 2021	France[12]	Paris	Met with: Emmanuel Macron – President of France Gérard Larcher – President of the Senate Richard Ferrand – President of the National Assembly Jean-Yves Le Drian – Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Amélie de Montchalin – Minister of the Transformation and Public Service Louise Mushikiwabo – Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Didier Migaud – President of the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life
18–19 April 2021	France	Strasbourg	Met with: Jeanne Barseghian – Mayor of Strasbourg Joseph Daul – Former President of the European People's Party Marija Pejčinović Burić – Secretary General of the Council of Europe Hendrik Daems – President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Leen Verbeek – King's Commissioner of Flevoland – President of the Venice Commission Dunja Mijatović – Commissioner for Human Rights Carlo Monticelli – Vice-Governor for Financial Strategy at the Council of Europe Development Bank Róbert Ragnar Spanó – President of the European Court of Human Rights
20 April 2021	Romania	Bucharest	Met with: Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania Florin Cîțu – Prime Minister of Romania Anca Dragu – President of the Senate Ludovic Orban – President of the Chamber of Deputies
19–20 May 2021	Germany	Berlin	Met with:[13] Frank-Walter Steinmeier – President of Germany Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany (Video conference) Heiko Maas – Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer – Federal Minister of Defense Armin Laschet – Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union Norbert Roettgen – Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Günther Krichbaum – Member of the Bundestag
18–20 June 2021	Italy	Rome	Met with:[14] Sergio Mattarella – President of Italy Elisabetta Casellati – President of the Senate Roberto Fico – President of the Chamber of Deputies Andrea Orlando – Minister of Labour and Social Policies Piero Fassino – Member of the Chamber of Deputies; Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Alessandra Maiorino – Member of the Senate – Member of the Senate – Former Ambassador to Moldova
21 June 2021	Poland	Warsaw	Met with:[15] Andrzej Duda – President of Poland Elżbieta Witek – Marshal of the Sejm Tomasz Grodzki – Marshal of the Senate
19–20 July 2021	Georgia	Batumi	Met with:[16] Salome Zourabichvili – President of Georgia Volodymyr Zelensky – President of Ukraine Charles Michel – President of the European Council Irakli Garibashvili – Prime Minister of Georgia
23–24 August 2021	Ukraine	Kyiv	Met with: Egils Levits – President of Latvia Kersti Kaljulaid – President of Estonia Stefan Löfven – Prime Minister of Sweden Alexander Schallenberg – Federal Minister of European and International Affairs of Austria Valdis Dombrovkis – Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People; European Commissioner for Trade
21 September 2021	United States	New York	Met with: Guy Parmelin – President of Switzerland António Guterres – Secretary-General of the United Nations Gitanas Nauseda – President of Lithuania
21–22 October 2021	Austria	Vienna	Met with: Alexander Van der Bellen – President of Austria Werner Kogler – Vice Chancellor of Austria; Federal Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport Michael Linhart – Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Helga Schmid – Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
23 November 2021	Romania	Bucharest	Met with: Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania Florin Cîțu – Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Ciolacu – President of the Chamber of Deputies Alina Gorghiu – Vice President of the Senate Sorin Grindeanu – Former Prime Minister of Romania
14–16 December 2021	Belgium	Brussels	Met with: Ursula von der Leyen – President of the European Commission Charles Michel – President of the European Council Volodymyr Zelensky – President of Ukraine Gitanas Nausėda – President of Lithuania Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan Irakli Garibashvili – Prime Minister of Georgia Nikol Pashinyan – Prime Minister of Armenia Sanna Marin – Prime Minister of Finland Alexander De Croo – Prime Minister of Belgium Josep Borrell – Vice-President of the European Commission; High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Olivér Várhelyi – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Mikołaj Dowgielewicz – Director General and Permanent Representative of the European Investment Bank Apostolos Tzitzikostas – President of the European Committee of the Regions

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