List of international presidential trips made by Serzh Sargsyan

This is a list of international trips made by Serzh Sargsyan, the third President of Armenia:

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Russia	Saint Petersburg	June 5 – June 7	Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. ^[1]
Russia	Moscow	June 23–25	Met with President Dmitry Medvedev.^[2]
Kazakhstan	Astana	July 5–6	Participated in the Summit of the Heads of State^[3]
Ukraine	Yalta	July 28–29	Attended the 650th Anniversary of the foundation of the ancient Armenian Holy Cross cloister.^[4]
China	Beijing	August 8–13	Attended the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]
Russia	Sochi	September 2	Working Visit.^[6]
Russia	Moscow	September 5	Participated at the regular session of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Moscow. ^[7]
United States	New York City	September 24	Participated in the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.^[8]
Georgia	Tbilisi	September 30 – October 1	Met with Mikheil Saakashvili.^[9]
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	October 9–10	Attended the Summit of the Council of the CIS Heads of State and the session of the intergovernmental council of the EurAsEC.^[10]
Russia	Moscow	November 2	Met with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev.^[11]
Belgium	Brussels	November 4–6	Working Visit^[12]
France	Paris	November 6	Working Visit^[13]
Bulgaria Bulgaria	Sofia	December 10–11	Met with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.^[14]
Kazakhstan	Astana	December 19–21	Attended Summit of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.^[15]

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Russia	Moscow	January 17–18	Participated in the International gas summit.
Switzerland	Zürich	January 28 – February 1	Working Visit
Russia	Moscow	February 4	Working Visit. Session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Germany	Berlin	February 6–8	Working Visit. Attended the 45th International Conference on Security.
Iran	Tehran	April 13–14	State Visit.
Russia	Moscow	April 23	Working Visit.
Czech Republic	Prague	May 7–8	Working Visit. Attended the first EU Eastern Partnership Summit.
Russia	Saint Petersburg	June 4–6	He held negotiations with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Baltic Star Hotel in Saint Petersburg.
Russia	Moscow	June 14	Participated at the regular meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Russia	Moscow	June 17–18	Working Visit.
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	July 31	Participated at the unofficial summit of the CSTO.
Russia	Orenburg	August 2–3	Working Visit.
Croatia	Zagreb	September 8–9	Official Visit.
France	Paris	October 1–7	The first stop on his Pan-Armenian tour of Europe. He met with Charles Aznavour.^[16]
Moldova	Chișinău	October 8–9	Working Visit. Attended the CIS summit.
Russia	Moscow	October 12	Working Visit.^[17]
Turkey	Bursa	October 14–15	Attended a soccer match between Armenia and Turkey. Met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül. They discussed the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions.^[18]
Kazakhstan	Astana	October 15–16	Working Visit. Attended the final stage of the “Cooperation 2009” military exercises conducted by the collective Rapid Response Force of the CSTO at the Maribulak military training field.^[19]
Russia	Moscow	October 24–25	Working Visit. Attended the annual Telemarathon of the All-Armenian Hayastan Fund at the Ararat Park Hayat Hotel in Moscow.^[20]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	November 3–4	State Visit.^[21]
Hungary	Budapest	November 8–10	State Visit.^[22]
Russia	Kaliningrad	November 10–11	Working Visit.
Germany	Munich	November 22–24	Working Visit.^[23]
Belarus	Minsk	November 26–27	Working visit. Participated in the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community^[24]
Kazakhstan	Almaty	December 18–21	Working Visit. Attended a summit of the Heads of states of the CIS at the Ak Bulak compound Almaty.^[25]

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
United Kingdom	London	February 9–11	Working Visit.
Ukraine	Kyiv	February 25	Working Visit. Attended the Inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych^[26]
Georgia	Batumi	February 27–28	Private Visit^[27]
France	Paris	March 9–11	Official Visit.^[28]
Syria	Damascus	March 22–24	State Visit^[29]
United States	Washington, D.C.	April 11–13	Working Visit. Participated in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.. He met with the President of the United States Barack Obama. and Met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[30]
Russia	Moscow	April 20–21	Working Visit. Met with the President of Russian Dmitry Medvedev.^[31]
China	Beijing	April 29 – May 3	Attended the opening of the Shanghai Expo-2010. He attended the official opening of the Armenian pavilion as well as toured the pavilions of the US, Russia, and China represented at the expo.
Russia	Moscow	May 8–9	Working Visit. Participated in the celebration for the 65th anniversary of Victory Day.^[32] He laid a wreath at the tomb of Marshal Ivan Bagramyan on Red Square.
Belgium	Brussels	May 25–27	Working Visit
Russia	Rostov-on-Don	June 1–2	^[33]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	June 17–19	Participated in the summit of the CIS Heads of State in Saint Petersburg. ^[34]
Germany	Berlin	June 21–23	Met with the representatives of the Armenian-German community. ^[35]
Kazakhstan	Astana	July 4–6	Attended the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community. ^[36]
Ukraine	Yalta	July 10–11	Participated at the unofficial summit of the CIS Heads of State at the Livadia Palace^[37]
Russia	Astrakhan	August 10	Working visit.^[38]
Russia	Moscow	November 16–18	Working Visit.^[39]
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	November 24–25	Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.^[40]
Kazakhstan	Astana	November 30 – December 2	Participated in the 7th Summit of the OSCE. ^[41] Met with the President of Slovenia Danilo Türk.
Russia	Moscow	December 9–10	Working Visit

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Cyprus	Nicosia	January 17–18	State Visit.
Greece	Athens	January 18–20	State Visit
Germany	Munich	February 4–5	Working Visit. Participated in the Security Policy Conference.
Russia	Saint Petersburg	February 25	Working Visit
Russia	Sochi	March 5	Working Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting in Sochi with the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Latvia	Riga	March 9–10	Official Visit.
Iran	Tehran	March 27	Working Visit^[42]
Serbia	Belgrade	April 4–5	Official Visit
Slovenia	Ljubljana	April 13–14	Official Visit
Switzerland	Geneva	May 2–3	Working Visit
Italy	Rome	June 1–3	Working Visit. Attended a Military parade and a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Unification of Italy.^[43]
France	Strasbourg	June 21–22	Working Visit.
Russia	Kazan	June 24–25	Official Visit. Attended a trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.^[44]
Ukraine	Kyiv	July 1–2	Official Visit
Cyprus	Nicosia	August 11	Official Visit
Kazakhstan	Astana	August 12	Working Visit
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	September 2–3	Participated at the 20th anniversary summit of CIS. Met with the Emomali Rahmon.
United States	Ellis Island	September 22–26	Working Visit
France	Paris	September 27–29	Working Visit
Poland	Warsaw	September 29–30	Working Visit
Russia	Moscow	October 23–25	Working Visit
Georgia	Tbilisi	November 29–30	Official Visit
France	Marseille	December 7	Working Visit
Italy	Rome	December 12	Working Visit
Vatican City	Vatican City	December 12	Official Visit. Met with Pope Benedict XVI.
Russia	Moscow	December 19–20	Working Visit

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Russia	Sochi	January 23	Working Visit
Belgium	Brussels	March 3–5	Working Visit
Russia	Moscow	March 19–20	Working Visit
South Korea	Seoul	March 25–27	Working Visit
Singapore	Singapore	March 27–29	State Visit
Russia	Moscow	May 15–16	Working Visit
Japan	Tokyo	June 5–7	State Visit
Vietnam	Hanoi	June 8	State Visit
Belgium	Brussels	June 27–28	Working Visit
Ukraine	Kyiv	July 1–2	Working Visit
United Kingdom	London	June 27–31	Working Visit. Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[45]
Russia	Moscow	August 7–8	Working Visit
Romania	Bucharest	October 17–18	Working Visit
France	Paris	November 11–14	Working Visit.
Lebanon	Beirut	November 26–28	State Visit.^[46] Met with Michel Suleiman.
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	December 4–5	Met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Vladimir Putin.^[47] Attended the Council of the Heads of the CIS member states.
Russia	Moscow	December 18–20	Working Visit

List of international presidential trips made by Serzh Sargsyan

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