Mohamed al-Menfi has made 54 public international trips to 23 countries as the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya since taking office on 15 March 2021.
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Summary
editThe number of visits per country where Mohamed al-Menfi traveled are:
- One visit: Bahrain, China, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Russia, Spain, Turkmenistan, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates.
- Two visits: Azerbaijan, France, Italy, Nigeria, Qatar and Turkey.
- Three visits: Tunisia.
- Four visits: Ethiopia, Kenya and Switzerland.
- Five visits: Algeria, Saudi Arabia and the United States.
- Six visits: Egypt.
2021
edit| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
Paris | 23–25 March | Met with President Emmanuel Macron. |
 Egypt |
Cairo | 25–26 March | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. | |
 Turkey |
Istanbul | 26–27 March | Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. | |
| 2 |  Greece |
Athens | 13–14 April | Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
Abuja | 24–27 May | Met with President Muhammadu Buhari and attended the Lake Chad Basin Commission extraordinary summit. |
| 4 |  Tunisia |
Tunis | 29–31 May | Met with President Kais Saied.[1] |
| 5 |  United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi | 5–6 June | Met with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[2] |
| 6 |  Italy |
Rome | 22–23 June | Met with Prime Minister Mario Draghi. |
| 7 |  Republic of the Congo |
Brazzaville | 26–28 July | Met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso. |
 Algeria |
Algiers | 28–29 July | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane.[3] | |
| 8 |  Qatar |
Doha | 14–15 September | Met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. |
| 9 |  United States |
New York City | 22–24 September | Addressed the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| 10 |  Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | 25–26 October | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended the Middle East Green Initiative Summit. |
| 11 | Turkey |
Istanbul | 17–18 December | |
2022
edit| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |  Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | 4–6 February | Attended the 35th African Union summit. |
| 13 | Tunisia |
Tunis | 26–27 August | Met with President Kais Saied.[4] |
| 14 | United States |
New York City | 20–22 September | Addressed the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| 15 | Algeria |
Algiers | 11–12 October | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane.[5] |
| 16 | 31 October–3 November | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and attended the 31st Arab League summit. | ||
| 17 | Nigeria |
Abuja | 28–29 November | Attended the Lake Chad Basin Commission summit. |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | 8–10 December | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended the China–Arab States Summit. |
| 19 | United States |
Washington D.C. | 13–15 December | Met with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden and attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
2023
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| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Egypt |
Cairo | 15–17 January | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. |
| 21 |  Azerbaijan |
Baku | 2–3 March | Met with President Ilham Aliyev and attended the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group Summit and held a bilateral meeting with the Bosnian Chairwoman of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović[6] |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia |
Jeddah | 19 May | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended the 32nd Arab League Summit. |
| 23 |  Kenya |
Nairobi | 15–17 July | Met with President William Ruto and attended the 5th African Union Mid-year Coordination Summit.[7] |
| 24 | Italy |
Rome | 23–24 July | Met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and attended the International Conference on Development and Migration. |
| 25 |  Russia |
Saint Petersburg | 27–28 July | Met with President Vladimir Putin and attended the Russia–Africa Summit. |
| 26 | Kenya |
Nairobi | 4–6 September | Attended the Africa Climate Summit. |
| 27 | Egypt |
Cairo | 20–21 October | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and attended the Gaza Peace Summit. |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | 8–11 November | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, attended the Saudi–African Summit and the Arab–Islamic Extraordinary Summit. |
2024
edit| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |  Uganda |
Kampala | 19–21 January | Met with President Yoweri Museveni and attended the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. |
| 30 | Egypt |
Cairo | 1–2 February | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[8] |
| 31 | Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | 14–18 February | Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, attended the 37th African Union Summit and held a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. |
| 32 |  Bahrain |
Manama | 15–16 May | Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and attended the 33rd Arab League summit. |
| 33 | Kenya |
Nairobi | 27–31 May | Met with President William Ruto and attended the 59th summit of the African Development Bank and the 50th summit of the African Development Fund. |
| 34 |  Switzerland |
Zurich | 15–16 June | Attended a high-level summit on Peace in Ukraine |
| 35 |  China |
Beijing | 3–4 September | Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang and attended the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation. |
| 36 | United States |
New York City | 24–26 September | Addressed the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| 37 | Algeria |
Algiers | 1–3 November | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.[9] |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | 10–11 November | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended the Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit. |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku | 11–12 November | Met with President Ilham Aliyev and attended the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference. | |
2025
edit| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Switzerland |
Zurich and Davos | 20–24 January | Attended the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum and held a bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. |
| 40 | Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | 16–18 February | Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and attended the 38th African Union summit. |
| 41 | Egypt |
Cairo | 4 March | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and attended the Arab League extraordinary summit. |
| 42 |  Spain |
Seville | 30 June–1 July | Met with King Felipe VI, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and attended the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. |
| 43 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo | 13–27 July | Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, attended the 7th African Union mid-year coordination summit and held a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. |
| 44 |  Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat | 5–6 August | Met with President Serdar Berdimuhamedow. |
| 45 | Tunisia |
Tunis | 18–19 August | Met with President Kais Saied. |
| 46 | Algeria |
Algiers | 4–6 September | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and attended the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair.[10] |
| 47 | Qatar |
Doha | 14–15 September | Met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and attended the Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit. |
| 48 | United States |
New York City | 24–28 September | Met with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly and held a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[11] |
| 49 | France |
Paris | 28–29 October | Met with President Emmanuel Macron. |
| 50 | Egypt |
Giza | 1 November | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and attended the inauguration ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum. |
2026
edit| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Switzerland |
Zurich and Davos | 19–23 January | Attended the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. |
| 52 | Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | 13–15 February | Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and attended the 39th African Union Summit. |
| 53 | Kenya |
Nairobi | 11–13 May | Met with President William Ruto, attended the Africa Forward Summit and held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| 54 | Switzerland |
Geneva | 5–7 July | Met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and attended the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. |
Future trips
edit| Country | Location | Scheduled date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia |
Moscow | October 2026 | Menfi was invited by Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Russia–Africa summit.[12] |
References
edit- ↑ "President of the Presidential Council concludes a three-day visit to Tunisia". 31 May 2021.
- ↑ "Head of Libya's Presidential Council, UAE's MBZ review latest political progress". 5 June 2021.
- ↑ "Head of Libya's Presidency Council visits Algeria for talks". 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Menfi cuts short his visit to Tunisia and returns home". 27 August 2022.
- ↑ "Libyan PC President leaves Algiers after two-day visit". 13 October 2022.
- ↑ "Al-Menfi meets in Baku with President of Azerbaijan and President of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina". 2 March 2023.
- ↑ "Al-Menfi arrives in Nairobi". 16 July 2023.
- ↑ "The Egyptian President receives the President of the Presidential Council in Cairo". 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "Menfi, Tebboune discuss bilateral relations". 2 November 2024.
- ↑ "Libya's El-Menfi Welcomed by Algeria's President". 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Menfi attends reception hosted by Trump". 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Menfi receives official invitation from Putin to participate in Russia–Africa Summit". 18 April 2026.