This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Luís Montenegro, the current Prime Minister of Portugal since 2 April 2024.
Summary
editMontenegro has visited 26 countries and territories during his tenure as Prime Minister. The number of visits per country where Montenegro has traveled are:
- One visit to Andorra, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Hungary, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Montenegro, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Vatican City
- Two visits to Angola, Brazil, Spain and Switzerland
- Three visits to France
- Four visits to the United States
- Six visits to Germany
- Eight visits to Belgium
2024
edit| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
Madrid | 15 April | Met with the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, at Moncloa Palace in Madrid[1] |
 Belgium |
Brussels | 17–18 April | Attended extraordinary European Council.[2] |
 Cape Verde |
Praia | 20–21 April | Met with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva.[3] |
 Germany |
Berlin | 24 May | Meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.[4] |
 Switzerland |
Geneva, Bern | 11–12 June | Met with Portuguese students in Geneva.[5] Met with Swiss President Viola Amherd. The talks in Bern focused on the countries’ close bilateral relations, European policy, the upcoming summit on peace in Ukraine and cooperation between Switzerland and Portugal at multilateral level.[6] |
| Lucerne | 15–16 June | Montenegro attend the June 2024 Ukraine peace summit. | |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 17 June | Montenegro attended an informal European Council summit.[7] |
| Germany |
Leipzig | 18 June | Montenegro watch Portugal vs Czech Republic game of UEFA Euro 2024 |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 27 June | Montenegro arrives to attend the EU Leaders' Summit in Brussels.[8] |
| Germany |
Frankfurt | 1 July | Montenegro watch Portugal vs Slovenia game of UEFA Euro 2024 |
 United States |
Washington D.C. | 9–11 July | Montenegro attended the 2024 NATO summit |
 Angola |
Luanda | 23–25 July | Met with President João Lourenço.[9][10] |
 France |
Paris | 9–10 August | Montenegro attended events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. |
| United States |
New York City | 26 September | Attended General debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly |
 Hungary |
Budapest | 7 November | Montenegro attended the 5th European Political Community Summit. |
 Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro | 17–19 November | Montenegro travelled to Rio de Janeiro to attend the G20 summit.[11] |
2025
edit| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
Berlin | 17–18 January | Attended the EPP Leaders’ Retreat. He also met with leader of the opposition and leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz.[12] |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 20–21 March | Montenegro attended a European Council summit.[13] |
| France |
Paris | 27 March | Montenegro attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" hosted by President Macron.[14] |
 Vatican City |
Vatican City | 26 April | Attended funeral of Pope Francis.[15] |
| Germany |
Munich | 8 June | Montenegro watch the 2025 UEFA Nations League final. |
 Netherlands |
The Hague | 24–25 June | Montenegro attended the 2025 NATO summit. |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 26–27 June | Montenegro attended the European Council meeting.[16] He speaks during a press conference at the EU leaders Summit.[17] |
 China |
Beijing | 8-10 September | Montenegro met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and Zhao Leji.[18] |
 Macau |
Macau | 10 September | Montenegro met with Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai.[19] |
 Japan |
Tokyo and Osaka | 10-12 September | Montenegro met with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and visited the Portuguese Pavilion at Expo 2025.[20][21] |
 Denmark |
Copenhagen | 2 October | Attended the 7th European Political Community Summit. |
 Slovenia |
Portoroz | 20 October | Montenegro attended the Med9 summit hosted by Prime Minister Robert Golob. |
| Brazil |
Belém | 7-8 November | Montenegro attended the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. |
 Colombia |
Santa Marta | 9 November | Montenegro attended the 4rd EU–CELAC summit. |
| Angola |
Luanda | 23-25 November | Montenegro attended the 7th European Union–African Union Summit. |
 Slovakia |
Lešť | 19 December | Montenegro met with Portuguese military personnel deployed on a NATO mission. He also met with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense, Robert Kaliňák. |
 Ukraine |
Kyiv | 20 December | Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He paid the first official visit to Ukraine since taking office. Both leaders signed Joint Statement on the Establishment of a Partnership for the Production of Maritime Unmanned Systems.[22] |
2026
edit| Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| France |
Paris | 6 January | Montenegro attended the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris with fellow leaders.[23] |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 19 February | Montenegro attended the Extraordinary European Council. |
| Spain |
Huelva | 6 March | Montenegro attended the 36th Iberian Summit. |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 19–20 March | Montenegro attended the European Council.[24] |
 Cyprus |
Nicosia | 23–24 April | Montenegro attended an informal meeting of the European Council summit. |
| Germany |
Berlin | 5–6 May | Montenegro met with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and also participated in the Wirtschaftstag Conference. |
 Andorra |
Andorra la Vella | 20 May | Montenegro inaugurated the Consulate General of Portugal and participated in a meeting with the Portuguese community residing in the country. It also met with the head of government, Xavier Espot Zamora. |
 Montenegro |
Tivat | 4–5 June | Montenegro attended the 2026 EU-Western Balkans summit. |
 Luxembourg |
Luxembourg City | 6–8 June | Montenegro paid an official visit to the country at the beginning of the commemorations for the Portugal Day, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities. Met with Grand-Duke Guillaume V and Prime Minister Luc Frieden. |
| Belgium |
Brussels | 18-19 June | Montenegro attended the European Council and also the "Friends of Cohesion" meeting. |
| United States |
Houston | 23-24 June | Montenegro watched the Portugal vs Uzbekistan game of 2026 FIFA World Cup. He also visited the headquarters of EDP Renewables North America and met with the Portuguese communities. |
 Canada |
Toronto | 2-3 July | Montenegro watched the Portugal vs Croatia game of 2026 FIFA World Cup. He also met with the Portuguese communities. |
| United States |
Dallas | 6 July | Montenegro watched the Portugal vs Spain game of 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
 Turkey |
Ankara | 7-8 July | Montenegro attended the 2026 Ankara NATO summit. |
Multilateral meetings
editLuís Montenegro participated in the following summits during his premiership:
| Group | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | |
| UNGA | 26 September, New York City | 23 September, New York City | 23 September, New York City | TBD, New York City | TBD, New York City |
| G20 | 18–19 November, Rio de Janeiro | Not a G20 Member | Not a G20 Member | TBD | TBD |
| NATO | 9–11 July, Washington, D.C. | 24–25 June, The Hague | 7–8 July, Ankara | TBD, Tirana | TBD |
| EPC | 18 July, Woodstock | 16 May, Tirana | 4 May, Yerevan | TBD, TBD | TBD, TBD |
| 7 November, Budapest | 2 October, Copenhagen | 12 November, Dublin | TBD, TBD | TBD, TBD | |
| MED9 | 11 October, Paphos | 20 October, Portorož | 7 October, Split | ||
| COP | 12 November, Baku | 7–8 November, Belém | November Antalya |
TBD Addis Ababa |
TBD |
| EU–CELAC | None | 9 November, Santa Marta | None | ||
| Others | Global Peace Summit 15–16 June, Lucerne | 15 March, (videoconference) United Kingdom | Together for peace and security summit 6 January, Paris | TBA | TBA |
| Building a robust peace for Ukraine and Europe 27 March, Paris | |||||
| ██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend | |||||
References
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- ↑ "Group is the main forum for international economic cooperation". www.g20.org/pt-br. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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- ↑ Visegrád 24 [@visegrad24] (27 March 2025). "List of the leaders & representatives of 31 countries gathering in Paris right now for an emergency summit on Ukraine aimed at providing military aid & setting up a coalition of peacekeeping forces" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 March 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Pereira, David (2025-04-22). "Marcelo assina livro de condolências na Santa Sé. Luto nacional deverá ser de 24 a 26 de abril". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
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- ↑ "Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro speaks during a press..." Getty Images. 2025-06-26. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
- ↑ "Portugal's prime minister begins first China visit as nations mark 20 years of strategic partnership". the Macao news. 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "CE meets Portuguese Prime Minister in Macao". Government Portal of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
- ↑ "Prime Minister on official visit to the People's Republic of China and Japan". Portugal.
- ↑ "Japan and Portugal to upgrade ties to strategic partnership". Japan Times.
- ↑ https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-i-portugaliya-pidpisali-spilnu-zayavu-dlya-vstanovl-102137
- ↑ "Participants in Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris revealed". European pravda. 2026-01-06. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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