This is a list of prime ministerial trips made by Vladimir Putin, during his premiership, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012.
Summary +Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visits by countryNumber of visits Country1 visit (8)
2 visits (2) 3 visits (1)
First premiership (1999–2000) 1999 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)DetailsAucklandSeptember 13Attended the 1999 APEC meeting hosted in New Zealand.
2000
From 31 December 1999 to 7 May 2000, Prime Minister Putin served as Acting President until he officially became president.
Second premiership (2008–2012) 2008 The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2008: CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Details ImageBeijing8 AugustAttended the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.Chișinău Cricova14–15 NovemberMet with President Vladimir Voronin and Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi. Meeting of CIS heads of Government.
2009 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Details ImageVienna24–25 April Official visit.Rome25–26 AprilOfficial visit.Ankara5 AugustWorking visit. Putin met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül. Talks focused on bilateral economic relations and energy cooperation, including the South Stream and Blue Stream pipeline projects.Gdańsk1 SeptemberWorking visit. Putin met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and attended commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II at Westerplatte.Kyiv Yalta19–20 NovemberWorking visit. Putin held talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Yalta concerning Russian-Ukrainian economic cooperation. He also attended the CIS Council of Heads of Government meeting at the Livadia Palace.
2010 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Details ImageHelsinkiFebruary 10Attended the Baltic Sea Action Summit. Met with President Tarja Halonen and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė.Istanbul8 JuneWorking visit. Met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and participated in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit. Discussions covered Russia–Turkey relations, energy cooperation, trade, and regional issues, including Iran's nuclear program. Putin also met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the conference to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues.Paris10–12 JuneOfficial visit.Yalta Sevastopol24 JulyWorking visit. Attended the 14th International bike show.
2011 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Details ImageBrussels24–25 February Official visit. Attended the Russia-EU summit.Kyiv12 AprilWorking visit. Met with Mykola Azarov.Copenhagen26 AprilOfficial visit.Stockholm26–27 April Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt. Beijing12 OctoberOfficial visit.
See also List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin List of international presidential trips made by Dmitry Medvedev List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin List of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev
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