Prime Minister Conte's
state visit to
Canada was his first trip outside Italy as head of the government. Conte participated to the
44th G7 summit. During the two days he had bilateral meetings with the President of the European Commission
Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Council
Donald Tusk, the British Prime Minister
Theresa May and with the Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe.[2]
Conte went to
Berlin to meet German Chancellor
Angela Merkel. The two leaders mainly discussed about the
European migrant crisis and the immigration policy promoted by the new Italian government.[4]
Conte attended in his first
European Council. The main topic of the summit was the contrast to
illegal immigration to Europe and the repartition of refugees between the countries.[5]
Conte met Ethiopian Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed and THE Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the African Union
Thomas Kwasi Quartey. Conte discussed with Ahmed about economic investments in the region after the normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, after years of tensions and conflict.[10]
Conte met Eritrean president
Isaias Afwerki. The two leaders discussed about economic growth and investments in the region after the normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea.[11]
Giuseppe Conte met Prime Minister
António Costa at the
São Bento Mansion. The two leaders discussed about the socio-economic response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. This trip was Conte's first one since the beginning of the pandemic.[14]
Giuseppe Conte met Prime Minister
Mark Rutte. The two leaders discussed about the economic response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, on which Italy and Netherlands have different positions.[16]
Conte took part in the
European Council to decide the EU economic response to the
COVID-19 recession, which deeply affected the continent.[18] The summit was among the longest ones in history. The European leaders agreed on a new proposal which provided a budget of €750 billion for the so-called
Recovery Fund, composed of €390 billion in grants and €360 billion in loans.[19]
Prime Minister Conte met the Italian soldiers in Lebanon and had bilateral meetings with the resigning Prime Minister,
Hassan Diab, and newly appointed one,
Mustapha Adib.[20]