Paolo Gentiloni went to
Lisboa, where he met the Socialist Prime Minister
Antonio Costa. The meeting was focused on
migrant crisis and economic growth.[4]
Gentiloni went to
Canada, where he met Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau. The Italian Prime Minister also met the Canadian Governor General
David Johnston.[8]
Gentiloni went to
Kuwait, where he had bilateral meetings with the Emir
Sabah al-Ahmad and the
crown princeNawaf Al-Ahmad; later the premier visited the Italian soldiers stationed in Kuwait as part of the anti-
ISIL coalition.[9]
Paolo Gentiloni went to
Sochi, where he met Russian President
Vladimir Putin. The leaders stressed their hope for a loosening of international sanctions against Russia and for a re-opening of a dialogue between Russia and
NATO. They also signed six economic deals regarding
Eni and
Rosneft.[11]
Prime Minister Gentiloni went to
Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor
Angela Merkel, French President
Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy. The main focus of their meeting was the migrant crisis.[12]
Prime Minister Gentiloni visited the island of
Corfu where he met Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras. The two leaders signed many economic deals regarding infrastructures and transports, in particular the
Italian State Railways bought Greek
TrainOSE.[15]
Gentiloni went to
India, where he met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. The two leaders signed some economic treaties and discussed the recognition of the
Hare Krishnas, who still are not recognized in Italy as a
religious minority.[19][20]
Paolo Gentiloni visited
Tunisia, where he met President
Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister
Youssef Chahed; the discussions were focused on migrant crisis and Libyan civil war. He also had a meeting with the Italian community.[25]
Prime Minister Gentiloni went to
Angola to meet President
João Lourenço. The two leaders signed many economic deals between
Eni and the Angolan
Sonangol Group. On 27 November Gentiloni paid tribute to
Agostinho Neto's memorial.[26]
Gentiloni went to
Ivory Coast to participate at the EU–
African Union summit. During the event he had bilateral meetings with many African leaders.[28]