International connections
International activity
Find out about the Scottish Parliament's inward and outward international visits.
Scottish Parliament international activity in Session 5 (2016-2021)
Inward visits
26 January 2023
Line Rivard, Agent-General of Québec in London: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
24 January 2023
Andrii Kuslii, Consul of Ukraine: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Consul
19 January 2023
Members of the Speaker’s Conference of the House of Commons: Meeting with the Presiding Officer, Members, and officials.
19 January 2023
Everiss Scholars from Otaki College, New Zealand: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP.
18 January 2023
H.E. Mikaela Kumlin Granit, Ambassador of Sweden: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of Sweden
18 January 2023
H.E. Hélène Duchêne, Ambassador of France: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of France
17 January 2023
João Pedro Corrêa Costa, Consul General of Brazil: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Consul General
17 January 2023
Members of the Environment and Communications Committee, Parliament of Iceland: Meetings with Members.
Read tweet about the visit of the Committee
11-12 January 2023
Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan: Meetings with officials.
15 December 2022
John Smith Centre Parliamentary Interns: Meetings with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Members, and officials.
Read tweet about the meetings with the Parliamentary Interns
1 December 2022
H.E. Miguel Berger, Ambassador of Germany: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of Germany
23 November 2022
H.E. Marie Chatardová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic
17 November 2022
H.E. Eitvydas Bajarūnas, Ambassador of Lithuania: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of Lithuania
16 November 2022
Members of the Procedure Committee of the House of Commons: Meetings with the Presiding Officer, Members, and officials.
11 November 2022
Officials from the Government of Canada: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
10 November 2022
Students from Duke University: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
10 November 2022
Members of the Committee for Industry and Services of the Romanian Parliament: Meeting with Members.
Read tweet about the visit of the Committee
9 – 10 November 2022
The Hon Anthony Rota MP, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada: Meetings with the Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officers, and Members.
Read tweet about the Speaker’s visit: Day 1
Read tweet about the Speaker’s visit: Day 2
28 October 2022
Robyn Lambley MLA, Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, Australia: Meeting with CPA Branch Executive Committee Members, Stuart McMillan MSP and Sarah Boyack MSP.
26 October 2022
Fergus Auld, UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan: Meeting with Sue Webber MSP.
26 October 2022
Veronica Ferrucci, Consul General of Italy: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the Consul General’s visit
25 October 2022
Members of the Housing and Heritage Committee of the Flemish Parliament: Meetings with Members.
Read tweet about the visit of the Committee
10 October 2022
Former Parliamentarians from Iceland: Meeting with Sarah Boyack MSP, Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nordic Countries.
Read tweet about the visit of the former Parliamentarians
6 October 2022
Her Excellency, the Hon, Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
29 September 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of the Opposition of Belarus: Meetings with the Presiding Officer and Members.
Read tweet about the visit of the Leader of the Opposition
22 September 2022
Luis García Montero, Director General of the Cervantes Institute: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP.
7 September 2022
Stephen Twigg, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association: Meetings with the Presiding Officer and Members.
5 September 2022
Janet Schwegel, Director of Parliamentary Programmes at the Legislate Assembly of Alberta: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
25 July 2022
Kim Man Heum, Chief of the National Assembly Research Service of the Republic of Korea: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Chief of the Research Service of the Republic of Korea
6 July 2022
Hon Adam Searle MLC, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
6 July 2022
Fabio Monaco, Consul General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Consul General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland
30 June 2022
Members of the Victoria State Parliament: Meetings with Members.
29 June 2022
Officials from the Embassies of Sweden and Denmark: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
23 June 2022
Hon Nathan Cooper MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Meeting with the Presiding Officer, Members and officials.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
20 June 2022
Interns from the Ontario Legislative Assembly. Meetings with parliamentary officials.
16 June 2022
Max Hiegelsberger, President of the State Parliament of Upper Austria and parliamentary colleagues: Meetings with the Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP and Members.
Read tweet about the meeting with the President of the State Parliament of Upper Austria
14 June 2022
Members of the Saxon State Parliament: Meetings with Members.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Members of the Saxon State Parliament
9 June 2022
H.E. Markus Leitner, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of Switzerland
1 June 2022
Kira Rudyk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Member of the Ukrainian Parliament
1 June 2022
Ma Qiang, Chinese Consul General in Edinburgh: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about the meeting with the Consul General in Edinburgh
31 May 2022
Rt Hon. Lord McFall, the Lord Speaker: Meetings with the Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP and Members.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Lord Speaker
25 May 2022
H.E. Piotr Wilczek, Ambassador of Poland to the United Kingdom: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
Read tweet about the meeting with the Ambassador of Poland
23 May 2022
Members of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) Committee D (Environment & Social): Committee Meeting.
Read tweet about meeting with the Members of the BIPA Committee
20 May 2022
Officials of the National Assembly and Embassy of the Republic of Korea: Meeting with parliamentary officials.
19 May 2022
Members of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan: Meeting with Members.
Read tweet about the visit of the Members of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
18 May 2022
H.E. Ferenc Kumin, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom: Meeting with the Presiding Officer.
11 May 2022
Sophia Arvanitis, Agent General of Ontario: Meeting with parliamentary officials
10 May 2022
Members of the Education Committee of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony meeting with Members of the Education, Children and Young People Committee
Read tweet about meeting with the Members
5 May 2022
Hon Masizole Mnqasela, Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament: Meetings with Presiding Officer, Members and officials
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker
4 May 2022
Tadashi Fujiwara, Consul General of Japan in Scotland: Meeting with Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
28 April 2022
Laura Popescu, Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
27 April 2022
Bijay Selvaraj, Consul General of India: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
20 April - 21 April 2022
The Hon Jonathan O’Dea MP, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Parliament of New South Wales: Meetings with Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker
13 April 2022
Felicity Wilson MP, Member of Parliament of New South Wales: Meeting with Siobhian Brown MSP, Convener of the COVID 19 Recovery Committee
Read tweet about meeting with the Member
31 March 2022
John Smith Centre Parliamentary Interns: Meetings with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Pam Gosal MSP, Bob Doris MSP, Paul O’Kane MSP and officials
Read tweet about meeting with the John Smith Centre Parliamentary Interns
31 March 2022
HE Saida Muna Tasneem, Bangladesh High Commissioner: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
30 March 2022
Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony; Birgit Honé, Minister for European and Federal Affairs and Regional State Development; Dr Gabriele Andretta, President of the State Parliament and Members of the State Parliament: Meeting with the Presiding Officer and Members
Read tweet about meeting with the Ministers and President
24 March 2022
Jim Himes and Sean Patrick Maloney, Members of the US House of Representatives: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP
Read tweet about meeting with Members of the US House of Representatives
23 March - 25 March 2022
Liesbeth Homans, Speaker of the Flemish Parliament: Meetings with the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
17 March 2022
Peter Müller-McDougall, Dean of the Consular Corps in Scotland, and Honorary Swiss Consul General: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Dean of the Consular Corps and Consul General
10 March 2022
Yevhen Mankovskyi, (Acting) Consul General of Ukraine: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Acting Consul General
9 March 2022
Laurence Païs, Consul General of France to Edinburgh: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
24 February 2022
Wegger Christian Strømmen, Ambassador of Norway: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
25 November 2021
HE Mohammad Sarwar, Governor of Punjab: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Governor
18 November 2021
Jack Hillmeyer, Consul General of the United States: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
10 November 2021
Annette Lind MP, Vice President of the Nordic Council and Kristina Háfoss, Secretary General of the Nordic Council: Meeting with the Presiding Officer at joint COP26 event
Read tweet about the Nordic Council / Scottish Parliament COP26 event
10 November 2021
Members of the California State Senate: Meeting with members of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Read tweet about meeting with the Senate Members
9 November 2021
Thekla Walker MP, Baden-Württemberg Minister of the Environment, Climate and Energy: Meeting with members of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Read tweet about meeting with the Minister
5 November 2021
Stephen Twigg, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA): Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Secretary-General
5 November 2021
Senator Rosa Galvez, Canadian Federal Parliament: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Senator
5 November 2021
Benoit Charette MNA, Quebec Minister of the Environment: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Minister
5 November 2021
Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the Maldives Parliament: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker
5 November 2021
Samuelu Teo, Speaker of the Tuvalu Parliament: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker
2 November 2021
The Hon Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Prime Minister
28 October 2021
Dr Gabriele Andretta, President of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony : Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the President
7 October 2021
João Vale de Almeida, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union in the UK: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
6 October 2021
Dr Andreas Zimmer, Consul General of Germany: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
29 September 2021
H.E. Angela Ponomariov, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
28 September 2021
Jane McCulloch, Consul General of Ireland: Meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
23 September 2021
H.E. Mr José Pascual Marco, Ambassador of Spain: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
16 September 2021
H.E. Sophie Katsarava MBE, Ambassador of Georgia: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Ambassador
Outward Visits
31 October – 3 November
74th Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland. Attended by the Presiding Officer, Sue Webber MSP, and Clare Adamson MSP.
Read tweet about the visit: Day 1
Read tweet about the visit: Day 2
Read tweet about the visit: Meeting with Stortinget President
Read tweet about the visit: Plenary Sessions
Read tweet about the visit: Meeting with Eduskunta Speaker
Read tweet about the visit: Final Session of Day 2
Read tweet about the visit: Day 3
Read tweet about the visit: Thank you and Election to Nordic Council Presidency
23 October – 25 October
62nd British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Plenary in Cavan, Ireland. Attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Ross Greer MSP, Emma Harper MSP, Pauline McNeill MSP, and Tess White MSP.
12 October – 16 October
Arctic Circle Assembly and visit to the Icelandic Parliament. Attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Fiona Hyslop MSP, and Mark Ruskell MSP.
Read tweets about the visit: Visit to the Althing
Read tweets about the visit: Day 1
Read tweets about the visit: West Nordic Council meeting
Read tweets about the visit: Iceland Minister of Infrastructure
Read tweets about the visit: Former President of Iceland and Chairman of Arctic Circle Assembly
Read tweets about the visit: Faroe Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture
Read tweets about the visit: Iceland Minister of the Environment
Read tweets about the visit: Iceland Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate
4 October – 7 October
9th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Isles and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference in Gibraltar. Attended by Sarah Boyack MSP.
20 August – 26 August 2022
65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Halifax, Canada. Attended by Claire Baker MSP and Stuart McMillan MSP.
Read tweet about the conference: General Assembly
Read tweet about the conference: Climate Workshop
Read tweet about the conference: Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Workshop
Read tweet about the conference: Day 1
Report of the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (8.1MB, pdf)
30 June – 2 July 2022
Presiding Officer visit to the Lower Saxon State Parliament, Hannover.
Read tweet about the visit to the State Parliament
Read tweet about the visit to the City Hall of Hannover
9 April – 10 April 2022
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee Conference Assam, India. Attended by Stuart McMillan MSP
7 April 2022
Presiding Officer visit to the Houses of the Oireachtas, Dublin
Read tweet about visit to the Houses of the Oireachtas
Read tweet about Museum of Literature Ireland event
Read tweet about meeting with Senator Mark Daly
Report of the visit by the Presiding Officer to the Houses of the Oireachtas (167.8KB, pdf)
24 March – 25 March 2022
51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region Conference, Isle of Man. Attended by Jeremy Balfour MSP, Sarah Boyack MSP, Stuart McMillan MSP
Read tweet about the conference
Read tweet about the conference
BIMR Conference Report (1.3MB, pdf)
27 February – 28 February 2022
61st British Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) Plenary Conference, London: Attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Tess White MSP, Pauline McNeill MSP and Ross Greer MSP
Virtual meetings
24 November 2022
British Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) Steering Committee: Attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP
25 March 2022
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee meeting: Attended by Sarah Boyack MSP and Elena Whitham MSP
Read tweet about meeting with the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee
21 March 2022
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities meeting: Attended by Jeremy Balfour MSP
23 November 2021
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities meeting: Attended by Jeremy Balfour MSP
18 November 2021
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee meeting: Attended by Sarah Boyack MSP and Elena Whitham MSP
8 October 2021
François Paradis MNA, President, National Assembly of Quebec: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the President
30 September 2021
Rt Hon Trevor Mallard, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Speaker
27 September 2021
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, International Executive Committee meeting: Attended by Stuart McMillan MSP
21-22 September 2021
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), British Islands and Mediterranean Region Annual Conference, Belfast: Attended by Sarah Boyack MSP and Stuart McMillan MSP
Read tweet about CPA annual conference
14 September 2021
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Scotland Branch AGM: Chaired by the Presiding Officer (as Branch President)
13 September 2021
Dr Gabrielle Andretta MdL, President of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the President
7 September 2021
Ilse Aigner MdL, President of the State Parliament of Bavaria: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the President
16 June 2021
Jane McCulloch, Consul General of Ireland: Meeting with the Presiding Officer
Read tweet about meeting with the Consul General
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