2023 Official Visits to the Director General and the IAEA

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Gyorgy Molnar, Head of Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 5 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Aoyama Shigeharu, Senator (Member of the House of Councilors of Japan), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 13 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Naoki Chigusa (left), Chief Executive Officer of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 13 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Amandeep Singh Gill, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology (OSET), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 26 January 2023.


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with the Hon Tim Watt, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Member of Parliament, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 January 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Jose Manuel Matheu, Secretario de Estado Salud during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 February 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with H.E. Mr. LEE Do-hoon, Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 March 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with LIU Jing, Vice Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 March 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with Elena Maceiras and Marco Marzo of ABACC, during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 March 2023. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with HE Mr. Jean-Claude Gakosso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Congo during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with Günter Sautter, Director General for International Order, The United Nations and Arms Control in the Federal Foreign Office, as they sign the Agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning a Contribution towards Assistance to Ukraine on Nuclear Safety and Security, at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with HE Mr. Juan Carlos Ojeda Viglione, Resident Representative of Uruguay to the IAEA, on acceptance of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Agency during his official visit to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with HE Mr. Vepa Hajiev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 20 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General met with HE Mr. DONG Baotong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Safety Administration of China, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 20 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met Oleh Korikov, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 20 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met Flavio Rocha, the new Secretary of Naval Nuclear Safety and Quality of Brazil during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met Faizan Mansoor, Chairman, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 March 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Bernard Le Guen, Executive Officer of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 April 2023. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Secretary-General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 April 2023. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Michael Ray Turner, United States Congressman, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 5 April 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 April 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 April 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Larbi Djacta, Chair of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 21 April 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Erin Elizabeth McKee,  Assistant Administrator (AA) for USAID's Bureau of Europe and Eurasia, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 April 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Nikolaos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Han Duck-soo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Rebecca Hersman, Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Mr. Laurent Amiel, EMEA President, and Mr. Bernt Bieber, Head of Direct Export Sales, Siemens Healthineers during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Laurent Leksell, Chairman and Founder of ELEKTA during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Ms. Tinne Van der Straeten, Minister of Energy of Belgium during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 18 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Ignacio Higueras Hare, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 31 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Gilbert Mokoki, Minister of Health of Congo, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 31 May 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, meets with Kejian Zhang, Chinese Governor to the IAEA Board of Governors and Chairman of CAEA during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 5 June 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Raja Ali Raza Anwar, Governor to the IAEA and Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), during his courtesy visit to the DG at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 June 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Francisco Rondinelle Jr, President of CNEN, Brazil, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 June 2023.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Marco Marzo, Secretary of ABACC, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 June 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax (MP), Tanzania Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 12 June 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Mr. Said Mouline, Director General, Moroccan Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security (AMSSNuR), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 June 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Mr Yves Desbazeille, Director General, Nucleareurope (Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 June 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Mr. Enrique Lau Cortes, Director General of the Social Security Fund of Panama, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 28 June 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Sheikh Salem Abdullad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 30 June 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. João Gomes Cravinho, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 30 June 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 18 July 2023.Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications met with HE Mr Vo Van Thuong, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, during a bilateral meeting during the President’s official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 July 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Mr. Kensuke Nagaoka, Assistant Minister and Director General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 22 August 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with H.E. Mr. Fariz Rzayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 August 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with UN Under-Secretary-General Christian Saunders, Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 31 August 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications of the United Arab Emirates and Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 September 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Renew Europe Group - Members of the European Parliament during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 5 September 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi, Head of Delegation, and the Members of the Japanese Parliament during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 September 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), during an official meeting at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Camilo Prieto, Colombian Physician, Climate Science Professor and Researcher, and Founder of the NGO Movimiento Ambientalista Colombiano, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of International Energy Authority (IEA), at the Second International Conference on Climate Change and the role of Nuclear Power 2023: ATOMS4 Net Zero, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria, 9 October 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, meets with Zhang Kejian, Chairman of China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 October 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, meets with Naoki Chigusa, CEO Wano, and Tom Mitchell, WANO Chairman, during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 October 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ms. Sama Y Bilbao, Director General, World Nuclear Association (WNA), during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Jose Luis Antunez, President, Nucleoelectrica Argentina, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) in Pakistan, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. He is accompanied by HE Ambassador Aftab A. Khokher, Resident Representative of Pakistan to the IAEA and, Chair of the G-77 Vienna Chapter. 11 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with representatives of the Global Partnership of Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities, established in 2022 by the Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities in Europe (GMF Europe), Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), and Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities (CANHC), during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 19 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade as they signed the Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the Republic of Malta (2024 – 2028) on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Malta and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, Austria. 19 October 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ambassador Nikolaus Marschik, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 20 October 2023. Mr. Garspard Liyoko Mboyo, President, National Nuclear Regulatory Cell, Chairman, Commission on Nuclear Energy, deposits the instrument of ratification on the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (A/CPPNM) of the Republic of Congo to IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 November 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Dr. Karina Rando, Minister of Public Health of Uruguay, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 November 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Ms. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 November 2023HE Mr. Hemra Amannazarov, Resident Representative of Turkmenistan to the IAEA, deposits Turkmenistan’s Instrument of Accession to conventions on early notification and assistance in nuclear emergencies, to IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 November 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Igli Hasani, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 November 2023HE Mr. Baker Fattah Hussen, Resident Representative of Iraq to the IAEA, deposits Iraq’s Instrument of Accession to the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, to IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 21 November 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Koguchi Masanori, President of Japan Atomic Energy Agency, as they sign the Practical Arrangements between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency on the Cooperation in the Area of Sampling and Analysis at the Fukushima Daiichii Nuclear Power Station during their bilateral meeting at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 22 November 2023Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Hon Dr. Annabelle Bennett, Chair of the Board of Directors, ANSTO,  during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 November 2023. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Naohiro Masusa, Executive President and CEO of Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 December 2023.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Victor Parlicov, Minister for Energy of the Republic of Moldova during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 December 2023.
Last update: 15 December 2023

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