2022 Official Visits to the Director General and the IAEA

HE Mr. Benno Laggner, Resident Representative of Switzerland to the IAEA, deposits Switzerland’s Instrument of Ratification to Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 January 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ms. Tjorven Bellmann, Germany’s Political Director during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 January 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan during a bilateral meeting at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 19 January 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Thijs van der Plas, Director General for Political Affairs of Netherlands during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 January 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr Alejandro Solano Ortiz, outgoing Chairperson, Resident Representative of Costa Rica to the IAEA and HE Mr Azzeddine Farhane, incoming G-77 President and Resident Representative of Morocco to the IAEA during their courtesy visit to the Director General at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 January 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) during a courtesy visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 January 2022. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 28 January 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Vincenzo Salvetti, Director of the Military Applications Division at the Atomic Energy Commision (CEA) during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 February 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ann-Sofie Nilsson, Ambassador for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 February 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 February 2022. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Jürgen Trittin, Member of Parliament, Federal Republic of Germany, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 22 February 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Agung Firman Sampurna, Chairman of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 3 March 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with PARK Young-hyo, Director-General for Non-proliferation and Nuclear Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Republic of Korea, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ambassador Jean-Louis Falconi, Governor and Resident Representative of France to the IAEA, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Ms. Dolapo Osinbajo, Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Minister Ms. Lorena Capra, Director of Nuclear Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Argentina, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 March 2022. 

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Marjolijn van Deelen, Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service (EEAS), during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 March 2022. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Massimo Garribba, Director of Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER with the European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 15 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General met with Italian Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, Director General of the Department of Information for Security at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General met with Dr. Geoffrey Shaw, Director General, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO) at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 March 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 28 March 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Alfonso Cusi, Secretary of Energy of the Republic of the Philippines, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 28 March 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Antonio Almonte, Minister of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 April 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HONG Ihk-pyo, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 April 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 12 April 2022. HE Mr. Ibrahim Assaf, Resident Representative of Lebanon to the IAEA, deposits the Instrument of Acceptance of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA with Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 13 April 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Rumina Velshi, President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 20 April 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, during a bilateral meeting at the First International Conference on Nuclear Law: The Global Debate, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 April 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met and spoke with HE Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen, President-designate of the 10th NPT RevCon, during his official at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 29 April 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Atsushi Kaifu,  Ambassador, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 May 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met Oleh Korikov, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 5 May 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director International Energy Authority (IEA), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 May 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ingemar Engkvist, Chief Executive Officer of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 May 2022. HE Mr. Azzeddine Farhane, Resident Representative of Morocco to the IAEA, deposits Morocco’s instruments of ratification of the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention to IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi during his official visit at the Agency Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 May 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Antonia Maria De Meo, Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, (UNICRI), during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 16 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Almirante Petronio A. S. de Aguiar, Brazilian Naval Authority for Nuclear Safety and Quality, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 26 May 2022. Far-right, HE Mr. Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte, Resident Representative of Brazil to the IAEA.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Roberto Alvarez, Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 26 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ignazio Cassis, President of the Swiss Confederation, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 26 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Founder and Director, PIR Center, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Congressman Gregory Meeks, together with the United States Congressional delegation, during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 May 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Philippe Bertoux, Director Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France,  during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 31 May 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Ambassador Jean-Louis Falconi, Governor and Resident Representative of France to the IAEA, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 June 2022. 


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Elena Maceiras and Marco Marzo, Secretary of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), during their official to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 June 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Dr. Raja Ali Raza Anwar, Governor and Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), during his courtesy visit to the DG at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 June 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Heidi Hulan, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 June 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Anton Khlopkov, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies, (CENESS) during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 June 2022.

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Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Cindy Larissa Rodriguez, Undersecretary of State in the Office of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation of Honduras, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 13 June 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Hamad Al-Kaabi, Resident Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the IAEA, Mr. Mohamed Alhammadi, ENEC’s Managing Director, and Mr. Christer Viktorsson, FANR’s Director General, during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 June 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Dr. Adriana Serquis, CNEA President, and Ms. Sol Peste, during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 June 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Mr. Phil Twyford, Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control of New Zealand, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 June 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Andrea Kádár, Chairperson, Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 23 June 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Co-Presidents of the International Conference on Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, Nathalie Semblat, Deputy Director General and Senior Program Manager for Nuclear and Radiological Security in Global Affairs Canada's Weapons Threat Reduction Program, and Luis Pedro Huerta Torchio, Executive Director and Head of the Division of Research and Nuclear Applications of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 June 2022Rafael 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. 24 June 2022. 
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Amb. Flavio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL (Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America) during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 June 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Enobot Agboraw, the new Executive Secretary of AFCONE, at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 June 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Suresh Pillai, Director, and Oscar Acuna, Training and Capacity Building Coordinator, from Texas A&M National Center for Electron Beam Research during their courtesy meeting with the DG at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 24 June 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Peter Arduini, President & CEO, GE Healthcare, during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 July 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General, FAO, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 July 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met H. E. Ham Sang Wook, the new Governor from the Republic of Korea as the Chair of the Board of Governors for the unexpired term of office for the period 2021 – 2022, succeeded H. E. Mr. Chae-Hyun Shin, the former Governor of the Republic of Korea. IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 5 September 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Eduardo Enrique Reina, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 September 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, met with HE Ms. Adriana Mira, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 19 September 2022Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 November 2022.Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Salvador Handal, Executive Secretary, National Energy Council of El Salvador during his official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 November 2022. HE Ms. Natasha Meli Daudey, Resident Representative of the Republic of Malta to the IAEA, presents Malta’s contribution for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) to Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 November 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Laura Leyser, Director General, Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres Austria, during her official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 November 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Professor Wolfgango Plastino, Professor Matteo Passoni, Politecnico di Milano, accompanied by HE Mr. Alessandro Cortese, Resident Representative of Italy to the IAEA, during their official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 November 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Takeshi Hikihara, Resident Representative of Japan to the IAEA, as he receives Japan’s support to IAEA activities in Ukraine during their official meeting at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 17 November 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Heads of the Caribbean Community’s Technical Institution (CARICOM) during their official visit at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 21 November 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Will Tobey, Chair of the Board, and Lars van Dassen, Executive Director, of the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) during their official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 6 December 2022. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with Ambassador Jarmo Viinanen, Strategic and Arms Control, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 December 2022.


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Mr. Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania during his official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 December 2022.


Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, met with HE Ms. Aruni Wijewardane, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka during her official visit to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 December 2022.
Last update: 9 December 2022

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