LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Eritrea

106 recorded engagements by Eritrea's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1994–2025.

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106Engagements
104Visits
1Phone calls
1Video conferences
7Signed agreements
25Destination countries
6Officials recorded
40Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1994 and 2025, Eritrea's leaders recorded 106 engagements: 104 in-person visits, 1 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2024, with 8 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (34 engagements), followed by Sudan and Qatar. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 7 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 40 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Isaias Afwerki (President), with 56 engagements between 1994 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Eritrea, 1994–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1994: 2 engagements1995: 2 engagements1996: 2 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 3 engagements1999: 2 engagements2000: 6 engagements2001: 3 engagements2002: 0 engagements2003: 3 engagements2004: 3 engagements2005: 4 engagements2006: 2 engagements2007: 2 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 2 engagements2010: 4 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 1 engagement2013: 3 engagements2014: 5 engagements2015: 2 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 2 engagements2018: 7 engagements2019: 7 engagements2020: 4 engagements2021: 3 engagements2022: 3 engagements2023: 7 engagements2024: 8 engagements2025: 7 engagements19941995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America34
  • Sudan9
  • Qatar7
  • Egypt6
  • China5
  • Russia5
  • Djibouti4
  • United Arab Emirates4
  • Saudi Arabia4
  • Yemen3
  • Libya3
  • Algeria3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations106
  • Security and Defense87
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs49
  • Trade and Economic Relations48
  • Development and Aid16
  • Maritime and Territorial Issues11
  • International Conflicts and Crises10
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation6
  • Health2
  • Financial and Monetary Issues1
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1
  • Migration and Human Mobility1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Eritrea country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/eritrea.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Eritrea's own officials.