LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Eritrea

197 recorded engagements by Eritrea's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1993–2025.

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197Engagements
195Visits
1Phone calls
1Video conferences
8Signed agreements
37Destination countries
6Officials recorded
73Multilateral summits

LEAD records 8 signed agreements for Eritrea; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1993 and 2025, Eritrea's leaders recorded 197 engagements: 195 in-person visits, 1 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2010, with 16 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (35 engagements), followed by Egypt and Qatar. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 8 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 73 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Isaias Afwerki (President), with 147 engagements between 1993 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Eritrea, 1993–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1993: 3 engagements1994: 8 engagements1995: 3 engagements1996: 5 engagements1997: 2 engagements1998: 7 engagements1999: 4 engagements2000: 7 engagements2001: 3 engagements2002: 6 engagements2003: 5 engagements2004: 8 engagements2005: 6 engagements2006: 6 engagements2007: 4 engagements2008: 6 engagements2009: 2 engagements2010: 16 engagements2011: 9 engagements2012: 2 engagements2013: 7 engagements2014: 7 engagements2015: 5 engagements2016: 5 engagements2017: 4 engagements2018: 7 engagements2019: 10 engagements2020: 7 engagements2021: 3 engagements2022: 3 engagements2023: 11 engagements2024: 9 engagements2025: 7 engagements19931995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America35
  • Egypt21
  • Qatar20
  • Libya15
  • Sudan15
  • Saudi Arabia9
  • United Arab Emirates9
  • Ethiopia8
  • China6
  • Kenya5
  • Russia5
  • Yemen4

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations197
  • Security and Defense87
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs81
  • Trade and Economic Relations51
  • 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.22976211 [Eritrea country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Eritrea's own officials.