List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office.[1]
Summary of international trips
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7 or more visits
Philippines
| Number of visits | Country |
|---|---|
| 1 visit | Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey |
| 2 visits | Australia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia |
| 3 visits | Brunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| 4 visits | Italy, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam |
| 5 visits | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
| 7 visits | Japan |
| 15 visits | China |
| 16 visits | United States |
List of international trips
2001
- August 7–9 – State visit to Malaysia[2]
- August 22–24 – State visit to Brunei[1]
- August 24–26 – State visit to Singapore[1]
- September 12–15 – Working visit to Japan – Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce[3]
- October 19–22 – Visit to Shanghai, China – Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- October 28–29 – Official visit to Hong Kong, China[1]
- October 29–31 – State visit to China[1]
- November 4–6 – Visit to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
- November 12–13 – State visit to Indonesia[1]
- November 15–20 – Working visit to the United States – Met with President George W. Bush[1][4]
- November 21 – Visit to Mexico – Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[5]
2002
- January 28–29 – Official visit to London, United Kingdom – Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair[6]
- January 29 – Working visit to Canada – Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien[6]
- February – Working visit to New York City, United States – Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President Shimon Peres of Israel[6]
- May 7 – Official visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council[2]
- May 7–8 – Official visit to Thailand[7]
- May 20–24 – Working visit to Japan[1]
- October 24–25 and 27–30 – Working visits to the United States[1]
- October 25–27 – Visit to Los Cabos, Mexico – Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[5]
- November 3–6 – Visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
- November 6–7 – State visit to Vietnam[1]
- December 2–5 – State visit to Japan[8]
2003
- February 2–3 – Official visit to Kuwait[1][9]
- February 23–25 – Visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit[1]
- April 4 – Visit to Thailand – Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS[1]
- May 17–23 – State and working visit to the United States – Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[10]
- June 2–4 – State visit to South Korea – Met with President Roh Moo-hyun[11]
- June 4–6 – Working visit to Japan – Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[12]
- September 1–3 – Visit to Brunei – Attended the PECC XV[1]
- September 24–26 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly[1]
- September 27–28 – Working visit to Italy and Vatican City – Met with Pope John Paul II[1][13]
- September 29 – Visit to France – Attended a UNESCO summit[1]
- October 6–8 – Visit to Bali, Indonesia – Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit[1]
- October 15–16 – Visit to Putrajaya, Malaysia – Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference[1]
- October 19–21 – Visit to Bangkok, Thailand – Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- December – Working visit to Hong Kong, China[1]
- December 10–12 – Visit to Tokyo, Japan – Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit[1]
- December 14–15 – State visit to Bahrain[14]
2004
- September 1–3 – State visit to China – Met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[15]
- September 8–9 – Official visit to Brunei – Attended the wedding of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[16]
- October 7–9 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
- November 17–18 and 23 – Working visit to the United States[1]
- November 19–22 – Visit to Santiago, Chile – Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- November 22–23 – Official visit to Mexico City, Mexico – Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[17]
- November 28–30 – Visit to Vientiane, Laos – Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit[1]
2005
- January 5–6 – Visit to Indonesia – Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[18]
- April 6–9 – Official visit to Italy and Vatican City – Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II[1]
- April 21–22 – Visit to Jakarta, Indonesia – Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee[18]
- August – Working visit to Singapore[1]
- September 12–16 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
- November 17–19 – Visit to Busan, South Korea – Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- December 11–14 – Visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit, meeting with BIMP-EAGA, and the First East Asia Summit[1]
2006
- May 7–10 – State visit to Saudi Arabia – Met with King Abdullah[19]
- June 24–25 – Official visit to Italy and Vatican City – Met with Pope Benedict XVI[1][20]
- June 29–30 – Official visit to Madrid, Spain – Met with King Juan Carlos I[20]
- July 15 – Official visit to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[21]
- July 16–18 – State visit to Tripoli, Libya[21]
- September 9–11 – Visit to Helsinki, Finland – Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[1][22]
- September 12–13 – Official visit to Brussels, Belgium[22]
- September 13–14 – Official visit to London, United Kingdom[22]
- September 15 – Official visit to Havana, Cuba – Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[22][23]
- September 16–17 – Official visit to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States[22]
- October 27–November 1 – Visit to Nanning and Hong Kong, China – Attended the ASEAN–China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong[1][24]
- November 17–19 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- November 19–20 – Working visit to Singapore[1]
2007
- January 25–26 – Visit to Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum[25]
- January 27 – State visit to Kuwait[25]
- April 19–21 – Visit to Bo'ao, China – Attended the Boao Forum for Asia[26]
- May 22–25 – Visit to Tokyo, Japan – Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia[1]
- May 27–30 – State visit to New Zealand[27]
- May 30–31 – State visit to Canberra and Melbourne, Australia[28]
- June 2–4 – Private visit to Vatican City – Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[1][29]
- June – Private visit to Lisbon, Portugal – Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[30]
- June 6–7 – State visit to Sichuan and Chongqing, China[31]
- June 25–26 – State visit to Singapore – Met with President S. R. Nathan[32]
- June 26–27 – State visit to Equatorial Guinea – Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[33]
- August 30–31 – Official visit to Malaysia – Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence[1]
- September 7–9 – Visit to Sydney, Australia – Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- September 26–29 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly[1]
- October 2–3 – Working visit to Shanghai, China – Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games[1]
- October 4–6 – State visit to India[34]
- November 18–22 – Visit to Singapore – Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit[1]
- December 2–8 – State visit to Spain[1][35]
- December 9–10 – Working visit to Kuwait[1][36]
2008
- January 22–25 – Working visit to Zürich and Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum[37]
- January 26–28 – Official visit to the United Arab Emirates[1][37]
- March 30–April 1 – Working visit to Hong Kong, China – Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference[1]
- June 21–28 – Official/working visit to the United States[1]
- August 7–9 – Official visit to Beijing, China – Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[1][38]
- September 21–27 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly[1]
- October 23–27 – Working visit to Beijing, China – Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
- November 10–13 – Working visit to the United States – Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
- November 13–16 – State visit to Doha, Qatar[39]
- November – Working visit to the United Arab Emirates[1]
- November 21–23 – Visit to Lima, Peru – Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- November – Official visit to Colombia – Met with President Álvaro Uribe[40]
- November 27 – Working visit to the United States[1]
2009
- January 30–31 – Visit to Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum[1][41]
- February 1–2 – Working visit to Milan, Italy[1][41]
- February 3–4 – Working visit to Saudi Arabia[1]
- February 4–5 – Official visit to Bahrain – Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa[1][41]
- February 6–7 – Official visit to the United States – Attended a prayer conference[1]
- February 28–March 1 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
- April 10–11 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
- April 12–14 – Working visit to Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1][42]
- May 2–3 – Official/working visit to Cairo, Egypt – Met with President Hosni Mubarak[1][43]
- May 4–6 – State visit to Damascus, Syria – Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria[1][43]
- May 11–15 – Visit to Manado, Indonesia – Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[1][44]
- May 30–June 2 – Visit to Jeju, South Korea – Attended the ASEAN–Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit[1]
- June 3–5 – Visit to St. Petersburg, Russia – Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[1][45]
- June 17–20 – Working visit to Japan – Met with Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[46]
- June 22–25 – State visit to Brasília, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President José Sarney of the Federal Senate, and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies[47]
- July 15–16 – Visit to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[48]
- July 30–31 – Official visit to Washington, D.C., United States – Met with President Barack Obama[1][49]
- August 28–September 1 – Official visit to Libya – Attended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi, President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan[50]
- September 16–17 – Working visit to Ankara, Turkey – Met with President Abdullah Gül[51][52]
- September 17–20 – Visit to the United Kingdom – Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[52]
- September 21–23 – Official visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal[1][52]
- November 13–15 – Visit to Singapore – Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
- November 17–18 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit[1]
- December 16–19 – Visit to Copenhagen, Denmark – Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[53]
2010
- April 8–9 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit[1]
- April 12–13 – Visit to Washington, D.C., United States – Attended the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit[54]
- April 14–15 – Official visit to Madrid, Spain – Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[1][55]
- June 8–9 – Visit to Shanghai, China – Visited the Expo 2010[1][56]
See also
- Foreign relations of the Philippines
- List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III
- International presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte
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External links
- Presidential Trips: The full list – List of presidential trips by the Official Gazette
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