List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Arroyo with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during her visit to South Korea in May 2009.

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

Map of international trips made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president:

  1 visit

  2 visits

  3 visits

  4 visits

  5 visits

  6 visits

  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(Hong Kong)
16 visits	United States

List of international trips

Date(s)		Note	Places visited	Country	Details
August 7–9	2001	State visit		Malaysia[2]	Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad[3]
August 22–24		State visit		Brunei[1]
August 24–26		State visit	Singapore[1]
September 12–15		Working visit		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[4]
October 19–22		Visit	Shanghai	China	Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
October 28–29		Official visit	Hong Kong[1]
October 29–31		State visit		China[1]
November 4–6		Visit	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 12–13		State visit		Indonesia[1]
November 15–20	2002	Working visit		United States	Met with President George W. Bush[1][5]
November 21			Visit	Mexico	Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[6]
January 28–29		Official visit	London	United Kingdom	Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair[7]
January 29		Working visit		Canada	Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien[7]
February		Working visit	New York City	United States	Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres[7]
May 7		Official visit	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council[2]
May 7–8		Official visit		Thailand[8]
May 20–24		Working visit		Japan[1]
October 24–25 and 27–30		Working visits		United States[1]
October 25–27		Visit	Los Cabos	Mexico	Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[6]
November 3–6		Visit	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 6–7		State visit		Vietnam[1]
December 2–5		State visit		Japan[9]
February 2–3	2003	Official visit		Kuwait	[1][10]
February 23–25		Visit	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit[1]
April 4		Visit		Thailand	Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS[1]
May 17–23		State and working visit	Los Angeles	United States	Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[11]
June 2–4		State visit		South Korea	Met with President Roh Moo-hyun[12]
June 4–6		Working visit		Japan	Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[13]
September 1–3		Visit		Brunei	Attended the PECC XV[1]
September 24–26		Visit		United States	Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly[1]
September 27–28		Working visit		Holy See	Met with Pope John Paul II[1][14]
September 29		Visit		France	Attended a UNESCO summit[1]
October 6–8		Visit	Bali	Indonesia	Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit[1]
October 15–16		Visit	Putrajaya	Malaysia	Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference[1]
October 19–21		Visit	Bangkok	Thailand	Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 10–12		Visit	Tokyo	Japan	Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit[1]
December 14–15		State visit		Bahrain[15]
September 1–3	2004	State visit		China	Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[16]
September 8–9		Official visit		Brunei	Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[17]
October 7–9		Visit	Hanoi	Vietnam	Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 17–18 and 23		Working visit		United States[1]
November 19–22		Visit	Santiago	Chile	Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 22–23		Official visit	Mexico City	Mexico	Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[18]
November 28–30		Visit	Vientiane	Laos	Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit[1]
January 5–6	2005	Visit		Indonesia	Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[19]
April 6–9		Official visit	Holy See		Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II[1]
April 21–22		Visit	Jakarta	Indonesia	Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee[19]
August		Working visit		Singapore[1]
September 12–16		Visit		United States	Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 17–19		Visit	Busan	South Korea	Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 11–14		Visit	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit[1]
May 7–10	2006	State visit		Saudi Arabia	Met with King Abdullah[20]
June 24–25		Official visit	Holy See		Met with Pope Benedict XVI[1][21]
June 29–30		Official visit	Madrid	Spain	Met with King Juan Carlos I[21]
July 15		Official visit	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[22]
July 16–18		State visit	Tripoli	Libya[22]
September 9–11		Visit	Helsinki	Finland	Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[1][23]
September 12–13		Official visit	Brussels	Belgium[23]
September 13–14		Official visit	London	United Kingdom[23]'
September 15		Official visit	Havana	Cuba	Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[23][24]
September 16–17		Official visit	Honolulu	United States	[23]
October 27 - November 1		Visit	Nanning and Hong Kong	China[1][25]	Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong[1][25]
November 17–19		Visit	Hanoi	Vietnam	Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 19–20		Working visit	Singapore[1]
January 25–26	2007	Visit	Davos	Switzerland	Attended the World Economic Forum[26]
January 27		State visit		Kuwait[26]
April 19–21		Visit	Bo'ao	China	Attended the Boao Forum for Asia[27]
May 22–25		Visit	Tokyo	Japan	Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia[1]
May 27–30		State visit		New Zealand[28]
May 30–31		State visit	Canberra and Melbourne	Australia[29]
June 2–4		Private visit	Rome	Holy See	Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[1] [30]
June		Private visit	Lisbon	Holy See	Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[31]
June 6–7		State visit	Sichuan and Chongqing	China[32]
June 25–26		State visit		Singapore	Met with President S. R. Nathan[33]
June 26–27		State visit		Equatorial Guinea	Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[34]
August 30–31		Official visit		Malaysia	Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence[1]
September 7–9		Visit	Sydney	Australia	Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
September 26–29		Visit		United States	Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 2–3		Working visit	Shanghai	China	Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games[1]
October 4–6		State visit		India[35]
November 18–22		Visit	Singapore		Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 2–8		State visit		Spain[1][36]
December 9–10		Working visit		Kuwait[1][37]
January 22–25	2008	Working visit	Zürich and Davos	Switzerland	Attended the World Economic Forum[38]
January 26–28		Official visit		United Arab Emirates	[1][38]
March 30 - April 1		Working visit	Hong Kong	China	Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference[1]
June 21–28		Official/working visit		United States[1]
August 7–9		Official visit	Beijing	China	Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[1][39]
September 21–27		Visit	New York City	United States	Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 23–27		Working visit	Beijing	China	Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 10–13		Working visit	New York City	United States	Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 13–16		State visit	Doha	Qatar [40]
November		Working visit		United Arab Emirates [1]
November 21–23		Visit	Lima	Peru	Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November		Official visit		Colombia	Met with President Álvaro Uribe[41]
November 27		Working visit		United States[1]
January 30–31	2009	Visit	Davos	Switzerland	Attended the World Economic Forum[1][42]
February 1–2		Working visit	Milan	Italy[1][42]
February 3–4		Working visit		Saudi Arabia[1]
February 4–5		Official visit		Bahrain	Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa[1][42]
February 6–7		Official visit		United States	Attended a prayer conference[1]
February 28 - March 1		Visit	Pattaya	Thailand	Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 10–11		Visit	Pattaya	Thailand	Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–14		Working visit	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates[1][43]
May 2–3		Official/working visit	Cairo	Egypt	Met with President Hosni Mubarak[1][44]
May 4–6		State visit	Damascus	Syria	Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria[1][44]
May 11–15		Visit	Manado	Indonesia	Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[1][45]
May 30 - June 2		Visit	Jeju	South Korea	Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit[1]
June 3–5		Visit	St. Petersburg	Russia	Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[1][46]
June 17–20		Working visit	Tokyo	Japan	Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[47]
June 22–25		State visit	Brasília Recife, 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[48]
July 15–16		Visit	Sharm el-Sheikh	Egypt	Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[49]
July 30–31		Official visit	Washington, D.C.	United States	Met with President Barack Obama[1][50]
August 28 - September 1		Official visit	Tripoli	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[51]
September 16–17		Working visit	Ankara	Turkey	Met with President Abdullah Gül[52][53]
September 17–20		Visit		United Kingdom	Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[53]
September 21–23		Official visit	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal[1][53]
November 13–15		Visit	Singapore		Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 17–18		Visit	Pattaya	Thailand	Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 16–19		Visit	Copenhagen	Denmark	Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[54]
April 8–9	2010	Visit	Hanoi	Vietnam	Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–13		Visit	Washington, D.C.	United States	Attended the Nuclear Security Summit[55]
April 14–15		Official visit	Madrid	Spain	Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[1][56]
June 8–9		Visit	Shanghai	China	Visited the Expo 2010[1][57]

See also

• Foreign relations of the Philippines
• List of international presidential trips made by Joseph Estrada
• List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III
• List of international presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte
• List of international presidential trips made by Bongbong Marcos

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External links

• Presidential Trips: The full list – List of presidential trips by the Official Gazette