List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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]

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

Summary of international trips edit

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 visitsCountry
1 visitBelgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey
2 visitsAustralia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia
3 visitsBrunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
4 visitsItaly, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam
5 visitsIndonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
7 visitsJapan
15 visitsChina(Hong Kong)
16 visitsUnited States

List of international trips edit

Date(s)NotePlaces visitedCountryDetails
August 7–92001State visit  Malaysia[2]
August 22–24State visit  Brunei[1]
August 24–26State visit  Singapore[1]
September 12–15Working visit  JapanSummit 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 19–22VisitShanghai  ChinaAttended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
October 28–29Official visit  Hong Kong[1]
October 29–31State visit  China[1]
November 4–6VisitBandar Seri Begawan  BruneiAttended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 12–13State visit  Indonesia[1]
November 15–202002Working visit  United StatesMet with President George W. Bush[1][4]
November 21Visit  MexicoAttended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[5]
January 28–29Official visitLondon  United KingdomMet with Prime Minister Tony Blair[6]
January 29Working visit  CanadaMet with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien[6]
FebruaryWorking visitNew York City  United StatesAddressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres[6]
May 7Official visitKuala Lumpur  MalaysiaAddressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council[2]
May 7–8Official visit  Thailand[7]
May 20–24Working visit  Japan[1]
October 24–25 and 27–30Working visits  United States[1]
October 25–27VisitLos Cabos  MexicoAttended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[5]
November 3–6VisitPhnom Penh  CambodiaAttended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 6–7State visit  Vietnam[1]
December 2–5State visit  Japan[8]
February 2–32003Official visit  Kuwait[1][9]
February 23–25VisitKuala Lumpur  MalaysiaAttended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit[1]
April 4Visit  ThailandAttended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS[1]
May 17–23State and working visitLos Angeles  United StatesMet with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[10]
June 2–4State visit  South KoreaMet with President Roh Moo-hyun[11]
June 4–6Working visit  JapanMet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[12]
September 1–3Visit  BruneiAttended the PECC XV[1]
September 24–26Visit  United StatesAddressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly[1]
September 27–28Working visit  Holy SeeMet with Pope John Paul II[1][13]
September 29Visit  FranceAttended a UNESCO summit[1]
October 6–8VisitBali  IndonesiaAttended the 9th ASEAN Summit[1]
October 15–16VisitPutrajaya  MalaysiaAttended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference[1]
October 19–21VisitBangkok  ThailandAttended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 10–12VisitTokyo  JapanAttended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit[1]
December 14–15State visit  Bahrain[14]
September 1–32004State visit  ChinaMet with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[15]
September 8–9Official visit  BruneiAttended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[16]
October 7–9VisitHanoi  VietnamAttended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 17–18 and 23Working visit  United States[1]
November 19–22VisitSantiago  ChileAttended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 22–23Official visitMexico City  MexicoMet with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[17]
November 28–30VisitVientiane  LaosAttended the 10th ASEAN Summit[1]
January 5–62005Visit  IndonesiaAttended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[18]
April 6–9Official visit  Holy SeeAttended the funeral of Pope John Paul II[1]
April 21–22VisitJakarta  IndonesiaAttended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee[18]
AugustWorking visit  Singapore[1]
September 12–16Visit  United StatesAddressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 17–19VisitBusan  South KoreaAttended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 11–14VisitKuala Lumpur  MalaysiaAttended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit[1]
May 7–102006State visit  Saudi ArabiaMet with King Abdullah[19]
June 24–25Official visit  Holy SeeMet with Pope Benedict XVI[1][20]
June 29–30Official visitMadrid  SpainMet with King Juan Carlos I[20]
July 15Official visitBandar Seri Begawan  BruneiAttended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[21]
July 16–18State visitTripoli  Libya[21]
September 9–11VisitHelsinki  FinlandAttended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[1][22]
September 12–13Official visitBrussels  Belgium[22]
September 13–14Official visitLondon  United Kingdom[22]'
September 15Official visitHavana  CubaMet with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[22][23]
September 16–17Official visitHonolulu  United States[22]
October 27 - November 1VisitNanning and Hong Kong  China[1][24]Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong[1][24]
November 17–19VisitHanoi  VietnamAttended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 19–20Working visitSingapore[1]
January 25–262007VisitDavos   SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[25]
January 27State visit  Kuwait[25]
April 19–21VisitBo'ao  ChinaAttended the Boao Forum for Asia[26]
May 22–25VisitTokyo  JapanAttended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia[1]
May 27–30State visit  New Zealand[27]
May 30–31State visitCanberra and Melbourne  Australia[28]
June 2–4Private visitRome  Holy SeeMet with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[1]

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JunePrivate visitLisbon  Holy SeeMet with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[30]
June 6–7State visitSichuan and Chongqing  China[31]
June 25–26State visit  SingaporeMet with President S. R. Nathan[32]
June 26–27State visit  Equatorial GuineaMet with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[33]
August 30–31Official visit  MalaysiaAttended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence[1]
September 7–9VisitSydney  AustraliaAttended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
September 26–29Visit  United StatesAddressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 2–3Working visitShanghai  ChinaAttended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games[1]
October 4–6State visit  India[34]
November 18–22Visit  SingaporeAttended the 13th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 2–8State visit  Spain[1][35]
December 9–10Working visit  Kuwait[1][36]
January 22–252008Working visit  Zürich and Davos   SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[37]
January 26–28Official visit  United Arab Emirates[1][37]
March 30 - April 1Working visitHong Kong  ChinaAddressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference[1]
June 21–28Official/working visit  United States[1]
August 7–9Official visitBeijing  ChinaMet with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[1][38]
September 21–27VisitNew York City  United StatesAddressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 23–27Working visitBeijing  ChinaAttended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 10–13Working visitNew York City  United StatesAddressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 13–16State visitDoha  Qatar

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NovemberWorking visit  United Arab Emirates

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November 21–23VisitLima  PeruAttended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
NovemberOfficial visit  ColombiaMet with President Álvaro Uribe[40]
November 27Working visit  United States[1]
January 30–312009VisitDavos   SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[1][41]
February 1–2Working visitMilan  Italy[1][41]
February 3–4Working visit  Saudi Arabia[1]
February 4–5Official visit  BahrainMet with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa[1][41]
February 6–7Official visit  United StatesAttended a prayer conference[1]
February 28 - March 1VisitPattaya  ThailandAttended the 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 10–11VisitPattaya  ThailandAttended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–14Working visitDubai  United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates[1][42]
May 2–3Official/working visitCairo  EgyptMet with President Hosni Mubarak[1][43]
May 4–6State visitDamascus  SyriaMet with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria[1][43]
May 11–15VisitManado  IndonesiaAttended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[1][44]
May 30 - June 2VisitJeju  South KoreaAttended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit[1]
June 3–5VisitSt. Petersburg  RussiaAttended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[1][45]
June 17–20Working visitTokyo  JapanMet with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[46]
June 22–25State visitBrasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro  BrazilMet 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 15–16VisitSharm el-Sheikh  EgyptAttended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[48]
July 30–31Official visitWashington, D.C.  United StatesMet with President Barack Obama[1][49]
August 28 - September 1Official visitTripoli  LibyaAttended 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 16–17Working visitAnkara  TurkeyMet with President Abdullah Gül[51][52]
September 17–20Visit  United KingdomDelivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[52]
September 21–23Official visitJeddah  Saudi ArabiaAttended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal[1][52]
November 13–15Visit  SingaporeAttended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 17–18VisitPattaya  ThailandAttended the 15th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 16–19VisitCopenhagen  DenmarkAttended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[53]
April 8–92010VisitHanoi  VietnamAttended the 16th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–13VisitWashington, D.C.  United StatesAttended the Nuclear Security Summit[54]
April 14–15Official visitMadrid  SpainAwarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[1][55]
June 8–9VisitShanghai  ChinaVisited the Expo 2010[1][56]

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