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
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