List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama explained
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017.[1]
Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad. Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 37 days. The one geopolitical region that he never visited was Central Asia; this region has never been visited by a sitting U.S. president.[2]
The number of visits per country where President Obama traveled are:
- One visit to Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, and the West Bank
- Two visits to Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and Vatican City
- Three visits to Canada, China, and Poland
- Four visits to Afghanistan, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea
- Five visits to Mexico and the United Kingdom
- Six visits to France and Germany
First term
2009
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1 | Canada | Ottawa | | Met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff. As Obama's first foreign trip, it was regarded in media as a "practice visit" for future diplomatic travel.[3] [4] [5] | |
2 | United Kingdom | London | | Attended the second G-20 summit.[6] Met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown,[7] Leader of the Opposition David Cameron,[8] and with Queen Elizabeth II.[9] [10] | |
France Germany | Strasbourg, Baden-Baden, Kehl | | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting.[11] [12] [13] [14] | |
Czech Republic | Prague | | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with President Václav Klaus. Delivered public speech on nuclear disarmament in Hradčany Square.[15] [16] | |
Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | | Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, delivered a speech to the Grand National Assembly, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Anitkabir Mausoleum.[17] He also met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul,[18] attended the Alliance of Civilizations forum,[19] visited the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque, and held a town hall with students at the Tophane Cultural Center.[20] [21] [22] [23] | |
Iraq | Baghdad | | Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Visited with U.S. troops.[24] [25] | |
3 | Mexico | Mexico City | | Met with President Felipe Calderón.[26] [27] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | | Attended the 5th Summit of the Americas.[28] [29] | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | | Met with King Abdullah and discussed various regional issues.[30] [31] | |
Egypt | Cairo | | Met with President Hosni Mubarak. Toured the Giza Pyramids and the Sultan Hassan Mosque. Delivered a speech at Cairo University.[32] | |
Germany | Dresden, Weimar, Landstuhl | | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Visited the Buchenwald concentration camp and visited wounded U.S. military personnel at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.[33] | |
France | Paris, Caen, Normandy | | Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy and dedicated the new visitor center at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy. Dignitaries joining with them to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day included British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.[34] [35] | |
5 | | Moscow | | Met with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Also delivered a speech to the New Economic School, and met with dissidents and opposition leaders.[36] | |
Italy | L'Aquila, Rome | | Attended the 35th G8 summit. Met Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Also met with President Giorgio Napolitano.[37] | |
| Apostolic Palace | | Audience with Pope Benedict XVI, discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need for Christian-Muslim dialogue.[38] | |
Ghana | Accra, Cape Coast | | Met with President John Atta Mills. Delivered a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament. Toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle. | |
6 | Mexico | Guadalajara | | Attended the 5th North American Leaders' Summit with President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[39] | |
7 | Denmark | Copenhagen | | Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in support of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[40] | |
8 | Japan | Tokyo | | Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and made a speech at the Suntory Hall.[41] [42] in Tokyo.[43] | |
Singapore | Singapore | | Attended the APEC summit.[44] [45] Also met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | |
China | Shanghai, Beijing | | Met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng. Took part in a town-hall style meeting with Chinese students, addressing a range of issues such as internet censorship and U.S. arms deals with Taiwan.[46] [47] Held a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao, and met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Also visited the Forbidden City[48] and the Great Wall of China.[49] [50] | |
| Seoul, Osan | | Met with President Lee Myung-bak.[51] [52] Visited with U.S. troops at Osan Air Base.[53] | |
9 | Norway | Oslo | | Met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.[54] [55] | |
10 | Denmark | Copenhagen | | Attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Also met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,[56] and with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss completing a nuclear disarmament treaty to replace the 1994 START I Treaty.[57] | | |
2010
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11 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul | | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Addressed U.S. military personnel.[58] | |
12 | Czech Republic | Prague | | Signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Also met with the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Romania; and with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia at a formal dinner.[59] | |
13 | Canada | Toronto, Huntsville | | Attended the 36th G8 summit and the G-20 summit meetings.[60] [61] | |
14 | India | Mumbai, New Delhi | | Participated in the U.S.-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit, commemorated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, visited the Mani Bhavan Museum, and held a town hall meeting at St Xavier's College in Mumbai. Met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressed the Indian Parliament. Visited the Humayun's Tomb and the Raj Ghat.[62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] | |
Indonesia | Depok, Jakarta | | Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Visited the Istiqlal Mosque and delivered a speech at the University of Indonesia.[71] [72] [73] [74] | |
| Seoul | | Attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison and met with President Lee Myung-bak. Attended the G-20 summit meeting.[75] [76] [77] [78] | |
Japan | Yokohama, Kamakura | | Attended the APEC summit. Met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.[79] [80] | |
15 | Portugal | Lisbon | | Attend the NATO summit and U.S.-EU Summit meetings. Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister José Sócrates. Attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, and met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on the sidelines.[81] [82] [83] | |
16 | Afghanistan | Bagram | | Met with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, thanking them for their contributions to the war effort.[84] [85] | | |
2011
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17 | Brazil | Brasília, Rio de Janeiro | | Met with President Dilma Rousseff. Spoke in Rio de Janeiro at the Theatro Municipal, and also visited the favela Cidade de Deus, one of that city's most impoverished neighborhoods.[86] [87] [88] [89] | |
Chile | Santiago | | Met with President Sebastián Piñera.[90] [91] [92] Spoke in Santiago at the Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda. | |
El Salvador | San Salvador | | Met with President Mauricio Funes. Visited the San Salvador Cathedral and the tomb of archbishop Óscar Romero.[93] [94] [95] | |
18 | Ireland | Dublin, Moneygall | | Met President Mary McAleese and with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Visited ancestral home of Moneygall,[96] and spoke at College Green in Dublin.[97] [98] [99] [100] | |
United Kingdom | London | | Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron, and also opposition leader Ed Miliband. Laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and addressed the UK Parliament.[101] [102] [103] | |
France | Deauville, Paris | | Attended the 37th G8 summit, where he also held bilateral talks with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy.[104] [105] [106] | |
Poland | Warsaw | | Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and with Central and Eastern European leaders during a dinner hosted by President Komorowski. Laid a wreath at both the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, and met with Jewish community leaders and Holocaust survivors at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. Visited the memorial to the victims of the Smolensk plane crash.[107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] | |
19 | France | Cannes | | Attended the G-20 summit meeting, also held bilateral talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina.[113] [114] | |
20 | Australia | Canberra, Darwin | | Met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and addressed the Australian Parliament. At Darwin, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony with Prime Minister Gillard at USS Peary Memorial.[115] [116] [117] | |
Indonesia | Bali | | Attended the 19th ASEAN summit and 6th East Asia Summit meetings.[118] [119] [120] [121] [122] | | |
2012
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21 | | Seoul | | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit; held bilateral meetings with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey, President Medvedev of Russia, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Hu Jintao of China and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and delivered remarks at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul.[123] [124] [125] | |
22 | Colombia | Cartagena | | Attended the 6th Summit of the Americas.[126] [127] [128] [129] Announced, along with President Juan Manuel Santos, that the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will take effect May 15, 2012.[130] Attended an event with President Santos in which the Colombian government handed over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena,[131] and visited the Spanish colonial-era Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.[132] | |
23 | Afghanistan | Kabul | | Met with President Karzai and addressed U.S. military personnel. Signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and United States. Addressed the nation from there regarding the responsible end of the Afghanistan war.[133] [134] [135] | |
24 | Mexico | Cabo San Lucas | | Attended the G-20 summit meeting; also met with several European heads of state and government to discuss the European sovereign-debt crisis,[136] and held bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[137] [138] [139] | |
25 | | Bangkok | | Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.[140] [141] [142] [143] Visited the Wat Pho Monastery.[144] [145] | |
Myanmar (Burma) | Yangon | | Met with President Thein Sein, and toured the Shwedagon Pagoda.[146] Met with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and representatives of Myanmar civil society organizations, including an advocate for Myanmar’s Rohingya population,[147] Also delivered a speech at the University of Yangon.[148] [149] | |
| Phnom Penh | | Attended 21st ASEAN summit; 7th East Asia Summit where he held bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao; and Trans-Pacific Partnership meetings. Met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. Becoming the first U.S President to visit the country. [150] [151] [152] | | |
Second term
2013
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26 | | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem | | Met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Visited the Shrine of the Book and Yad Vashem, and laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin. Also spoke to students at the International Convention Center.[153] [154] | |
Palestinian National Authority (West Bank) | | | Met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Visited a youth center in al-Bireh, and the Church of the Nativity. | |
| Amman, Petra | | Met with King Abdullah II. | |
27 | Mexico | Mexico City | | Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto,[155] and gave an address at the National Anthropology Museum.[156] | |
Costa Rica | San José | | Met with President Laura Chinchilla and other heads of state attending the Central American Integration System summit.[157] [158] | |
28 | United Kingdom | Enniskillen, Belfast | | Attended the 39th G8 summit in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and held a held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also spoke to a group of students in Belfast about the legacy of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. | |
Germany | Berlin | | Met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Delivered a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate. and also met with Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democratic candidate for Chancellor in the 2013 federal election. | |
29 | Senegal | Dakar | | Met with President Macky Sall, and visited Senegal's supreme court for a meeting with regional judicial leaders. Visited the House of Slaves on Gorée and met with civil society leaders at the Goree Institute. Also met with farmers and other members of Senegal's agriculture sector to discuss food security.[159] [160] | |
South Africa | Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, Cape Town | | Met with President Jacob Zuma. Also met (separately) with African Union Commission Chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and with members of the Mandela family. Attended a town hall at the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg.[161] Delivered a speech at the University of Cape Town, attended a community health discussion at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Center, and visited Robben Island.[162] | |
| Dar es Salaam | | Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Participated in a round-table meeting with American and African business leaders to discuss trade and investment. Laid a wreath at the memorial to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing. With the president, in addition to First Lady Michelle Obama, were former president George and former first lady Laura Bush | |
| Dakar | | Stopped during return to Washington D.C. | |
30 | Sweden | Stockholm | | Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Also met with leaders of the Nordic countries. Attended an event honoring Raoul Wallenberg at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm.[163] [164] | |
| St. Petersburg | | Attended the G-20 summit. | |
31 | South Africa | Johannesburg | | Attended the Nelson Mandela funeral. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush also attended.[165] [166] [167] | | |
2014
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32 | Mexico | Toluca | | Attended the 7th North American Leaders' Summit with President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[168] | |
33 | Netherlands | Amsterdam, The Hague | | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Also attended the G-7 summit on the crisis in Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. Met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and with King Willem-Alexander.[169] [170] | |
Belgium | Waregem, Brussels | | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting, and held bilateral meetings with Belgian government officials and with the NATO secretary general. Visited the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial with King Philippe and Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. Delivered a speech at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR).[171] | |
| Apostolic Palace | | Audience with Pope Francis.[172] | |
Italy | Rome | | Met with President Napolitano and Prime Minister Renzi. | |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | | Met with King Abdullah.[173] | |
34 | Japan | Tokyo | | Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[174] [175] Met with students and viewed an ASIMO robot exhibit at the Miraikan and visited the Meiji Shrine,[176] | |
| Seoul | | Attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea, visited Gyeongbokgung Palace, then met with President Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison.[177] [178] [179] | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | | Met with Prime Minister Najib Razak, and with King Abdul Halim; visited the National Mosque of Malaysia.[180] [181] Delivered remarks at the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Malaya. | |
Philippines | Manila, Taguig | | Met with President Benigno Aquino III.[182] Met with American and Filipino troops at Fort Bonifacio,[183] and attended a wreath-laying ceremony and toured the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.[184] | |
35 | Afghanistan | Bagram | | Visited with U.S. troops.[185] | |
36 | Poland | Warsaw | | Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Attended ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of democracy in Poland. Also met with President-elect Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.[186] | |
Belgium | Brussels | | Attended the 40th G7 summit. | |
France | Paris, Omaha Beach, Benouville, Ouistreham | | Met with President François Hollande. Attended the 70th anniversary of D-Day memorial ceremonies. | |
37 | Estonia | Tallinn | | Met with the presidents of the Baltic states. Visited with U.S. and Estonian members of the military. Delivered a speech at Tallinn Airport with Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas. | |
United Kingdom | Newport | | Attended the NATO summit.[187] | |
38 | China | Beijing | | Attended the APEC summit. Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang.[188] Also met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott,[189] and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.[190] | |
Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw, Yangon | | Attended the 25th ASEAN Summit and the 9th East Asia Summit.[191] [192] Met with President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi.[193] [194] Participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Yangon.[195] | |
Australia | Brisbane | | Attended the G-20 summit.[196] Held a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and delivered a speech at the University of Queensland regarding youth voice.[197] [198] | | |
2015
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39 | India | New Delhi | | Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participated in the Indian Republic Day celebration. Addressed an event organized by the U.S.-India Business Council.[199] [200] | |
| Riyadh | | Met with the newly appointed King Salman. Also paid respects to the late King Abdullah.[201] [202] | |
40 | Jamaica | Kingston | | Met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. Visited the Bob Marley Museum. Attended a town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies. Laid wreath at the National Heroes Park.[203] [204] | |
Panama | Panama City | | Attended the 7th Summit of the Americas.[205] Also met with President Raúl Castro of Cuba.[206] | |
41 | Germany | Krün | | Attended the 41st G7 summit.[207] Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel for a traditional Frühschoppen breakfast with the village locals in Krün.[208] Also met with French president François Hollande to discuss the Russo-Ukrainian War and Iran's nuclear program.[209] | |
42 | Kenya | Nairobi | | State visit. Attended the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit,[210] and an innovation fair organized to promote his "Power Africa" initiative of promoting electric power and renewable energy in the Sub-Saharan Africa.[211] Laid a wreath a memorial honoring the victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.[212] Dined with other members of his paternal family.[213] [214] Met with President Uhuru Kenyatta,[215] In the evening, the President was hosted a state dinner by President Kenyatta.[216] and delivered a speech at the Safaricom Indoor Arena.[217] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | | Met with the government of Ethiopia. Visited the African Union headquarters.[218] [219] | |
43 | Turkey | Antalya | | Attended the G-20 summit.[220] Also met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau,[221] King Salman of Saudi Arabia,[222] and with Russian President Vladimir Putin.[223] | |
Philippines | Manila, Pasay | | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting; held bilateral meetings with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and newly elected prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Justin Trudeau of Canada,[224] [225] as well as meetings with Trans-Pacific Partnership and Pacific Alliance leaders.[226] | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | | Attended the 26th ASEAN Summit, and also held separate meetings with Lao prime minister Thongsing Thammavong and Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. Attended the 10th East Asia Summit.[227] [228] Also met with refugees, many of whom were Rohingya refugees,[229] participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall at Taylor's University,[230] and met with Malaysian civil society groups.[231] | |
44 | France | Paris | | Attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference;[232] held separate bilateral meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi,[233] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[234] Also joined President François Hollande and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in paying respects to the victims of the Paris attacks by laying flowers in front of the Bataclan.[235] | | |
2016
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45 | Cuba | Havana | | Met with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the Archbishop of Havana.[236] [237] Paid respects to Cuban national hero José Martí during a brief wreath-laying ceremony at his memorial at Havana's Plaza de la Revolución.[238] Met with President Raúl Castro.[239] U.S. Secretaries John Kerry and Penny Pritzker of State and Commerce, respectively, were in attendance, while Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla were among the several Cuban ministers who participated in the discussions.[240] Also attended an event with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs,[241] [242] addressed the Cuban people on national television,[243] and met with various Cuban dissidents and leaders of civil society organizations.[244] Attended an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuba national baseball team at the Estadio Latinoamericano with President Castro.[245] | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires, Bariloche | | Met with President Mauricio Macri. Laid a wreath at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral tomb of Argentine general José de San Martín[246] [247] Visited the Remembrance park with President Macri to honor the victims of the Dirty War by throwing flowers onto the Río de la Plata river. Held a town hall meeting with young Argentine leaders and entrepreneurs at Usina del Arte and toured the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche. | |
46 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | | Attended a summit meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council.[248] Met with King Salman, and held an audience with the Saudi royal court.[249] | |
United Kingdom | London, Windsor, Watford | | Attended a private lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.[250] Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron,[251] and later with Labour Party and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn.[252] Also participated in town hall meeting with the British youth at Lindley Hall.[253] [254] | |
Germany | Hanover | | Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other European leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President François Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.[255] Attended the Hannover Messe.[256] | |
47 | | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City | | Met with President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng.[257] Dined with American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who was in Vietnam filming for an episode of Bourdain's show, .[258] Met with ten activists advocating to solve social issues facing Vietnam, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press and Internet freedom,[259] and addressed the Vietnamese people from the Vietnam National Convention Center.[260] [261] [262] Also visited the Jade Emperor Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City,[263] met with young entrepreneurs and the local business community,[264] and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall.[265] | |
Japan | Shima, Hiroshima | | Met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[266] Attended the 42nd G7 summit.[267] Also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park,[268] the first incumbent American president to visit this memorial to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.[269] | |
48 | Canada | Ottawa, Gatineau | | State visit. Met with Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and addressed a joint session of the Canadian Parliament. Attended the 10th North American Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.[270] | |
49 | Poland | Warsaw | | Attended the 27th NATO summit meeting. The agenda focused on strengthening defense cooperation to protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression on Ukraine, confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the European migrant crisis, and the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union. Also met with Polish president Andrzej Duda, European Council President, former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss counterterrorism, and the Syrian refugee crisis.[271] [272] Also addressed American public following the shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the shooting of Philando Castile in Minnesota, cases which led to protests in the U.S. and allegations of racial injustice and profiling by police.[273] | |
Spain | Madrid, Rota | | Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.[274] Also met with American military personnel stationed at Naval Station Rota.[275] | |
50 | China | Hangzhou | | Attended the G-20 summit. | |
| Vientiane | | Attended the 27th ASEAN Summit and the 11th East Asia Summit, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.[276] | |
51 | Israel | Jerusalem | | Attended the state funeral of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres.[277] | |
52 | Greece | Athens | | State Visit. Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.[278] Delivered a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center,[279] Toured Acropolis and Acropolis Museum.[280] | |
Germany | Berlin | | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and British Prime Minister Theresa May.Met with European leaders of the "Quint": German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The leaders discussed trade, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Syrian Civil War, and ISIL.[281] | |
Portugal | Terceira Island | | Air Force One refueling stop at Lajes Air Base.[282] [283] [284] | |
Peru | Lima | | Attended the APEC summit,[285] and held bilateral meetings with Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Also hosted a Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative town hall at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[286] | | |
Multilateral meetings
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Obama's term in office (2009–2017).
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Travels of President Barack Obama. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
- Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, 113th Congress, 2nd Session. 2014. The Development of Energy Resources in Central Asia. Serial 113–160. 32. U.S. Government Publishing Office. Washington, D.C.. February 25, 2020.
- Web site: Travels of President Barack Obama. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
- News: Obama tackles thorny economic, military issues in Canada trip . CNN . August 30, 2012 . February 19, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005065149/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-19/politics/obama.canada_1_global-warming-canadian-stimulus-plan?_s=PM:POLITICS . October 5, 2010 . mdy-all .
- News: PM, Obama talk trade, Afghanistan, pledge 'clean energy dialogue' . CBCNews . August 30, 2012 . February 19, 2009.
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- Web site: President Obama inspires students with landmark speech . . April 3, 2015 . November 16, 2014.
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- News: Obama, Hollande pay respects to Paris attack victims . November 30, 2015 . . . November 30, 2015.
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- News: Cuba President Raul Castro Welcomes US Counterpart Barack Obama . March 22, 2016 . . . March 21, 2016.
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- News: Lederman . Josh . Caldwell . Alicia C. . Obama pledges US support to Belgium after attacks . March 23, 2016 . . . March 22, 2016.
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- News: Obama urges Vietnam youth to tackle climate change . May 25, 2016. . May 25, 2016.
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- News: Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Asia trip . May 10, 2016 . . May 10, 2016.
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- News: Mulholland . Angela . Obama, Kerry praise PM for policies; take jabs on hockey, Bieber . March 11, 2016 . . . March 10, 2016.
- News: NATO Vows To Bolster Defenses Bordering Russia . July 9, 2016 . . July 8, 2016.
- Shuster . Simon . Brexit and Russia Make President Obama's Last NATO Summit His Toughest Ever . July 9, 2016 . . July 6, 2016.
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- News: Obama to Pay 1st Visit to Spain During July Trip to Poland . June 9, 2016 . . . June 6, 2016.
- News: Sink . Justin . Obama Plans Trip to Dallas After Cutting Short Travel in Spain . July 9, 2016 . . July 9, 2016.
- News: New opportunities for US–Laos relations . February 16, 2016 . East Asia Forum . February 16, 2015.
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- News: Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's Travel to Greece, Germany, and Peru . . October 25, 2016.
- News: . Pacific rim leaders eye China lead on trade after Trump win . November 19, 2016 . U.S. President Barack Obama passes an engine while stretching his legs on the tarmac during an Air Force One refueling stop in Lajes Air Base in the Azores, Portugal . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119032719/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/pacific-rim-leaders-eye-china-lead-on-trade-after-trump-win/3301500.html . November 19, 2016.
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- Web site: Peter . . Souza . President Obama surveys the landscape just off the tarmac at Lajes Air Base, Azores, during a refueling stop en route from Germany to Peru. My grandparents are from the Azores, a group of nine Portuguese islands, in the Atlantic. Political Director David Simas and Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz also trace their roots to the Azores. . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/petesouza44/1386420653859333023 . 2021-12-23 . subscription. November 18, 2016.
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