List of international prime ministerial trips made by David Cameron explained

This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 11 May 2010 to 13 July 2016. David Cameron made 148 trips to 62 countries (in addition to visiting the Occupied Palestinian Territories) during his premiership.

The number of visits per country:

• One visit to Algeria, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
• Two visits to Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain and Sweden.
• Three visits to the Czech Republic, India, the Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
• Five visits to Italy and Poland.
• Six visits to Switzerland.
• Nine visits to Afghanistan.
• Ten visits to the United States.
• Twelve visits to Germany.
• Eighteen visits to France.
• Fifty visits to Belgium.

2010

	Country	Location	Date	Details
1		Paris	20 May	Cameron met President Nicolas Sarkozy.^[1] ^[2]
		Berlin	21 May	Cameron met Chancellor Angela Merkel.
2		Abu Dhabi	9–12 June	Cameron met with President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
		Camp Bastion		Cameron met with President Hamid Karzai and visited troops.^[3]
3		Brussels	16–17 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
4		Toronto	24–27 June	Cameron attended the 36th G8 summit and the 4th G20 summit
5		Washington, D.C., New York City	19–22 July	Cameron met President Barack Obama, the Mayor of New York and Inward investors.^[4]
6		Ankara	26–27 July	In Ankara, Cameron met President Abdullah Gül and spoke in favour of accession of Turkey to the European Union.^[5]
		Bangalore	28–30 July	Cameron visited India to discuss trade and met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.^[6] He travelled with Business Secretary Vince Cable.^[7]
7		Rome	4–5 August	Cameron met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
8		Brussels	15–16 September	Cameron attended the European Council.
9		Brussels	28–29 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
10		Beijing	8–12 November	Cameron made a Trade and Bilateral visit.
		Seoul		Cameron attended the 5th G20 summit.
11		Lisbon	19–20 November	Cameron attended the 25th NATO summit.
12		Zürich	30 November – 2 December	Cameron visited Zürich in connection with the England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid.
13		Camp Bastion	5–7 December	Cameron visited troops and held bilateral talks with President Karzai.^[8]
14		Brussels	16–17 December	Cameron attended the European Council.

2011

	Country	Location	Date	Details
15		Davos	27–29 January	Cameron attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
16		Brussels	4–5 February	Cameron attended the European Council.
		Munich		Cameron attended the 47th Munich Security Conference.
17			21–24 February	Cameron made bilateral visits.
18		Brussels	11 March	Cameron attended an extraordinary European Council summit.
19		Paris	19 March	Cameron attended the Libya conference.
20		Brussels	24–25 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
21		Gioia del Colle	4–5 April	Cameron visited UK forces personnel.
		Islamabad		Cameron took part in a bilateral visit.
22		Dublin	18 May	Cameron travelled to Dublin as part of Her Majesty's State Visit.
23		Deauville	26 May	Cameron attended the 37th G8 summit.
24		Prague	23 June	Cameron took part in a bilateral visit.
25		Brussels	24 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
26		Camp Bastion	3–5 July	Cameron met troops, local leaders and held a bilateral meeting with President Karzai.
27		Johannesburg	17–19 July	Cameron met President Jacob Zuma, business leaders and Archbishop Tutu.
		Lagos		Cameron meet President Goodluck Jonathan and business leaders.
28		Paris	1 September	Cameron attended a multilateral summit on Libya.
29		Tripoli, Benghazi	15 September	Cameron met with members of the National Transitional Council.
30		Moscow	11–12 September	Cameron met Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev and business leaders.^[9]
31		New York City	21–22 September	Cameron attended the 66th United Nations General Assembly and held bilateral meetings.
		Ottawa		Cameron met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
32		Brussels	23 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
33		Brussels	26–30 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
		Perth		Cameron attended the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
34		Cannes	3–4 November	Cameron attended the 6th G20 summit.
35		Brussels	18 November	Cameron met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.
		Berlin		Cameron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
36		Paris	2 December	Cameron met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
37		Brussels	8–9 December	Cameron attended the European Council.
38		Kandahar Airfield	19 December	Cameron met with British Forces and local leaders.
39		Prague	23 December	Cameron attended the funeral of Vaclav Havel.

2012

	Country	Location	Date	Details
40		Riyadh	12 January	Cameron took part in a bilateral visit.
41		Strasbourg	25–27 January	Cameron attended a meeting of the Council of Europe.
		Davos		Cameron attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
42		Brussels	30 January	Cameron attended the European Council.
43		Stockholm	8–9 February	Cameron attended the Nordic Future Forum.
44		Paris	17 February	Cameron attended the UK-France summit.
45		Brussels	1–2 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
46		Washington, D.C., New York City	13–15 March	Cameron met President Barack Obama.
47		Tokyo	9–13 April	Cameron made bilateral and economic visits, including meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi after the historic by-elections
		Jakarta
		Kuala Lumpur
		Singapore
		Naypyidaw, Rangoon
48		Camp David, Chicago	18–21 May	Cameron attended the 38th G8 summit and the 26th NATO summit.
49		Brussels	23 May	Cameron attended the European Council.
50		Oslo	6–7 June	Cameron made bilateral visits.
		Berlin
51		Los Cabos, Mexico City	18–20 June	Cameron made a bilateral visit and attended the 7th G20 summit.
52		Brussels	28–29 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
53		Helmand Province	17–19 July	Cameron met with British forces and local leaders.
54		New York City	25–28 September	Cameron attended the 67th United Nations General Assembly.
		São Paulo, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro		Cameron made a bilateral and trade visit to Brazil.
55		Brussels	18–19 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
56			5–7 November	Cameron made bilateral visits.
57		Rome	13 November	Cameron made bilateral visits.
		The Hague
58		Brussels	22–23 November	Cameron attended the European Council.
59		Brussels	13–14 December	Cameron attended the European Council.
60		Camp Bastion	20–21 December	Cameron met with British forces and local leaders.

2013

	Country	Location	Date	Details
61		Davos	22–25 January	Cameron attended the World Economic Forum at Davos.^[10]
62		Algiers	30 January – 1 February	Cameron travelled to Algeria on the first visit to the country by a British prime minister post Independence, meeting with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, attended a meeting of the UN High Level Panel in Monrovia and held bilateral meetings.^[11]
		Tripoli
		Monrovia
63		Brussels	7–8 February	Cameron attended the European Council.
64		Mumbai, Delhi, Amritsar	17–20 February	Cameron undertook an overseas trade mission and held bilateral meetings.
65		Riga	27–28 February	Cameron attended the Northern Future Forum.
66		Brussels	14–15 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
67		Madrid	8 April	Cameron held bilateral meetings.
68		Berlin	12–14 April	Cameron held bilateral meetings.
69		Sochi	10 May	Cameron held bilateral meetings.
70		Washington, D.C., Boston, New York City	12–15 May	Cameron attended the UN High Level Panel and held bilateral meetings.
71		Brussels	22 May	Cameron attended the European Council and held bilateral meetings.
		Paris
72		Brussels	27–28 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
73		Kabul	29 June – 1 July	Cameron met with British forces.
		Islamabad		Cameron held bilateral meetings.
		Atyrau, Astana		Cameron met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[12]
74		Saint Petersburg	5–6 September	Cameron attended the 8th G20 summit.
75		Brussels	24–25 October	Cameron attended the European Council and held bilateral meetings.
76		Delhi, Kolkata	13–17 November	Cameron attended the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo and held bilateral meetings.
		Colombo
		Dubai, Abu Dhabi
77		Vilnius	28–29 November	Cameron attended the Eastern Partnership summit.
78		Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu	1–3 December	Cameron undertook an overseas trade mission and held bilateral meetings.
79		Johannesburg	9–11 December	Cameron attended the memorial service of Nelson Mandela.
80		Camp Bastion	15–16 December	Cameron met with British forces.
81		Brussels, Ypres	19–20 December	Cameron attended the European Council and held bilateral meetings.

2014

	Country	Location	Date	Details
82		Davos	23–24 January	Cameron attended the World Economic Forum at Davos.
83		Brussels	6 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
84		Hanover	9–10 March	Cameron attended the CeBIT trade fair.
85	& OPTs		12–13 March	Cameron undertook a trade mission and held bilateral meetings.
86		Brussels	20–21 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
87		The Hague	24–25 March	Cameron attended the Nuclear Security Summit and held bilateral meetings.
88		Brussels	27–28 May	Cameron attended the European Council.
89		Brussels	4–5 June	Cameron attended the 40th G7 summit.
90		Normandy	5–6 June	Cameron attended D-Day commemorations.
91		Harpsund	9–10 June	Cameron attended a meeting with Chancellor Merkel, Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Prime Minister Rutte.
92		Brussels, Ypres	26–27 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
93		Brussels	16–17 July	Cameron attended the European Council.
94			4 August	Cameron attended First World War centenary Commemorations.
95		Brussels	30 August	Cameron attended the European Council.
96		New York City	22–24 September	Cameron attended the 69th United Nations General Assembly.
97		Kabul	3 October	Cameron became the first foreign leader to visit new President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani.^[13]
98		Milan	16–17 October	Cameron attended the Asia-Europe meeting.
99		Brussels	23–24 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
100		Helsinki	6–7 November	Cameron attended the Northern Future Forum.
101		Brisbane	13–17 November	Cameron attended the 9th G20 summit.
102		Ankara	9–10 December	Cameron held bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Davutoğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
		Oświęcim		Cameron visited the Auschwitz concentration camp.^[14]
103		Brussels	18 December	Cameron attended the European Council.

2015

	Country	Location	Date	Details
104		Paris	11 January	Cameron met with President Hollande and other leaders and to attend march.
105		Washington, D.C.	15–16 January	Cameron undertook a Global economy security visit and attended bilateral meetings.
106		Riyadh	24 January	Cameron paid condolences following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
107		Brussels	12 February	Cameron attended the European Council.
108		Brussels	19–20 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
109		Brussels	23 April	Cameron attended the European Council.
110		Riga	21 May	Cameron attended the Eastern partnership Summit.
111		The Hague	28–29 May	Cameron held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Rutte, President Hollande, Prime Minister Kopacz and Chancellor Merkel.
		Paris
		Warsaw
		Berlin
112		Schloss Elmau	7 June	Cameron attended the 41st G7 summit.
113		Brussels	10 June	Cameron attended the EU-CELAC meeting.
114		Milan	17 June	Cameron visited Expo 2015 and held bilateral meetings.
		Luxembourg		Cameron held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Bettel.
115		Ljubljana	18–19 June	Cameron held Bilateral talks with Prime Minister Cerar, Prime Minister Sobotka and attended the GLOBSEC Conference.
		Bratislava
116		Berlin	24–25 June	Cameron took part in the German State Visit.
117		Brussels	25–26 June	Cameron attended the European Council.
118		Jakarta	26–31 June	Cameron took a Trade Mission and held bilateral talks.
		Singapore
		Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
		Kuala Lumpur
119		Lisbon	3–4 September	Cameron held Bilateral talks with Prime Minister Passos Coelho and Prime Minister Rajoy.
		Madrid
120		Beirut	14 September	Cameron held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Salam and King Abdullah II.
		Amman
121		Brussels	23–24 September	Cameron attended the European Council.
122		New York City	27 September – 1 October	Cameron attended the 70th United Nations General Assembly and held Bilateral talks with Prime Minister Simpson Miller and Prime Minister Mitchell.
		Kingston
		St. George's
123		Brussels	15–16 October	Cameron attended the European Council.
124		Reykjavík	22–29 October	Cameron attended the Northern Future Forum.
125		Valletta	11–12 November	Cameron attended a Migration Summit and held bilateral talks.
126		Antalya	15–16 November	Cameron attended the 10th G20 summit.
127		Paris	23 November	Cameron held bilateral talks with President Hollande.
128		Vienna	26 November	Cameron held bilateral talks.
		Valletta		Cameron attended the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
129		Brussels	29–30 November	Cameron attended the EU-Turkey summit.
		Paris		Cameron attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
130		Sofia	3–4 December	Cameron held bilateral talks.
131		Bucharest	9–10 December	Cameron held bilateral talks.
		Warsaw
132		Brussels	17 December	Cameron attended the European Council.

2016

	Country	Location	Date	Details
133		Bavaria	6–7 January	Cameron held bilateral meetings.
		Budapest
134		Davos	20–22 January	Cameron attended the World Economic Forum
		Prague		Cameron held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sobotka and President Zeman.
135		Brussels	29 January	Cameron had a working lunch with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and a bilateral meeting with President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz.
136		Warsaw	4–5 February	Cameron held bilateral talks.
		Copenhagen
137		Hamburg	12 February	Cameron had a working dinner with Chancellor Merkel
138		Paris	15–16 February	Cameron held a bilateral meeting with President Hollande
		Brussels		Cameron attended the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament.
139		Brussels	18–19 February	Cameron attended the European Council.
140		Amiens	3 March	Cameron attended the UK-France Defence summit.
141		Brussels	7 March	Cameron attended the EU-Turkey Summit.
142		Brussels	17–18 March	Cameron attended the European Council.
143		Washington, D.C.	31 March – 1 April	Cameron attended the Nuclear Security Summit and held bilateral meetings.
144		Hanover	25 April	Cameron attended the Quint Meeting.
145		Ise-Shima	25–27 May	Cameron attended the 42nd G7 summit.
146		Brussels	28 June	Cameron attended the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament.
147		Thiepval	1 July	Cameron attended the Somme Centenary Commemoration.
148		Warsaw	8–9 July	Cameron attended the 27th NATO summit.

Multilateral meetings

David Cameron participated in the following summits during his premiership:

Group	Year
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
UNGA	September, New York City	September, New York City	September, New York City	September, New York City	September, New York City	September, New York City
G7
G-20
NATO		none	20–21 May, Chicago	none		none	8–9 July, Warsaw
EU Summit						19–20 March, 25–26 June, 15 October, 17–18 December,	18–19 February, 17–18 March,
CHOGM	none		none		none		none
██ = Did not attend Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg attended in the Prime Minister's place.

See also

• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of the United Kingdom
• List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of international trips made by David Cameron as Foreign Secretary

Notes and References

1. News: 18 May 2010 . David Cameron to visit Paris and Berlin. Reuters . 2022-09-19.
2. Web site: Cabinet Office: ministers' transparency publications . 2022-10-17 . gov.uk.
3. Web site: 11 June 2010 . This is a war of necessity, David Cameron tells troops in Afghanistan . 2022-10-17 . the Guardian.
4. News: David Cameron on first Washington visit. . 2022-09-19 . 0307-1235.
5. Web site: PM's speech in Turkey . 2022-09-19 . gov.uk.
6. News: 28 July 2010 . David Cameron launches Indian trade drive. BBC News . 2022-09-19.
7. Web site: What was the real purpose of David Cameron's visit to India? . 2022-09-19 . openDemocracy.
8. Web site: David Cameron visits troops in Afghanistan . 2022-10-17 . gov.uk.
9. News: UK PM's Russia visit to boost trade ties. BBC News . 2022-09-19.
10. Web site: Prime Minister David Cameron's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos . 2022-09-19 . gov.uk.
11. Web site: David Cameron visits Algeria . 2022-09-19 . gov.uk.
12. News: 30 June 2013 . David Cameron making historic Kazakhstan visit. BBC News . 2022-09-19.
13. News: Walsh . Declan . 3 October 2014 . Cameron Is First Leader to Visit New Afghan President Ghani. The New York Times . 2022-09-19 . 0362-4331.
14. Web site: David Cameron makes first visit to Auschwitz . 2022-09-19 . ITV News.