List of international trips made by Kim Jong Il explained

The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong Il during his tenure as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission, capacities which he served in from 1994 to 2011.

The number of visits per country where he traveled are:

• Three visits to Russia^[1]
• Seven visits to China^{[2] [3]}

Summary of official trips

Date(s)	Country	Locations	Leaders met	Details
29-31 May 2000	China	Beijing	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin
15-20 January 2001		Beijing Shanghai
26 July-18 August 2001		Moscow	President of Russia Vladimir Putin
20-24 August 2002		Khabarovsk Vladivostok
19-21 April 2004	China	Beijing	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
10-18 January 2006		Beijing Hubei Guangdong
3-5 May 2010		Dalian		^[4] ^[5]
August 2010		Beijing		^[6]
May 2011				^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
20-25 August 2011		Sosnovy Bor military garrison, Ulan Ude	President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev	^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

See also

• Kim Jong Il
• List of international trips made by Kim Jong Un
• List of international trips made by Kim Il-sung
• North Korean leaders' trains
  • Awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il

Notes and References

1. Web site: История визитов лидеров КНДР в СССР и Россию.
2. Web site: China-North Korea High Level Visits Since 1953. 2017-04-03. Beyond Parallel. en-US. 2019-11-22.
3. Web site: Introduction.
4. News: North Korea's Kim 'visits China'. BBC News. 3 May 2010. 23 November 2019.
5. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/17/2010031700811.html "Kim Jong-il 'Has 3 Years to Live'"
6. News: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il 'visiting China with his son'. BBC News. 26 August 2010. 28 August 2010. London. Justin. McCurry. Jonathan. Watts.
7. News: China confirms North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visit. BBC News. 23 May 2011.
8. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSTRE67P0CK20100826 Reuters
9. Web site: 颜筱箐. DPRK leader Kim Jong-Il visits China. China.org.cn. 27 May 2011. 23 November 2019.
10. Web site: North Korea's Kim, "Medvedev hold nuclear talks", India Reuters . 2021-07-05 . 2016-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092827/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-58940020110824 . dead .
11. http://www.infpol.ru/news/670/81224.php?sphrase_id=9378/Переговоры России и КНДР завершились Переговоры России и КНДР завершились — Информ-Полис
12. News: Kim Jong-il Visits Russia, With North Korea Business in Mind. Sang-Hun. Choe. 2011-08-21. The New York Times. 2019-11-23. en-US. 0362-4331.
13. Web site: North Korean leader arrives in Russia. www.cnn.com. en. 2019-11-23.
14. Web site: 'Fun trip': N Korea's Kim Jong Il meets with Russia's Medvedev. https://web.archive.org/web/20130420092012/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44252494/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/fun-trip-n-koreas-kim-jong-il-meets-russias-medvedev. dead. April 20, 2013. Mirovalev. Mansur. 2011-08-24. msnbc.com. en. 2019-11-23.
15. News: Kim Jong-il Visits Russia to Meet With President Medvedev. Schwirtz. Michael. 2011-08-20. The New York Times. 2019-11-23. en-US. 0362-4331.
16. Web site: Kim Jong-il visits Russia for talks with Dmitry Medvedev Kim Jong-il The Guardian. amp.theguardian.com. 2019-11-23.