List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin explained

This is a list of presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin. During his presidency, which began with his inauguration on May 7, 2000, he has traveled to 72 countries as of December 2022, in addition to many more domestic trips.

Summary

President Vladimir Putin's visits by country
Number of visits Country
1 visit (17)
2 visits (19)
3 visits (12)
4 visits (1)
5 visits (5)
6 visits (2)
7 visits (4)
8 visits (1) Armenia
9 visits (2)
10 visits (1) Uzbekistan
11 visits (1) Italy
12 visits (1) Tajikistan
13 visits (1) Kyrgyzstan
14 visits (1) Turkey
17 visits (1) France
18 visits (1) Germany
20 visits (1) China
21 visits (1) Ukraine
27 visits (1) Belarus
32 visits (1) Kazakhstan

Acting presidency (December 31, 1999–May 6, 2000)

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MinskApril 16Met with President Alexander Lukashenko. This is the first foreign visit after Putin became Acting President. It was also after he won the 2000 Russian presidential election.
LondonApril 17Met with Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Also met with British Business executives.
Sevastopol, KyivApril 18Met with President Leonid Kuchma. Discussed ways to help develop the Black Sea Fleet. Putin also spoke out strongly against NATO expansion.

First presidency (2000–2008)

2000

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2000:

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TashkentMay 18–19 Met with President Islam Karimov; this is the first foreign visit after Vladimir Putin's inauguration for the first presidential term.
AshgabatMay 19 Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov.
MinskMay 23–24 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko. Also met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev and Armenian President Robert Kocharian.
ItalyRome, MilanJune 3–6 Met with Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Vatican CityJune 5Met with Pope John Paul II.
MadridJune 13–14 Met with Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and King Juan Carlos.
BerlinJune 15–16 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and President Johannes Rau.
ChișinăuJune 16–17 Met with President Petru Lucinschi.
DushanbeJuly 5 Attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
BeijingJuly 18–19 Met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin.
July 19–20 Met with Supreme leader and Workers' Party General Secretary Kim Jong Il and participated in a banquet at the Mokran House.[1]
OkinawaJuly 21–23 Attended the G8 summit.
Yalta, ForosAugust 18 Attended the CIS summit.
TokyoSeptember 3–5 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori and Emperor Akihito.
New York CitySeptember 6–8 Attended the Millennium Summit; met with President Bill Clinton.
IndiaNew Delhi, AgraOctober 2–5 State visit. Met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Kocheril Raman Narayanan.
KazakhstanAstanaOctober 9–10 Attended the Eurasian Economic Community summit.
BishkekOctober 11 Attended the CSTO summit.
ParisOctober 30 – November 1 Met with President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Attended the Russia-EU summit.
MongoliaUlaanbaatarNovember 13–14 Official visit. Met with President Natsagiyn Bagabandi and Prime Minister Nambaryn Enhbayar.
Bandar Seri BegawanNovember 15–16 Attended the APEC summit.
MinskNovember 30 – December 1 Attended the CIS summit.
HavanaDecember 14–17 State visit. Met with President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Fidel Castro
CanadaOttawa, TorontoDecember 18–19 Official Visit. Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.

2001

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2001:

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BakuJanuary 9–10 Official visit. Met with President Heydar Aliyev.
ViennaFebruary 8–11 Met with President Thomas Klestil.
February 12 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
SeoulFebruary 27–28 State visit. Met with President Kim Dae-jung and Prime Minister Lee Han-dong.
HanoiMarch 1–2 State visit. Met with President Tran Duc Luong and General Secretary of the Communist Party Le Kha Phieu.
StockholmMarch 23 Met with EU Council Members.
YerevanMay 24–25 Attended the CSTO summit.
BelarusMinskMay 31Attended the CIS summit.
ShanghaiJune 14–15 Attended the SCO summit.
BelgradeJune 16–17 Met with Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica and Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić.
SloveniaLjubljanaJune 16 Attended the summit meeting with US President George W. Bush.
GenoaJuly 16–22 Attended the G8 summit.
VitebskJuly 25 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Crimea, SevastopolJuly 28–29 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
KyivAugust 23–24 Met with President Leonid Kuchma. Marked the 10th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence.
HelsinkiSeptember 2–3 Met with President Tarja Halonen.[2]
YerevanSeptember 14–15 Official visit. Met with President Robert Kocharian.
BerlinSeptember 22–27 State visit. Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and President Johannes Rau.
BrusselsOctober 1–3 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and King Albert II.
ChinaOctober 19–21 Working visit to China. Attended the APEC summit.
DushanbeOctober 22 Met with President Emomali Rakhmonov.
Washington, D.C., Houston, Crawford, New York CityNovember 7–16 State visit. Met with President George W. Bush.
AthensDecember 6–8 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Konstantinos Simitis and President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.
HanoverDecember 9 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
KharkivDecember 14 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
ChequersDecember 21–22 Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair.

2002

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2002:

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FranceParisJanuary 15 Met with President Jacques Chirac.
Warsaw, PoznańJanuary 16–17 Official visit.[3] Met with Prime Minister Leszek Miller and President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
AlmatyFebruary 28 – March 2 Attended the CIS summit.
OdesaMarch 17 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.
TurkmenistanAshgabatApril 23–24 Attended the Caspian Summit.
RomeMay 28 Attended the Russia-NATO summit.
AlmatyJune 4 Attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia Summit.
KananaskisJune 26–28 Attended the G8 summit.
AktauJuly 6 Attended the informal meeting of the heads of Central Asian states and Russia.
ChișinăuOctober 6–7 Attended the CIS summit.
ZaporizhzhiaOctober 6Marked the 70th Anniversary of Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant Construction.
BrusselsNovember 11 Attended the Russia-EU summit.
NorwayOsloNovember 12 Official visit. Met with King Harald V.
BeijingNovember 27 – December 3 Official visit. Met with President Jiang Zemin and new-elected Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao.
IndiaNew DelhiDecember 3–4 Met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Abdul Kalam.
BishkekDecember 5 Met with President Askar Akayev.

2003

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2003:

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MinskJanuary 19–20 Met with President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
KyivJanuary 27–29 Met with President Leonid Kuchma. Attended the CIS summit.
BerlinFebruary 9 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
Paris, BordeauxFebruary 10–12 State visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
BulgariaSofiaMarch 1–3 State visit. Met with President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha.
DushanbeApril 26–27 Met with President Emomali Rakhmonov.
YaltaApril 30 – May 4 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
FranceÉvian-les-BainsJune 1–3 Attended the G8 summit.
London, EdinburghJune 22–26 State visit; met with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II. In Edinburgh, he met with First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell.
Kuala LumpurAugust 5 Official visit; met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and King Sirajuddin.
SamarkandAugust 6 Met with President Islam Karimov.
SardiniaAugust 29–31 Met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
YaltaSeptember 17–19 Attended the CIS summit.
New York City, Camp DavidSeptember 20–27 Attended the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly; met with President George W. Bush.
Kuala LumpurOctober 16–17 Met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
ThailandBangkokOctober 17–22 State visit. Met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and King Bhumibol Adulyadej and attended the APEC summit.
BishkekOctober 23 Met with President Askar Akayev.
ItalyRomeNovember 3–6 State visit; met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and President Carlo Ciampi and attended the Russia-EU summit.
Vatican CityNovember 5State visit. Met with Pope John Paul II.
ParisNovember 7 Met with President Jacques Chirac.

2004

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2004:

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AstanaJanuary 9–10 Official visit. Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
KyivJanuary 23–24 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
YaltaMay 23–24 Meeting of Heads of States Parties to the Agreement on Common Economic Space. This is the first foreign visit after re-election for the second presidential term.
Arromanche, CaenJune 6Marked the 60th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy.
Sea Island, Washington, D.C.June 8–11 Attended the G8 summit and the funeral of former US President Ronald Reagan.
TashkentJune 16–17 Attended the SCO summit.
BelarusMinskJuly 1 Marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus.
ViennaJuly 10 Attended the state funeral of President Thomas Klestil.
KyivJuly 26 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
AstanaSeptember 15–16 Attended the CIS summit.
BeijingOctober 14–15 Official visit. Met with President & Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, and Premier Wen Jiabao.
DushanbeOctober 16–18 Official visit. Met with President Emomali Rakhmonov. Visited Russia's Military Base.
KyivOctober 26–27 Official visit. Attended the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine.
November 12 Met with President Leonid Kuchma.
SantiagoNovember 19–21 Official visit. Met with President Ricardo Lagos. Attended the APEC summit.
BrasíliaNovember 22 Official visit. Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
LisbonNovember 23 Met with President Jorge Sampaio and Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.
The HagueNovember 25–26 Attended the Russia-EU summit.
New Delhi, BangaloreDecember 3–5 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Abdul Kalam.
AnkaraDecember 5–6 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
GermanyHamburg, SchleswigDecember 20–21 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

2005

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2005:

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KrakówJanuary 27–28 Marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
BratislavaFebruary 24–25 Official visit; attended the summit meeting with US President George W. Bush.
KyivMarch 19 Met with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
YerevanMarch 24–25 Met with President Robert Kocharian.
HanoverApril 10–11 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
CairoApril 26–27 Met with President Hosni Mubarak.
Both Israel and Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, RamallahApril 27–29 Met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
BaikonurJune 2 Marked the 50th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
AstanaJuly 5 Attended the SCO summit.
GleneaglesJuly 6–8 Attended the G8 summit.
Kultaranta. TurkuAugust 1–2 Met with President Tarja Halonen.
BerlinSeptember 8 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
United StatesNew York City, Bayonne, Washington, D.C.September 14–17 Attended the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly and the 2005 World Summit. Met with President George W. Bush.
BrusselsOctober 3 Official visit.
LondonOctober 4–5 Met with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Attended the Russia-EU summit.
The HagueNovember 1–2 State visit. Met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Queen Beatrix.
TurkeySamsunNovember 17–18
BusanNovember 18–19 Attended the APEC summit.
TokyoNovember 20–22 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Emperor Akihito.
MalaysiaKuala LumpurDecember 13–14 Attended the Russia-ASEAN summit.

2006

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2006:

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AstanaJanuary 10–12 Official visit; met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
MadridFebruary 8–9 State visit; met with King Juan Carlos.
BakuFebruary 21–22
BudapestFebruary 28 – March 1 Official visit; met with President László Sólyom and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány.
PragueMarch 1–2 Official visit; met with President Vaclav Klaus.
AlgiersMarch 10 Official visit.
BeijingMarch 21–22 Official visit; met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao.
ShanghaiJune 14–15 Attended the SCO summit.
AlmatyJune 16–18
MinskJune 23 Attended the CSTO summit.
AthensSeptember 4 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Greece and Bulgaria.
South AfricaCape TownSeptember 5–6 Official visit; met with President Thabo Mbeki.
CasablancaSeptember 7 Official visit; met with King Mohammed VI
Le Bourget, ParisSeptember 22–23 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, France, and Germany.
Dresden, Munich, BavariaOctober 10–11 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
October 20 Attended the Russia-EU summit.
HanoiNovember 18–19 Official visit to Vietnam. Met with President Nguyen Minh Triet. Attended the APEC Vietnam 2006 summit.
HelsinkiNovember 23–24 Met with President Tarja Halonen. Attended the Russia-EU summit.
MinskNovember 28 Attended the CIS summit.
KyivDecember 22 Met with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

2007

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2007:

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New DelhiJanuary 25–26 Official visit; met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Abdul Kalam.
MunichFebruary 10 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
RiyadhFebruary 11–12 Official visit; met with King Abdullah.
QatarDohaFebruary 12 Visit to Qatar.
AmmanFebruary 13 Official visit. Met with King Abdullah II.
ItalyRome, BariMarch 13–14 Met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi and President Giorgio Napolitano.
Vatican CityMarch 13Met with Pope Benedict XVI.
AthensMarch 15 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Greece and Bulgaria.
AstanaMay 10 Official visit. Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
AshgabatMay 11–12 Met with President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
ViennaMay 23–24 Official visit. Met with Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer.
Luxembourg CityMay 24[4] [5]
HeiligendammJune 6–8 Attended the G8 summit.
CroatiaZagrebJune 24
IstanbulJune 25 Met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Ahmet Sezer.
Kennebunkport, Maine[6] July 2 Met with President George W. Bush.
Guatemala CityJuly 3–5 Working visit to Guatemala.
KyrgyzstanBishkekAugust 16–17, 2007Attended the SCO summit.
JakartaSeptember 6 Official visit. Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
SydneySeptember 7–9 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister John Howard and Governor General Michael Jeffery. Attended the APEC summit.
Abu DhabiSeptember 10
DushanbeOctober 5–6 Attended the CIS summit.
GermanyWiesbadenOctober 14–15 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
TehranOctober 16 Met with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Lisbon, MafraOctober 25–26 Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Jose Socrates. Attended the Russia-EU summit.
MinskDecember 14

2008

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2008:

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SofiaJanuary 17–18 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and President Georgi Parvanov.
BucharestApril 3–4 Attended the Russia-NATO Council.
TripoliApril 16–17 Met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Olbia, GalluraApril 17–18 Met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Second presidency (2012–present)

2012

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2012:

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MinskMay 31 – June 1 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.[7] This is the first foreign visit after re-election for the third presidential term.
BerlinJune 1 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.[8]
ParisJune 1 Met with President François Hollande.
TashkentJune 4 Met with President Islam Karimov.[9]
BeijingJune 5–7 State visit. Attended the SCO summit.
AstanaJune 7 Official visit. Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Los CabosJune 18–20 Attended the G20 summit.[10] [11]
IsraelJerusalemJune 25 Met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[12] [13] [14] [15]
BethlehemJune 26 Met with the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
AmmanJune 26 Met with King Abdullah II.
YaltaJuly 12 Met with President Viktor Yanukovych.[16] Met with President Viktor Yanukovich, in the Russo-Ukrainian Inter-state commission in Yalta.
LondonAugust 2 Met with UK Prime Minister David Cameron.[17] Attended the judo finals of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[18]
BishkekSeptember 19–20 Official visit; met with President Almazbek Atambayev.
DushanbeOctober 5 Official visit; met with President Emomali Rahmon.
IstanbulDecember 3 Met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[19] [20]
AshgabatDecember 5 Attended the CIS summit.[21]
BelgiumBrusselsDecember 20-21Official visit. Attended the Russia-EU summit.[22]
New DelhiDecember 24 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee.

2013

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2013:

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DurbanMarch 26–27 Attended the 5th BRICS summit.
HanoverApril 8 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
AmsterdamApril 8 Met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
BishkekMay 28 Attended the CSTO summit.
AstanaMay 29
London, Lough ErneJune 16–18 Met with UK Prime Minister David Cameron; attended the G8 summit.
TurkuJune 25 Met with President Sauli Niinistö.
AstanaJuly 7 Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Kyiv, SevastopolJuly 27–28 Met with President Viktor Yanukovych.
BakuAugust 13 Met with President Ilham Aliyev.
PitsundaAugust 25 Met with President Alexander Ankvab.
BaliOctober 7–8 Attended the APEC summit.
BelarusOctober 24–25 Summit of Euro-Asian Economic Council and attended the CIS summit.
HanoiNovember 12 Official visit. Met with President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyễn Phú Trọng
SeoulNovember 13 Official visit; met with President Park Geun-hye.
Vatican CityNovember 25Met with Pope Francis.
Rome, TriesteNovember 25–26 Met with Prime Minister Enrico Letta and President Giorgio Napolitano.
Gyumri, YerevanDecember 2 State visit; met with President Serzh Sargsyan.

2014

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2014:

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BrusselsJanuary 28 Official visit. Attended the Russia-EU summit.
MinskApril 29 Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting.
ShanghaiMay 20–21 Official visit. Met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. Participating in Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
AstanaMay 29 Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
Paris, Deauville, OuistrehamJune 5–6 Met with President François Hollande. Marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
ViennaJune 24 Official visit. Met with President Heinz Fischer.
MinskJuly 2 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko. Marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus.
HavanaJuly 11 Official visit. Met with President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Raúl Castro.
ManaguaJuly 12 Met with President Daniel Ortega.
Buenos AiresJuly 12 Met with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Fortaleza, Brasília, Rio de JaneiroJuly 13–17 Official Visit. Met with President Dilma Rousseff. Attended the FIFA World Cup Finale. Attended the 6th BRICS summit.
MinskAugust 26 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and leaders of Eurasian Customs Union.
September 3 Met with President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.
DushanbeSeptember 11–12 Attended the SCO summit.
AtyrauSeptember 30
MinskOctober 10 Attended the Eurasian Economic Union Summit.
BelgradeOctober 16 Met with President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić. Marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade.
MilanOctober 16–17 Attended the 11th ASEM. Met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.
BeijingNovember 9–11 Attended the APEC summit.
AustraliaBrisbaneNovember 14–16 Attended the G20 summit.
AnkaraDecember 1-3 State visit. Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
TashkentDecember 8-10 Met with President Islam Karimov.
New DelhiDecember 10–12 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee.

2015

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2015:

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CairoFebruary 9–10 Official visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
MinskFebruary 11–12 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
BudapestFebruary 17 Met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
AstanaMarch 19–20 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
YerevanApril 24 Marked the 100 years since the Armenian genocide.
Milan, RomeJune 10 Attended the Expo 2015. Met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Sergio Mattarella.
Vatican CityJune 10Met with Pope Francis.
BakuJune 12–13 Met with President Ilham Aliyev.
ChinaSeptember 2–3 Met with President & Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Keqiang. Marked the 70th anniversary of anti-Japanese Fascists war victory in Beijing.
DushanbeSeptember 14–15 Attended the CSTO summit.
New York CitySeptember 28–29 Attended the 70th Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Met with President Barack Obama.
ParisOctober 2 Met with President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
AstanaOctober 14–16 State visit. Attended the CIS summit.
AntalyaNovember 15–16 Attended the G20 summit.
TehranNovember 23 Met with President Hassan Rouhani.
ParisNovember 30 Attended the UN Climate Change Conference.

2016

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2016:

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MinskFebruary 25 Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
AthensMay 27–28 Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
AstanaMay 30–31 Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting.
MinskJune 8 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.
TashkentJune 23–24 Attended the SCO summit.
BeijingJune 24–25 Met with President & Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Keqiang.
NaantaliJuly 1 Met with President Sauli Niinistö.
LjubljanaJuly 30 Met with President Borut Pahor.
BakuAugust 8 Attended trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
HangzhouSeptember 3–5 Attended the G20 summit.
SamarkandSeptember 6He attended the funeral of the former president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
BishkekSeptember 17 Attended the CIS summit.
AstanaOctober 4 Met with President of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
IstanbulOctober 10 Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
YerevanOctober 14 Attended the CSTO summit.
BenaulimOctober 15–16 Attended the 8th BRICS summit.
BerlinOctober 19–20 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
LimaNovember 19–20 Attended the APEC summit.
Nagato, TokyoDecember 15–16 Met with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

2017

The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2017:

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BudapestFebruary 2 Met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.[23]
AlmatyFebruary 27 Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[24]
TajikistanDushanbeFebruary 27–28 Official visit. Met with President Emomali Rahmon.[25] [26]
BishkekFebruary 28 Official visit; met with President Almazbek Atambayev.[27]
KyrgyzstanBishkekApril 14 Attended the Eurasian Economic Union summit and CSTO summit.
BeijingMay 14–15 Met with President & Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Keqiang.
FranceMay 29 Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
AstanaJune 8–9 Attended the SCO summit.
HamburgJuly 7–8 Attended the G20 summit.
Savonlinna, PunkaharjuJuly 27 Met with President Sauli Niinistö.
BudapestAugust 28 Met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
XiamenSeptember 3–5 Attended the 9th BRICS summit.
AnkaraSeptember 28 Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
AshgabatOctober 2 Met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.[28]
TehranNovember 1 Attended trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
Da NangNovember 10–11 Attended the APEC Vietnam 2017 summit.
BelarusMinskNovember 30 Attended the CSTO summit.
Khmeimim Air BaseDecember 11 Met with President Bashar al-Assad.
EgyptCairoDecember 11 Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
AnkaraDecember 11 Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

2018

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2018:

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AnkaraApril 3–4 Attended a trilateral summit meeting between Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
AustriaViennaJune 5Met with President Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.[29] [30] This is Putin's first foreign visit since his re-election for a fourth presidential term.
Beijing, Tianjin, QingdaoJune 8–10 State visit;[31] met with President & Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Keqiang and attended the SCO summit.
MinskJune 19Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.[32]
HelsinkiJuly 16 Met with US President Donald Trump at a summit meeting.[33]
JohannesburgJuly 25–27 Attended the 10th BRICS summit.
AktauAugust 12Attended a summit of Caspian leaders.[34]
BerlinAugust 18Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.[35]
TehranSeptember 7 Attended a trilateral summit meeting between Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
BakuSeptember 27 Met with President Ilham Aliyev.
TajikistanDushanbeSeptember 28 Attended the CIS summit.
New DelhiOctober 4–5Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.
MogilevOctober 12Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.
TashkentOctober 19State visit; met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.[36] [37]
SaryagashOctober 20 Met with Nursultan Nazarbayev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev.[38]
IstanbulOctober 27 Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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November 8–9Attended the CSTO summit and XV Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Russia and Kazakhstan.[39]
ParisNovember 11Marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice with Germany that brought major hostilities of World War I to an end.[40] Later attended the opening of the first Paris Peace Forum.
Central AreaNovember 13–15 State visit; attended the East Asia Summit.[41]
IstanbulNovember 19Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
November 30 – December 2Attended the G20 summit.

2019

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2019:

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SerbiaBelgradeJanuary 17Official visit; met with President Aleksandar Vučić.[42]
BishkekMarch 28State visit; met with President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.[43] [44]
BeijingApril 25–27Working visit; met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Nur-SultanMay 29–30Working visit.[45]
BishkekJune 13–15 Attended the SCO summit.
DushanbeJune 15–16 Attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia[46]
June 28–29Attended the G20 summit.
June 30Attended the closing ceremony of the 2019 European Games.[47]
RomeJuly 4 Official visit.[48] Met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
Vatican CityJuly 4 Official visit.[49] Met with Pope Francis.
Fort de Brégançon, Bormes-les-MimosasAugust 19Working visit.[50] Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
HelsinkiAugust 21Working visit.[51]
UlaanbaatarSeptember 3 Official visit.[52] Attended the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol.
AnkaraSeptember 16 Working visit. Attended a trilateral summit meeting of Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
ParisSeptember 30 Jacques Chirac's funeral.
YerevanOctober 1Working visit.[53]
AshgabatOctober 10–11Working visit. Attended the CIS summit.
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhOctober 14State visit.[54]
Abu DhabiOctober 15State visit.
BudapestOctober 30Working visit.
BrazilBrasíliaNovember 13–14Attended the 11th BRICS summit.
KyrgyzstanBishkekNovember 28Attended the CSTO summit.
ParisDecember 9 Met with President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

2020

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2020:

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DamascusJanuary 7 Met with President Bashar al-Assad.
TurkeyIstanbulJanuary 8Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
GermanyBerlinJanuary 19Working visit. Attended a meeting on the Libyan Civil War and held a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
IsraelJerusalemJanuary 23Putin travelled to Jerusalem for the World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Putin also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
BethlehemJanuary 23Putin travelled to Bethlehem to discuss Palestine-Russia relations and other issues in the Middle East.

2021

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2021:

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SwitzerlandGenevaJune 16Met with US President Joe Biden at a summit meeting.[55]
IndiaNew DelhiDecember 6Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   

2022

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2022:

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BeijingFebruary 4–5Met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. Attended the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
DushanbeJune 28 Met with President Emomali Rahmon.[56]
AshgabatJune 29 Attended the Caspian Summit.[57]
TehranJuly 19 Met with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and held a summit meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[58]
UzbekistanSamarkandSeptember 15–16 Attended the 2022 SCO summit.
AstanaOctober 13–15 Attended CICA and C.I.S Summit
ArmeniaYerevanNovember 22–23 Attended a summit meeting of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military alliance[59]
BishkekDecember 9Working visit.
BelarusMinskDecember 19Working visit.

2023

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2023:

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KyrgyzstanBishkekOctober 12–14Working visit. Attended the CIS Summit. Met with Sadyr Japarov and Ilham Aliyev.
ChinaBeijingOctober 17–18Working visit. Attended the Third Belt and Road Forum. Met with several world leaders, including Viktor Orbán, Võ Văn Thưởng, Thongloun Sisoulith, Xi Jinping, Srettha Thavisin, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, and Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh.
KazakhstanAstanaNovember 9–10Working visit.
BelarusMinskNovember 23–24Working visit. Attended the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Minsk.
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiDecember 6Working visit.
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhDecember 6Working visit.

2024

The following are the international trips made by Putin in 2024:

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ChinaBeijing, HarbinMay 16–17Met with President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in Beijing. Visited Harbin, which has strong ties to Russia, for a trade and investment exposition.[60]
BelarusMinskMay 23–24Met with President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk.[61]
TashkentMay 26–27Met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.[62]
PyongyangJune 18–19State visit. Met with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.[63]
HanoiJune 19–20State visit. Met with Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President Tô Lâm, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and Chairman of the National Assembly Trần Thanh Mẫn.
KazakhstanAstanaJuly 3–4SCO summit of heads of state.[64]
AzerbaijanBakuAugust 18-19Met with President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.[65]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Putinit saapuivat Suomeen. 2 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Official Visit to Poland. 16 January 2002 . Kremlin.ru.
  4. Web site: Toasts made byб═President Vladimir Putin andб═Grand Duke Henri ofб═Luxembourg atб═anб═Official Breakfast inб═Honour ofб═Mr Putin andб═Lyudmila Putina Б─╒ President ofб═Russia . En.kremlin.ru . 24 May 2007. 2022-03-16.
  5. Web site: President Vladimir Putin had talks with Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker. May 24, 2007. President of Russia.
  6. Web site: Putin Visiting Bush in Maine. CBS News. 2 July 2007 .
  7. Web site: Официальный визит в Белоруссию. June 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Владимир Путин посетит Республику Беларусь, Германию и Францию. 25 May 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Визит в Узбекистан. 4 June 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  10. http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=818236 Путин встретится с Обамой на саммите G20 в Мексике
  11. Web site: Владимир Путин примет участие в саммите "большой двадцатки". 10 June 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  12. News: Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin to Visit Israel in June. Barak. Ravid. 27 March 2012. 27 September 2017. Haaretz.
  13. News: Russia's Putin to visit Israel in June. Ynetnews. 25 May 2012. 27 September 2017. Eichner. Itamar.
  14. Web site: פוטין מגיע לביקור בישראל וברשות הפלסטינית. 13 June 2012. 27 September 2017.
  15. Web site: 25–26 июня Президент России посетит с рабочим визитом Израиль, Палестину и Иорданию. 18 June 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Визит на Украину • Президент России. Президент России. 12 July 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Визит в Великобританию • Президент России. Президент России. 2 August 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  18. http://hereisthecity.com/2012/07/28/david-cameron-to-challenge-vladimir-putin-over-syria-during-olym/ David Cameron to challenge Vladimir Putin over Syria during Olympic visit
  19. Web site: Рабочий визит в Турцию. 3 December 2012 . 27 September 2017.
  20. Web site: Putin visits Turkey amid differences over Syria. HuffPost. 27 September 2017.
  21. http://kremlin.ru/news/17069 Владимир Путин посетил с рабочим визитом Туркменистан, где принял участие в заседании Совета глав государств Содружества Независимых Государств
  22. Web site: 2012-12-20 . Vladimir Putin arrived in Belgium to take part in the Russian-EU summit . 2024-01-11 . President of Russia . en.
  23. Web site: Российско-венгерские переговоры. 2 February 2017 . 27 September 2017.
  24. Web site: Рабочий визит в Казахстан • Президент России. Президент России. 27 February 2017 . ru. 2017-03-05.
  25. News: Kremlin confirms Putin's upcoming visits to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. TASS. 2017-03-03. ru.
  26. Web site: Официальный визит в Таджикистан • Президент России. Президент России. 27 February 2017 . ru. 2017-03-05.
  27. Web site: Официальный визит в Киргизию • Президент России. Президент России. 28 February 2017 . ru. 2017-03-05.
  28. News: Russian-Turkmenistani talks. President of Russia. 2017-10-03. en.
  29. Web site: Talks with President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen. June 5, 2018. President of Russia.
  30. Web site: Talks with Federal Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz. June 5, 2018. President of Russia.
  31. Web site: Владимир Путин прибыл в Китай. June 8, 2018. Президент России.
  32. Web site: Meeting of the Union State Supreme State Council. June 19, 2018. President of Russia.
  33. Web site: Trump to meet with Putin next month in Helsinki, White House announces. Fox News. 28 June 2018.
  34. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/littoral-states-to-sign-document-on-caspian-sea-status-/1228482 Littoral states to sign document on Caspian Sea status
  35. Web site: Putin to attend Austrian foreign minister's wedding. tass.com.
  36. Web site: Putin plans state visit to Uzbekistan this autumn.
  37. Web site: President of Russia will visit Uzbekistan on October 18–19. October 16, 2018. President of Russia.
  38. Web site: Informal meeting with Nursultan Nazarabayev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev. October 20, 2018. President of Russia.
  39. Web site: 8–9 ноября Владимир Путин посетит Казахстан. November 7, 2018. Президент России.
  40. Web site: 11 ноября Владимир Путин посетит Францию. November 7, 2018. Президент России.
  41. Web site: 13–15 ноября Владимир Путин посетит Сингапур. November 7, 2018. Президент России.
  42. News: Serbia gives Putin lavish welcome. 2019-01-17. 2019-01-17. en-GB.
  43. Web site: Putin to visit Kyrgyzstan — Kremlin. tass.com.
  44. Web site: Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan for state visit. tass.com.
  45. Web site: Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. May 17, 2019. President of Russia.
  46. Web site: Putin to take part in two regional summits, bilateral meetings on June 13-16. tass.com.
  47. Web site: Putin in Belarus to Attend European Games Closing Ceremony.
  48. Web site: Italy to welcome Putin warmly, says PM.
  49. News: Putin July visit to pope could pave way for Russia trip. Reuters. 6 June 2019. Pullella. Philip.
  50. Web site: Presidents of Russia and France made press statements and answered media questions. August 19, 2019. President of Russia.
  51. Web site: Vladimir Putin arrived in Finland. August 21, 2019. President of Russia.
  52. Web site: Mongolia prepares for Russian president's visit - Xinhua | English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190902194408/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/30/c_137936260.htm. dead. September 2, 2019.
  53. Web site: Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting to take place in Yerevan. armenpress.am. 27 September 2019 .
  54. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-08-17 . 2022-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303203503/http://tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/6533718 . dead .
  55. Web site: Biden, Putin to meet in person June 16 in Geneva, White House confirms. Fox News. 25 May 2021.
  56. Web site: 28 июня Владимир Путин посетит Таджикистан с рабочим визитом . 27 June 2022 .
  57. Web site: 29 июня Владимир Путин посетит Ашхабад для участия в шестом Каспийском саммите . 27 June 2022 .
  58. Web site: Putin to meet Erdoğan in Iran . 12 July 2022 .
  59. News: 2022-11-09 . Russia's Putin to visit Armenia on Nov 22, set to discuss clashes - RIA . en . Reuters . 2022-11-23.
  60. Web site: 14 May 2024 . Russia's Putin to visit China in first foreign trip since re-election . Al Jazeera.
  61. Web site: 23 May 2024 . Putin to hold two-day talks with Lukashenko in Belarus, says Kremlin . Reuters.
  62. Web site: 2024-05-26 . Putin arrives in Uzbekistan on the 3rd foreign trip of his new term . 2024-05-27 . AP News . en.
  63. News: McCarthy . Simone . Chernova . Anna . 2024-06-17 . Russia's Putin to visit North Korea in rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens . 2024-06-17 . . en.
  64. News: Mikheyev . Pavel . 2024-07-03 . Putin and Xi to meet at SCO summit to bolster security and counter the US . 2024-07-03 . . en.
  65. News: 2024-08-18 . Putin Arrives In Azerbaijan On Visit To Shore Up Kremlin's Ties With Baku Amid Souring Relations With Armenia . 2024-08-19 . . en.