List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office.[1]

Arroyo with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during her visit to South Korea in May 2009.

Summary of international trips
Map of international trips made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president:
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  5 visits
  6 visits
  7 or more visits
  Philippines
Number of visits Country
1 visit Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey
2 visits Australia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia
3 visits Brunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
4 visits Italy, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam
5 visits Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
7 visits Japan
15 visits China
16 visits United States

List of international trips
Date(s) Note Places visited Country Details
August 7–9 2001State visit  Malaysia[2]
August 22–24State visit  Brunei[1]
August 24–26State visit  Singapore[1]
September 12–15Working visit  Japan Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce[3]
October 19–22VisitShanghai ChinaAttended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
October 28–29Official visit Hong Kong[1]
October 29–31State visit  China[1]
November 4–6VisitBandar Seri Begawan BruneiAttended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 12–13State visit  Indonesia[1]
November 15–20 2002Working visit United States Met with President George W. Bush[1][4]
November 21Visit  MexicoAttended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[5]
January 28–29Official visit London  United Kingdom Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair[6]
January 29Working visit  Canada Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien[6]
FebruaryWorking visit New York City United States Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres[6]
May 7Official visitKuala Lumpur  Malaysia Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council[2]
May 7–8Official visit  Thailand[7]
May 20–24Working visit  Japan[1]
October 24–25 and 27–30Working visits  United States[1]
October 25–27VisitLos Cabos Mexico Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[5]
November 3–6VisitPhnom Penh  Cambodia Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 6–7State visit  Vietnam[1]
December 2–5State visit Japan[8]
February 2–32003 Official visit Kuwait[1][9]
February 23–25VisitKuala Lumpur MalaysiaAttended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit[1]
April 4Visit ThailandAttended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS[1]
May 17–23State and working visit Los Angeles United StatesMet with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[10]
June 2–4State visit  South KoreaMet with President Roh Moo-hyun[11]
June 4–6Working visit JapanMet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[12]
September 1–3Visit BruneiAttended the PECC XV[1]
September 24–26Visit United StatesAddressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly[1]
September 27–28Working visit visit  Holy SeeMet with Pope John Paul II[1][13]
September 29Visit FranceAttended a UNESCO summit[1]
October 6–8VisitBali IndonesiaAttended the 9th ASEAN Summit[1]
October 15–16VisitPutrajaya MalaysiaAttended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference[1]
October 19–21VisitBangkok ThailandAttended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 10–12VisitTokyo JapanAttended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit[1]
December 14–15State visit Bahrain[14]
September 1-3 2004State visit ChinaMet with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[15]
September 8-9Official visit BruneiAttended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[16]
October 7-9VisitHanoi VietnamAttended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 17-18 and 23Working visit United States[1]
November 19-22VisitSantiago ChileAttended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 22-23Official visitMexico City MexicoMet with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[17]
November 28-30VisitVientiane LaosAttended the 10th ASEAN Summit[1]
January 5-6 2005Visit IndonesiaAttended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[18]
April 6-9Official visit  Holy SeeAttended the funeral of Pope John Paul II[1]
April 21-22VisitJakarta IndonesiaAttended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee[18]
AugustWorking visit Singapore[1]
September 12-16Visit United StatesAddressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 17-19VisitBusan South KoreaAttended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 11-14VisitKuala Lumpur MalaysiaAttended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit[1]
May 7-10 2006State visit Saudi ArabiaMet with King Abdullah[19]
June 24-25Official visit  Holy SeeMet with Pope Benedict XVI[1][20]
June 29-30Official visitMadrid SpainMet with King Juan Carlos I[20]
July 15Official visitBandar Seri Begawan BruneiAttended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[21]
July 16-18State visitTripoli Libya[21]
September 9-11VisitHelsinki FinlandAttended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[1][22]
September 12-13Official visitBrussels Belgium[22]
September 13-14Official visitLondon United Kingdom[22]'
September 15Official visitHavana CubaMet with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[22][23]
September 16-17Official visitHonolulu United States[22]
October 27 - November 1VisitNanning and Hong Kong China[1][24] Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong[1][24]
November 17-19VisitHanoi VietnamAttended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 19-20Working visitSingapore[1]
January 25-26 2007VisitDavos  SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[25]
January 27State visit Kuwait[25]
April 19-21VisitBo'ao China Attended the Boao Forum for Asia[26]
May 22-25VisitTokyo JapanAttended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia[1]
May 27-30State visit New Zealand[27]
May 30-31State visitCanberra and Melbourne Australia[28]
June 2-4Private visitRome  Holy SeeMet with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[1]

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JunePrivate visitLisbon  Holy SeeMet with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[30]
June 6-7State visitSichuan and Chongqing China[31]
June 25-26State visit SingaporeMet with President S. R. Nathan[32]
June 26-27State visit Equatorial GuineaMet with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[33]
August 30-31Official visit MalaysiaAttended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence[1]
September 7-9VisitSydney AustraliaAttended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
September 26-29Visit United StatesAddressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 2-3Working visitShanghai China Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games[1]
October 4-6State visit India[34]
November 18-22Visit SingaporeAttended the 13th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 2-8State visit Spain[1][35]
December 9-10Working visit Kuwait[1][36]
January 22-25 2008Working visit Zürich and Davos  SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[37]
January 26-28Official visit United Arab Emirates[1][37]
March 30 - April 1Working visitHong Kong ChinaAddressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference[1]
June 21-28Official/working visit United States[1]
August 7-9Official visitBeijing ChinaMet with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[1][38]
September 21-27VisitNew York City United StatesAddressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 23-27Working visitBeijing ChinaAttended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 10-13Working visitNew York City United StatesAddressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 13-16State visitDoha Qatar

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NovemberWorking visit United Arab Emirates

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November 21-23VisitLima Peru Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
NovemberOfficial visit ColombiaMet with President Álvaro Uribe[40]
November 27Working visit United States[1]
January 30-31 2009VisitDavos  SwitzerlandAttended the World Economic Forum[1][41]
February 1-2Working visitMilan Italy[1][41]
February 3-4Working visit Saudi Arabia[1]
February 4-5Official visit Bahrain Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa[1][41]
February 6-7Official visit United StatesAttended a prayer conference[1]
February 28 - March 1VisitPattaya ThailandAttended the 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 10-11VisitPattaya ThailandAttended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12-14Working visitDubai United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[1][42]
May 2-3Official/working visitCairo EgyptMet with President Hosni Mubarak[1][43]
May 4-6State visitDamascus SyriaMet with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria[1][43]
May 11-15VisitManado IndonesiaAttended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[1][44]
May 30 - June 2VisitJeju South KoreaAttended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit[1]
June 3-5VisitSt. Petersburg RussiaAttended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[1][45]
June 17-20Working visitTokyo JapanMet with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[46]
June 22-25State visitBrasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro BrazilMet with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President José Sarney of the Federal Senate and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies[47]
July 15-16VisitSharm el-Sheikh EgyptAttended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[48]
July 30-31Official visitWashington, D.C. United StatesMet with President Barack Obama[1][49]
August 28 - September 1Official visitTripoli LibyaAttended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan[50]
September 16-17Working visitAnkara TurkeyMet with President Abdullah Gül[51][52]
September 17-20Visit United KingdomDelivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[52]
September 21-23Official visitJeddah Saudi ArabiaAttended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal[1][52]
November 13-15Visit SingaporeAttended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 17-18VisitPattaya ThailandAttended the 15th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 16-19VisitCopenhagen DenmarkAttended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[53]
April 8-9 2010VisitHanoi VietnamAttended the 16th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12-13VisitWashington, D.C. United StatesAttended the Nuclear Security Summit[54]
April 14-15Official visitMadrid SpainAwarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[1][55]
June 8-9VisitShanghai ChinaVisited the Expo 2010[1][56]

See also

References
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