List of international presidential trips made by Moon Jae-in

The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Moon Jae-in, the 12th and current President of South Korea. As of January 2021, Moon Jae-in has made 46 presidential trips to 33 states internationally since his inauguration on 10 May 2017.

Moon addressing the State Duma in June 2018.

Moon and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Nur-Sultan.

Summary of presidential visits

The number of visits per country where he travelled are:

• One visit to Argentina, Belgium, Brunei, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sweden, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vatican City
• Two visits to China, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
• Three visits to North Korea
• Six visits to the United States

Map of international trips made by Moon Jae-in as president:

  One visit

  Two visits

  Three visits

  Four visits

  5 visits

  6 visits

  7 or more visits

  South Korea

2017

Moon with Donald Trump in New York, September 2017.

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
1	United States	Washington, D.C.	June 28–July 3	Official working visit. Met with President Donald Trump.
2	Germany	Berlin, Hamburg	July 5–8
3	Russia	Vladivostok	September 6–7	Official visit. He attended the Eastern Economic Forum.[1]
4	United States	New York City	September 19–21	Working visit. He attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump.
5	Indonesia	Jakarta	November 8–10	Official visit.
	Vietnam	Da Nang	November 10–12	[2]
	Philippines	Manila	November 12–14
6	China	Beijing	December 13–16	State visit.

2018

Moon with Donald Trump in New York, September 2018.

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
7	Vietnam	Ha Noi	March 22–24	Official visit.[3]
	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Dubai	March 24–27	Official visit.
8	North Korea	Panmunjom	April 27
9	Japan	Tokyo	May 9
10	United States	Washington, D.C.	May 21–24	Working visit.
	North Korea	Panmunjom	May 26
11	Russia	Moscow	June 21–23	State visit. Attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup
12	India	New Delhi	July 8–11	State visit.
	Singapore	Singapore	July 12–14	State visit.
13	North Korea	Pyongyang	September 18–20
14	United States	New York City	September 24–26	Working visit. He attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump and signed revisions to the U.S.-Korean free trade agreement.
15	France	Paris	October 13–16	State visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
	Italy	Rome	October 16–17	Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
	Vatican City	Vatican City	October 18	Official visit. Met with Pope Francis.
	Belgium	Brussels	October 18–19
	Denmark	Copenhagen	October 19–20	Official visit. Attended the 1st P4G Summit.
16	Singapore	Central Area	November 14–16
	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	November 16–18
17	Czech Republic	Prague	November 27–28	Official visit.
	Argentina	Buenos Aires	November 29–December 1
	New Zealand	Auckland	December 2–4	State visit.

2019

Moon with Donald Trump in New York, September 2019.

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
18	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	March 10–12	State visit.
	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	March 12–14	State visit.
	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	March 14–16	State visit.
19	United States	Washington, D.C.	April 10–12	Working visit.
20	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	April 16–18	State Visit
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Samarkand	April 18–21	State Visit[4]
	Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	April 21	State Visit[5]
21	Finland	Helsinki	June 9–11	State Visit[6]
	Norway	Oslo	June 11–13	State Visit[7]
	Sweden	Stockholm	June 13–15	State Visit[8]
22	Japan	Osaka	June 27–29
23	Thailand	Bangkok	September 1–3	Official Visit[9]
	Myanmar	Myanmar	September 3–5	Official Visit[10]
	Laos	Laos	September 5–6	Official Visit[11]
24	United States	New York City	September 22–26	Working visit. He attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump.
25	Thailand	Bangkok	November 3–5	Working visit.
26	China	Chengdu	December 23–25	Working visit. Attended the 9th China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with Chinese president Xi jinping and Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe.

Future trips

The following are future international trips to be made by Moon:

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Details
Egypt		TBD	Postponed due to COVID-19.[12]
United Arab Emirates		TBD	Postponed due to COVID-19.[12]
Turkey		TBD	Postponed due to COVID-19.[12]
Spain		TBD	Postponed due to COVID-19.[13]
Senegal		TBD	Invited.[14]
South Africa		TBD	Invited.[14]
Poland		TBD	Invited.[15]
Australia		2021	Invited.[16]
United Kingdom	London	June 2021	Invited to the G7 Summit in London.

Multilateral meetings

Moon Jae-in is scheduled to attend the following summits as South Korean President.

Group	Year
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
UN GA	September 19–21, New York City	September 24–26, New York City	September 23–25, New York City	September 22, (virtual) New York City	September, New York City
ASEM	None	October 18–19, Brussels	None	(postponed)	TBD, Phnom Penh
P4G	None	October 19–20, Copenhagen	None	(postponed)	TBD, Seoul, host
EAS (ASEAN)	November 13–14, Pasay	November 14–15,  Singapore	November 4, Bangkok	November 14, (virtual) Hanoi	November,  Brunei
APEC	November 10–11, Đà Nẵng	November 17–18 Port Moresby	November 16–17, (cancelled) Santiago	November 20, (virtual) Kuala Lumpur	November,  New Zealand
G20	July 7–8, Hamburg	November 30 – December 1, Buenos Aires	June 28–29, Osaka	November 21–22, (virtual) Riyadh	October 30–31,  Italy
China–Japan–Korea	None	May 9, Tokyo	December 23–25, Chengdu	None	TBD, Seoul, host
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend

See also

• List of international trips made by Kim Jong-un
• 2017–18 North Korea crisis
• Inter-Korean summits
• May 2018 inter-Korean summit
• September 2018 inter-Korean summit

References

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7. http://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/king-harald-and-queen-sonja-to-host-south-korean-state-visit-in-june-122983
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