List of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif
Below is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif, the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif has made more than 65 international trips in his third premiership.[1] He made 10 foreign trips in 2013, 11 in 2014, 23 in 2015, and 9 each in 2016 and 2017.[2]
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The number of visits per country where he travelled are:
- 1 visit to Afghanistan.[3]
- 1 visit to Germany.[4]
- 1 visit to Bahrain[5]
- 1 visit to India.[3]
- 1 visit to Iran.[3]
- 1 visit to Nepal.[3]
- 1 visit to Tajikistan.[3]
- 1 visit to Thailand.[3]
- 2 visits to Uzbekistan.[3]
- 2 visits to Kazakhstan.[3]
- 4 visits to China.[2]
- 4 visits to Turkey.[2]
- 4 visits to the United States.[2]
- 5 visits to Saudi Arabia.[2]
- 17 visits to the United Kingdom.[2]
2013
Country | Location | Date | Details |
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China | Beijing | 4 July 2013 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3] |
United States | New York City | September 2013 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.[3] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | October 2013 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to meet US President Barack Obama and other US officials.[3] |
2014
Country | Location | Date | Details |
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China | Beijing | April 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3] |
United Kingdom | London | April 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to London to meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron.[3] |
India | New Delhi | May 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New Delhi to participate in Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi.[3] |
United States | New York City | September 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.[3] |
China | Beijing | November 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3] |
Nepal | Kathmandu | 26-27 November 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Nepal to Atend with the SAARC 18th Summit 2014 |
Germany | Berlin | November 2014 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discuss economic and terrorism issues.[4] |
2015
Country | Location | Date | Details |
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Bahrain | Manama | January 7–8 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Bahrain on the invitation of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa who is the prime minister of Bahrain.[6] |
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | January 4 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Sri Lanka on the invitation of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe.[7] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | January 18 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Saudi Arabia with delegation to meet Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.[7] |
Qatar | Doha | February | Prime Minister Sharif went on a two-day visit to Qatar and signed an agreement in Doha to import LNG worth billion of dollars.[7] |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | May 11 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Tajikistan to attend the launching of CASA-1000 according to which the two countries Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were to supply 1300 MW of electricity to Pakistan and Afghanistan.[7] |
Iran | Tehran | 14 June 2015 | Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran |
Thailand | Bangkok | 31 July 2015 | Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra met with Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to discuss mutual cooperation in several fields, including trade and investment.
The two leaders agreed that talks on implementing a free trade agreement should start in the nearest future. |
United States | New York City | September 19 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York, the United States of America. He attended the 71st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.[7] |
United States | Washington | October 20–23 | Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to discuss bilateral relations. |
See also
References
- "Nawaz Sharif among most widely-travelled rulers".
- "Nawaz Sharif's foreign trips cost state exchequer over Rs1b, NA told – The Express Tribune". April 11, 2018.
- Wasim, Amir (December 9, 2014). "PM undertook 14 foreign visits during 18 months in office".
- "Pakistan PM Sharif and Merkel talk trade, terrorism – DW – 11.11.2014". DW.COM.
- https://www.dawn.com/news/1155273
- https://www.dawn.com/news/1155471
- "The 13 countries PM Nawaz visited during 2016 – Pakistan – Dunya News".
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