List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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]

Summary of international trips[edit]

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(Hong Kong)
16 visits United States

List of international trips[edit]

Date(s) Note Places visited Country Details
August 7–9 2001 State visit  Malaysia[2]
August 22–24 State visit  Brunei[1]
August 24–26 State visit  Singapore[1]
September 12–15 Working 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 19–22 Visit Shanghai  China Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
October 28–29 Official visit  Hong Kong[1]
October 29–31 State visit  China[1]
November 4–6 Visit Bandar Seri Begawan  Brunei Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 12–13 State visit  Indonesia[1]
November 15–20 2002 Working visit  United States Met with President George W. Bush[1][4]
November 21 Visit  Mexico Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[5]
January 28–29 Official visit London  United Kingdom Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair[6]
January 29 Working visit  Canada Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien[6]
February Working visit New York City  United States Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres[6]
May 7 Official visit Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council[2]
May 7–8 Official visit  Thailand[7]
May 20–24 Working visit  Japan[1]
October 24–25 and 27–30 Working visits  United States[1]
October 25–27 Visit Los Cabos  Mexico Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[5]
November 3–6 Visit Phnom Penh  Cambodia Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
November 6–7 State visit  Vietnam[1]
December 2–5 State visit  Japan[8]
February 2–3 2003 Official visit  Kuwait [1][9]
February 23–25 Visit Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit[1]
April 4 Visit  Thailand Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS[1]
May 17–23 State and working visit Los Angeles  United States Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[10]
June 2–4 State visit  South Korea Met with President Roh Moo-hyun[11]
June 4–6 Working visit  Japan Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[12]
September 1–3 Visit  Brunei Attended the PECC XV[1]
September 24–26 Visit  United States Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly[1]
September 27–28 Working visit  Holy See Met with Pope John Paul II[1][13]
September 29 Visit  France Attended a UNESCO summit[1]
October 6–8 Visit Bali  Indonesia Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit[1]
October 15–16 Visit Putrajaya  Malaysia Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference[1]
October 19–21 Visit Bangkok  Thailand Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 10–12 Visit Tokyo  Japan Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit[1]
December 14–15 State visit  Bahrain[14]
September 1–3 2004 State visit  China Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[15]
September 8–9 Official visit  Brunei Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[16]
October 7–9 Visit Hanoi  Vietnam Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 17–18 and 23 Working visit  United States[1]
November 19–22 Visit Santiago  Chile Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 22–23 Official visit Mexico City  Mexico Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[17]
November 28–30 Visit Vientiane  Laos Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit[1]
January 5–6 2005 Visit  Indonesia Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[18]
April 6–9 Official visit  Holy See Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II[1]
April 21–22 Visit Jakarta  Indonesia Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee[18]
August Working visit  Singapore[1]
September 12–16 Visit  United States Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 17–19 Visit Busan  South Korea Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
December 11–14 Visit Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit[1]
May 7–10 2006 State visit  Saudi Arabia Met with King Abdullah[19]
June 24–25 Official visit  Holy See Met with Pope Benedict XVI[1][20]
June 29–30 Official visit Madrid  Spain Met with King Juan Carlos I[20]
July 15 Official visit Bandar Seri Begawan  Brunei Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[21]
July 16–18 State visit Tripoli  Libya[21]
September 9–11 Visit Helsinki  Finland Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[1][22]
September 12–13 Official visit Brussels  Belgium[22]
September 13–14 Official visit London  United Kingdom[22]'
September 15 Official visit Havana  Cuba Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[22][23]
September 16–17 Official visit Honolulu  United States [22]
October 27 - November 1 Visit Nanning and Hong Kong  China[1][24] Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong[1][24]
November 17–19 Visit Hanoi  Vietnam Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 19–20 Working visit Singapore[1]
January 25–26 2007 Visit Davos   Switzerland Attended the World Economic Forum[25]
January 27 State visit  Kuwait[25]
April 19–21 Visit Bo'ao  China Attended the Boao Forum for Asia[26]
May 22–25 Visit Tokyo  Japan Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia[1]
May 27–30 State visit  New Zealand[27]
May 30–31 State visit Canberra and Melbourne  Australia[28]
June 2–4 Private visit Rome  Holy See Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[1]

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June Private visit Lisbon  Holy See Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[30]
June 6–7 State visit Sichuan and Chongqing  China[31]
June 25–26 State visit  Singapore Met with President S. R. Nathan[32]
June 26–27 State visit  Equatorial Guinea Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[33]
August 30–31 Official visit  Malaysia Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence[1]
September 7–9 Visit Sydney  Australia Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
September 26–29 Visit  United States Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 2–3 Working visit Shanghai  China Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games[1]
October 4–6 State visit  India[34]
November 18–22 Visit  Singapore Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 2–8 State visit  Spain[1][35]
December 9–10 Working visit  Kuwait[1][36]
January 22–25 2008 Working visit  Zürich and Davos   Switzerland Attended the World Economic Forum[37]
January 26–28 Official visit  United Arab Emirates [1][37]
March 30 - April 1 Working visit Hong Kong  China Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference[1]
June 21–28 Official/working visit  United States[1]
August 7–9 Official visit Beijing  China Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[1][38]
September 21–27 Visit New York City  United States Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly[1]
October 23–27 Working visit Beijing  China Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting[1]
November 10–13 Working visit New York City  United States Addressed the United Nations General Assembly[1]
November 13–16 State visit Doha  Qatar

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November Working visit  United Arab Emirates

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November 21–23 Visit Lima  Peru Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November Official visit  Colombia Met with President Álvaro Uribe[40]
November 27 Working visit  United States[1]
January 30–31 2009 Visit Davos   Switzerland Attended the World Economic Forum[1][41]
February 1–2 Working visit Milan  Italy[1][41]
February 3–4 Working visit  Saudi Arabia[1]
February 4–5 Official visit  Bahrain Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa[1][41]
February 6–7 Official visit  United States Attended a prayer conference[1]
February 28 - March 1 Visit Pattaya  Thailand Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 10–11 Visit Pattaya  Thailand Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–14 Working visit Dubai  United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[1][42]
May 2–3 Official/working visit Cairo  Egypt Met with President Hosni Mubarak[1][43]
May 4–6 State visit Damascus  Syria Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria[1][43]
May 11–15 Visit Manado  Indonesia Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[1][44]
May 30 - June 2 Visit Jeju  South Korea Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit[1]
June 3–5 Visit St. Petersburg  Russia Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[1][45]
June 17–20 Working visit Tokyo  Japan Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[46]
June 22–25 State visit Brasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro  Brazil Met 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 15–16 Visit Sharm el-Sheikh  Egypt Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[48]
July 30–31 Official visit Washington, D.C.  United States Met with President Barack Obama[1][49]
August 28 - September 1 Official visit Tripoli  Libya Attended 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 16–17 Working visit Ankara  Turkey Met with President Abdullah Gül[51][52]
September 17–20 Visit  United Kingdom Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[52]
September 21–23 Official visit Jeddah  Saudi Arabia Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal[1][52]
November 13–15 Visit  Singapore Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
November 17–18 Visit Pattaya  Thailand Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit[1]
December 16–19 Visit Copenhagen  Denmark Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[53]
April 8–9 2010 Visit Hanoi  Vietnam Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit[1]
April 12–13 Visit Washington, D.C.  United States Attended the Nuclear Security Summit[54]
April 14–15 Official visit Madrid  Spain Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[1][55]
June 8–9 Visit Shanghai  China Visited the Expo 2010[1][56]

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