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]
Number of visits | Country | |
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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 |
Date(s) | Note | Places visited | Country | Details | |
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August 7–9 | 2001 | State visit | Malaysia[2] | Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad[3] | |
August 22–24 | State visit | ||||
August 24–26 | State visit | Singapore | |||
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[4] | ||
October 19–22 | Visit | Shanghai | |||
October 28–29 | Official visit | Hong Kong | |||
October 29–31 | State visit | China | |||
November 4–6 | Visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Attended the ASEAN Summit | ||
November 12–13 | State visit | Indonesia | |||
November 15–20 | 2002 | Working visit | United States | Met with President George W. Bush[5] | |
November 21 | Visit | Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[6] | |||
January 28–29 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom | Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair[7] | |
January 29 | Working visit | Canada | Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien | ||
February | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres | |
May 7 | Official visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council | |
May 7–8 | Official visit | Thailand[8] | |||
May 20–24 | Working visit | Japan | |||
October 24–25 and 27–30 | Working visits | United States | |||
October 25–27 | Visit | Los Cabos | Mexico | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | |
November 3–6 | Visit | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Attended the ASEAN Summit | |
November 6–7 | State visit | ||||
December 2–5 | State visit | Japan[9] | |||
February 2–3 | 2003 | Official visit | Kuwait | [10] | |
February 23–25 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit | |
April 4 | Visit | Thailand | Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS | ||
May 17–23 | State and working visit | Los Angeles | United States | Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush[11] | |
June 2–4 | State visit | Met with President Roh Moo-hyun[12] | |||
June 4–6 | Working visit | Japan | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi[13] | ||
September 1–3 | Visit | Attended the PECC XV | |||
September 24–26 | Visit | United States | Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly | ||
September 27–28 | Working visit | Met with Pope John Paul II[14] | |||
September 29 | Visit | France | Attended a UNESCO summit | ||
October 6–8 | Visit | Bali | Indonesia | Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit | |
October 15–16 | Visit | Putrajaya | Malaysia | Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference | |
October 19–21 | Visit | Bangkok | Thailand | Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | |
December 10–12 | Visit | Japan | Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit | ||
December 14–15 | State visit | Bahrain[15] | |||
September 1–3 | 2004 | State visit | China | Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission[16] | |
September 8–9 | Official visit | Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah[17] | |||
October 7–9 | Visit | Hanoi | Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting | ||
November 17–18 and 23 | Working visit | United States | |||
November 19–22 | Visit | Santiago | Chile | Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | |
November 22–23 | Official visit | Mexico City | Mexico | Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún[18] | |
November 28–30 | Visit | Vientiane | Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit | ||
January 5–6 | 2005 | Visit | Indonesia | Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami[19] | |
April 6–9 | Official visit | Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II | |||
April 21–22 | Visit | Jakarta | Indonesia | Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee | |
August | Working visit | Singapore | |||
September 12–16 | Visit | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly | ||
November 17–19 | Visit | Busan | Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | ||
December 11–14 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit | |
May 7–10 | 2006 | State visit | Saudi Arabia | Met with King Abdullah[20] | |
June 24–25 | Official visit | Met with Pope Benedict XVI[21] | |||
June 29–30 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Met with King Juan Carlos I | |
July 15 | Official visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[22] | ||
July 16–18 | State visit | Tripoli | Libya | ||
September 9–11 | Visit | Helsinki | Finland | Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting[23] | |
September 12–13 | Official visit | Brussels | Belgium | ||
September 13–14 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom' | ||
September 15 | Official visit | Havana | Cuba | Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[24] | |
September 16–17 | Official visit | Honolulu | United States | ||
October 27 - November 1 | Visit | China[25] | Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong | ||
November 17–19 | Visit | Hanoi | Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | ||
November 19–20 | Working visit | Singapore | |||
January 25–26 | 2007 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum[26] |
January 27 | State visit | Kuwait | |||
April 19–21 | Visit | Bo'ao | China | Attended the Boao Forum for Asia[27] | |
May 22–25 | Visit | Tokyo | Japan | Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia | |
May 27–30 | State visit | New Zealand[28] | |||
May 30–31 | State visit | Canberra and Melbourne | Australia[29] | ||
June 2–4 | Private visit | Rome | Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus[30] | ||
June | Private visit | Lisbon | Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva[31] | ||
June 6–7 | State visit | Sichuan and Chongqing | China[32] | ||
June 25–26 | State visit | Singapore | Met with President S. R. Nathan[33] | ||
June 26–27 | State visit | Equatorial Guinea | Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[34] | ||
August 30–31 | Official visit | Malaysia | Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence | ||
September 7–9 | Visit | Sydney | Australia | Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | |
September 26–29 | Visit | United States | Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly | ||
October 2–3 | Working visit | Shanghai | China | Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games | |
October 4–6 | State visit | India[35] | |||
November 18–22 | Visit | Singapore | Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit | ||
December 2–8 | State visit | Spain[36] | |||
December 9–10 | Working visit | Kuwait[37] | |||
January 22–25 | 2008 | Working visit | and Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum[38] |
January 26–28 | Official visit | United Arab Emirates | |||
March 30 - April 1 | Working visit | Hong Kong | China | Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference | |
June 21–28 | Official/working visit | United States | |||
August 7–9 | Official visit | Beijing | China | Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics[39] | |
September 21–27 | Visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly | |
October 23–27 | Working visit | Beijing | China | Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting | |
November 10–13 | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly | |
November 13–16 | State visit | Doha | Qatar [40] | ||
November | Working visit | United Arab Emirates | |||
November 21–23 | Visit | Lima | Peru | Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | |
November | Official visit | Colombia | Met with President Álvaro Uribe[41] | ||
November 27 | Working visit | United States | |||
January 30–31 | 2009 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum[42] |
February 1–2 | Working visit | Milan | Italy | ||
February 3–4 | Working visit | Saudi Arabia | |||
February 4–5 | Official visit | Bahrain | Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | ||
February 6–7 | Official visit | United States | Attended a prayer conference | ||
February 28 - March 1 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit | |
April 10–11 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit | |
April 12–14 | Working visit | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates[43] | |
May 2–3 | Official/working visit | Cairo | Egypt | Met with President Hosni Mubarak[44] | |
May 4–6 | State visit | Damascus | Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria | ||
May 11–15 | Visit | Manado | Indonesia | Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit[45] | |
May 30 - June 2 | Visit | Jeju | Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit | ||
June 3–5 | Visit | St. Petersburg | Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev[46] | ||
June 17–20 | Working visit | Tokyo | Japan | Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō[47] | |
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[48] | |
July 15–16 | Visit | Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit[49] | |
July 30–31 | Official visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Met with President Barack Obama[50] | |
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[51] | |
September 16–17 | Working visit | Ankara | Turkey | Met with President Abdullah Gül[52] | |
September 17–20 | Visit | United Kingdom | Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event[53] | ||
September 21–23 | Official visit | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal | |
November 13–15 | Visit | Singapore | Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | ||
November 17–18 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit | |
December 16–19 | Visit | Copenhagen | Denmark | Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[54] | |
April 8–9 | 2010 | Visit | Hanoi | Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit | |
April 12–13 | Visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit[55] | |
April 14–15 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain[56] | |
June 8–9 | Visit | Shanghai | China | Visited the Expo 2010[57] |