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Visits to foreign countries by the 46th US President
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Joe Biden , the
46th and current
president of the
United States .
Joe Biden has made 16 international trips to 23 countries (in addition to visiting the
West Bank ) during
his presidency so far, which began on
January 20, 2021 .
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic , Biden did not make any international trips between January and June 2021.
Summary
The number of visits per country where President Biden traveled are:
One :
Cambodia ,
Canada ,
Egypt ,
Finland ,
India ,
Indonesia ,
Ireland ,
Italy ,
Lithuania ,
Mexico ,
Saudi Arabia ,
South Korea ,
Spain ,
Switzerland ,
Ukraine ,
Vatican City ,
Vietnam and the
West Bank
Two :
Belgium ,
Israel ,
Japan and
Poland
Three :
Germany
Seven :
United Kingdom
Map of international trips made by Joe Biden as president: (October 2023) United States
7 or more visits
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5 visits
4 visits
3 visits
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1 visit
2021
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1
United Kingdom
Mildenhall ,
St Ives ,
Bodelva ,
Windsor
June 9–13
Attended the
47th G7 summit at the
Carbis Bay Hotel . Met with
Queen
Elizabeth II at
Windsor Castle and
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson . Both Biden and Johnson issued a revision of the
Atlantic Charter which had previously been issued by their predecessors,
Franklin Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill respectively, eighty years prior.
[1]
[2] Participated in a meeting with the
G7 leaders and other members of the
Royal Family at
Eden Project in Bodelva. Also met with
U.S. Air Force personnel at
RAF Mildenhall . Stayed at
Tregenna Castle .
[3]
[4]
Belgium
Brussels
June 13–15
Attended the
31st NATO summit . Met with
King
Philippe and
Prime Minister
Alexander De Croo at the
Royal Palace of Brussels . Held multilateral meetings with the leaders of the
Baltic States ,
Secretary General of NATO
Jens Stoltenberg , and
Turkish President
Recep Erdoğan .
[5] Also participated in an
EU –U.S. summit with
European Council president
Charles Michel and
European Commission president
Ursula von der Leyen at the
Europa Building . Stayed at the
U.S. Embassy in Brussels .
[6]
Switzerland
Geneva
June 15–16
Attended the
summit meeting with
Russian President
Vladimir Putin at
Villa La Grange . Held a bilateral meeting with
Swiss President
Guy Parmelin and
Swiss Foreign Minister
Ignazio Cassis at the
InterContinental Geneva , where he stayed.
[7]
2
Vatican City
Vatican City
October 29
Met with
Pope Francis at the
Apostolic Palace . Also held bilateral meeting with
Cardinal Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin .
[8]
Italy
Rome
October 29 – November 1
Met with
Italian President
Sergio Mattarella at
Quirinale Palace ,
Italian Prime Minister
Mario Draghi at
Chigi Palace , and
French President
Emmanuel Macron at the Embassy of France. On October 30, attended the
G20 summit at La Nuvola in Rome. Met with
Italian Prime Minister
Mario Draghi , took the customary photo with other world leaders, and attended an event on supporting women-owned businesses. Met with
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson ,
French President
Emmanuel Macron , and outgoing
German Chancellor
Angela Merkel . On October 31, Also held bilateral meeting with
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan .
[9]
United Kingdom
Glasgow
November 1–2
Attended
COP26 at the
Scottish Event Campus . Met with
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson ,
First Minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon , and
UN Secretary-General
António Guterres . Also held a bilateral meeting with
Indonesian President
Joko Widodo .
[10]
2022
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3
Belgium
Brussels
March 23–25
Attended and delivered remarks at an extraordinary
NATO Summit at
NATO Headquarters to discuss the
Russian invasion of Ukraine . Also held bilateral meeting with
European Council President
Charles Michel . On March 25, also held bilateral meeting with
European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen .
[11]
Poland
Rzeszów ,
Warsaw
March 25–26
Met with service members from the
82nd Airborne Division . On March 26, met with
President
Andrzej Duda at the
Presidential Palace . He met
refugees at
Stadion Narodowy and talked with
Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki and
Mayor of Warsaw
Rafał Trzaskowski . Met with Ukrainian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dmytro Kuleba and
Minister of Defense
Oleksii Reznikov .
[12] He
delivered a speech on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine.
United Kingdom
Mildenhall
March 26
Briefly stopped at
RAF Mildenhall to visit troops as
Air Force One was being refueled.
[13]
[14]
4
South Korea
Seoul ,
Pyeongtaek
May 20−22
Met with President
Yoon Suk-yeol . Visited
Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus.
[15]
Japan
Tokyo
May 22–24
Met with Emperor
Naruhito at
Tokyo Imperial Palace and Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida at
Akasaka Palace . Attended the
QUAD Leaders Summit , also held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese at
Kantei Palace .
[16]
[17]
[18]
5
Germany
Schloss Elmau
June 25–28
Attended the
48th G7 summit . Met with German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz , British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and French President
Emmanuel Macron .
Spain
Madrid
June 28–30
Met with Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez at the
Palace of Moncloa and King
Felipe VI at the
Royal Palace of Madrid . Attended the
32nd NATO Summit at
IFEMA . Held trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida and South Korean President
Yoon Suk-yeol . Held a bilateral meeting with Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan .
[19]
6
Israel
Jerusalem
July 13–15
Met with
President
Isaac Herzog and
Prime Minister
Yair Lapid , Visited
Yad Vashem . Attended the inaugural
I2U2 virtual summit at the
Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem .
[20]
[21]
Palestinian Authority (
West Bank )
East Jerusalem ,
Bethlehem
July 15
Met with
President
Mahmoud Abbas . Visited the
Augusta Victoria Hospital and
Church of the Nativity .
[22]
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
July 15–16
Met with
King
Salman and
Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman at Al Salam Royal Palace. Attended the GCC+3 special summit. Held a bilateral meeting with
Egyptian President
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ,
Iraqi Prime Minister
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and
United Arab Emirates President
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at The Ritz-Carlton Jeddah.
[21]
United Kingdom
Mildenhall
July 16
Briefly stopped at
RAF Mildenhall to refuel
Air Force One .
7
London
September 17–19
Paid respects at the Queen's
lying in state , met with the new King
Charles III at a reception at
Buckingham Palace and attended the
state funeral of Queen
Elizabeth II at
Westminster Abbey .
[23]
[24]
8
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
November 11
Attended the
COP27 at Tonino Lamborghini International Convention Center. Met with
President
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi .
[25]
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
November 12–13
Attended the U.S.–ASEAN Summit and the
Seventeenth East Asia Summit at Sokha Hotel. Met with
Prime Minister
Hun Sen . Held bilateral meetings
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida and
South Korean President
Yoon Suk-yeol .
[26]
Indonesia
Bali
November 13–16
Attended the
G20 summit . Met with
President
Joko Widodo . Held bilateral meetings with
Chinese President
Xi Jinping ,
European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen ,
Italian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni and
British Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak .
[26]
2023
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Mexico
Mexico City
January 8–10
Attended the 10th
North American Leaders' Summit . Met with
Mexican President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador and
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau .
10
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
February 20
Briefly stopped at
Ramstein Air Base as
Air Force One was being refueled.
[27]
Poland
Rzeszów ,
Przemyśl ,
Warsaw
February 20–22
Flew to Rzeszow, then transferred to Przemysl and via train went to
Kyiv ,
Ukraine . Met with
President
Andrzej Duda ,
Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki and
Moldovan President
Maia Sandu after returning to Poland.
[28] Attended the
Bucharest Nine . Delivered a speech at the
Royal Castle marking the first anniversary of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Ukraine
Kyiv
February 20
Unannounced visit. Met with
President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and
First Lady
Olena Zelenska at the
Mariinskyi Palace . Visited the
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery with President Zelenskyy.
[29]
11
Canada
Ottawa
March 23–24
Met with
Governor General
Mary Simon and
Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau . Addressed a joint session of the
Canadian Parliament .
[30]
12
United Kingdom
Belfast
April 11–12
Attended the 25th anniversary commemoration of the
Good Friday Agreement and met with
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak .
[31]
[32]
[33]
Ireland
Dublin ,
Carlingford ,
Dundalk ,
Knock ,
Ballina
April 12–14
Met with
President
Michael D. Higgins and
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar . Addressed the
Oireachtas . Visited ancestral homes in both
County Louth and
County Mayo , touring
Carlingford Castle and
Knock Shrine . Made a public address at
St Muredach's Cathedral, Ballina .
[34]
[35]
[36]
13
Japan
Hiroshima
May 18–21
Attended the
49th G7 summit and
QUAD Leaders meeting at Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima. Met with Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida , Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese , Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi , South Korean President
Yoon Suk Yeol and Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy . Visited the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and
Itsukushima Shrine .
[37]
[38]
14
United Kingdom
London ,
Windsor
July 9–10
Met with Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak at
10 Downing Street and
King
Charles III at
Windsor Castle .
[39]
Lithuania
Vilnius
July 10–12
Attended the
33rd NATO summit at
LITEXPO . Met with President
Gitanas Nausėda , Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy .
[39]
Finland
Helsinki
July 12–13
Attended the U.S.–Nordic Leaders' Summit. Met with President
Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister
Petteri Orpo .
[39]
15
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
September 8
Briefly stopped at
Ramstein Air Base as Air Force One was being refueled.
India
New Delhi
September 8–10
Attended the
G20 summit at
Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre . Met with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi . Visited at
Raj Ghat Memorial to paid respect to
Mahatma Gandhi .
[40]
Vietnam
Hanoi
September 10–11
Met with
Communist Party General Secretary
Nguyễn Phú Trọng , President
Võ Văn Thưởng , Prime Minister
Phạm Minh Chính and Chairman of the National Assembly
Vương Đình Huệ . Signed a strategic partnership agreement. Visited
John McCain Memorial .
[41]
16
Israel
Tel Aviv
October 18
Met with Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu to show U.S. support for Israel in the
Israel–Hamas war .
[42]
2024
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Multilateral meetings
Multilateral meetings of the following
intergovernmental organizations are scheduled to take place during President Biden's term in office (since 2021).
See also
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