List of international presidential trips made by Joe Biden

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

  6 visits

  5 visits

  4 visits

  3 visits

  2 visits

  1 visit

2021

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#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details	Image
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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#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details	Image
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

Main article: List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2023)

#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details	Image
9	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	Main article: 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine 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

Main article: List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2024)

#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details	Image

Future trips

Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
Italy	Apulia	June 13–15, 2024	President Biden will attend the G7 summit.

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations are scheduled to take place during President Biden's term in office (since 2021).

Group	Year
	2021	2022	2023	2024
APEC	November 12 (videoconference) Auckland	November 18–19 [a] Bangkok	November 15–17 San Francisco	TBD Lima
EAS (ASEAN)	October 26–27 (videoconference) Bandar Seri Begawan	November 12–13 Phnom Penh	September 6–7 [a] Jakarta	October Vientiane
G7	June 11–13 Carbis Bay	June 26–28 Schloss Elmau	May 19–21 Hiroshima	June 13–15 Apulia
G20	October 30–31 Rome	November 15–16 Bali	September 9–10 New Delhi	November 18–19 Rio de Janeiro
NATO	June 14 Brussels	March 24 Brussels	July 11–12 Vilnius	July 9–11 Washington
		June 28–30 Madrid
SOA (OAS)	none	June 8–10 Los Angeles	none	none
NALS	November 18 Washington	none	January 10 Mexico City	TBA
UNCCC	November 1–2 Glasgow	November 11 Sharm el-Sheikh	November 30–December 3 [a] Dubai	TBD Baku
QUAD	September 24 Washington	May 24 Tokyo	May 20 Hiroshima	May 23 New Delhi
Others	none	U.S.–ASEAN Summit May 12–13 Washington	AUKUS March 13 San Diego	TBA
██ = Future event██ = Did not attend /participate. ^a Kamala Harris attended in the president's place.

See also

• List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden
• Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration
• List of international trips made by Antony Blinken as United States Secretary of State

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