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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Lula da Silva, the 39th and current President of Brazil. Lula has made 18 international trips to 28 countries during his second presidency so far, which began on January 1, 2023.
The number of visits per country where President Lula traveled in his second presidency are:
| No. | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina | Buenos Aires | January 22–24 | Attended the 7th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, the European Council President Charles Michel and FAO Director General Qu Dongyu. [1] |
 Uruguay | Montevideo | January 25 | Met with President Luis Lacalle Pou. Awarded with the Más Verde Prize by the Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse. [2] | |
| 2 |  United States | Washington D.C. | February 9–10 | Met with President Joe Biden. [3] |
| 3 |  China | Beijing, Shanghai | April 11–14 | Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Attended the inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as President of the BRICS Bank. Visited the Huawei Shanghai Research Center. [4] |
 United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | April 15 | Met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [4] | |
| 4 |  Portugal | Lisbon, Matosinhos | April 20–25 | Attended the 13th Luso-Brazilian summit. Met with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa. Addressed Parliament at the São Bento Palace. Visited the Jerónimos Monastery. [5] |
 Spain | Madrid | April 25–26 | Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. [5] | |
| 5 |  United Kingdom | Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, London | May 5–6 | Attended the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. [6] |
| 6 |  Japan | Hiroshima | May 17–21 | Attended the 49th G7 summit. Held bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Comorian President Azali Assoumani, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, IMF Director General Kristalina Georgieva and UN Secretary General António Guterres. Visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. [7] |
| 7 |  Italy | Rome | June 20–21 | Met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella. [8] |
 Vatican | Vatican City | June 21 | Met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace. [8] | |
 France | Paris | June 21–22 | Addressed for the Global Citizen community at the Power Our Planet festival and for New Global Financing Pact summit. Held bilateral meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. [8] | |
| 8 | Argentina | Puerto Iguazú | July 3–4 | Attended the Mercosur summit. [9] |
| 9 |  Colombia | Leticia | July 8 | Attended the Amazon Technical-Scientific summit. Met with President Gustavo Petro. [9] |
| 10 |  Belgium | Brussels | July 16–18 | Attended the CELAC–European Union summit. [9] |
 Cape Verde | Praia | July 19 | Met with President José Maria Neves of his way back to Brazil. [9] | |
| 11 |  Paraguay | Asuncion | August 14–15 | Attended the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Santiago Peña. [9] |
| 12 |  South Africa | Johannesburg | August 22–24 | Attended the 15th BRICS summit. Held bilateral meetings with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Bolivian President Luis Arce, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [10] |
 Angola | Luanda | August 25-26 | Met with President João Lourenço. Addressed the National Assembly. [10] | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | August 27 | Attended CPLP summit. Met with President Carlos Vila Nova. [10] | |
| 13 |  India | New Delhi | September 8–11 | Attended the 18th G20 summit. Held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and the EU Council President Charles Michel. [11] |
| 14 |  Cuba | Havana | September 15–16 | Attended the Group of 77 summit. Met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel. [12] |
| United States | New York City | September 16–20 | Attended the 78th United Nations General Assembly. Held bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden, Swiss President Alain Berset, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña. [12] | |
| 15 |  Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | November 28–29 | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [13] |
 Qatar | Doha | November 29–30 | Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [13] | |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | November 30–December 4 | Attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Held bilateral meetings with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, UN Secretary General António Guterres, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki. [13] | |
 Germany | Berlin | December 4–5 | Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. [13] |
| No. | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 |  Egypt | Cairo | February 13–15 | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Addressed the Arab League. [14] |
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | February 16–18 | Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Attended the 37th African Union summit. Addressed the Pan-African Parliament. Held bilateral meetings with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, Libyan President Mohamed al-Menfi, Kenyan President William Ruto and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. [14] | |
| 17 |  Guyana | Georgetown | February 28 | Met with President Irfaan Ali. Attended the 46th CARICOM summit. [15] |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | February 29–March 1 | Attended the 8th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with UN Secretary General António Guterres and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. [15] | |
| 18 | Colombia | Bogotá | April 17 | Met with President Gustavo Petro. [16] |
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations are scheduled to take place during Lula's term in office.
| Group | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| BRICS | August 22–24, Johannesburg | TBD, Kazan | TBA | TBA |
| G20 | September 9–10, New Delhi | November 18–19, Rio de Janeiro | TBD, South Africa | TBD, United States |
| UNCCC | November 30– December 12, Dubai | November 11–24, Baku | TBD, Belém | TBA |
| CELAC | January 24, Buenos Aires | March 1, Kingstown | TBA | TBA |
| Others | G7 summit May 19–21, Hiroshima | CARICOM summit February 25–28, Georgetown | ||
| ██ = Future event██ = Did not attend /participate | ||||
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