This is a list of international presidential trips made by Mauricio Macri, the 53rd President of Argentina. During his presidency, Mauricio Macri visited 20 countries as of May 2017.
Number of visits | Country |
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4 visits | United States |
3 visits | Chile |
2 visits | Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Paraguay, Peru, Vatican City |
1 visit | Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, France, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay |
The following international trips were made by President Mauricio Macri in 2015:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
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![]() | Asunción | 21 December | Mercosur Summit, President Macri called for "the prompt release of political prisoners in Venezuela" and warned that the regional bloc "can be no room for political persecution for ideological reasons or illegitimate forecast freedom for thinking differently". He also called for jointly fight against poverty and drug trafficking. [1] | During his first participation in the
The following international trips were made by President Mauricio Macri in 2016:
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
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![]() | Colonia del Sacramento | 7 January | Tabare Vazquez, under the start of his international agenda. They officially postulated the Uruguay–Argentina 2030 FIFA World Cup bid. [2] | President Macri traveled to Uruguay, for a meeting with President
![]() | Davos | 20–23 January | World Economic Forum Summit in Davos accompanied by his former rival in the presidential elections Sergio Massa. [3] | President Macri traveled to the
![]() ![]() | Vatican City Rome | 27 February | Pope Francis in his first visit to the Vatican as President. After that, Macri met with Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi. | President Macri visited
![]() | Washington D.C. | 31 March 1 April | 2016 Nuclear Security Summit. | President Macri traveled to the U.S. on the occasion of the
![]() | Bogotá Medellín | 15–16 June | Juan Manuel Santos. After that, Macri participated in the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2016. | President Macri traveled to Colombia for a meeting with President
![]() | Puerto Varas | 30 June 1 July | Pacific Alliance. | President Macri traveled to Chile for the Summit of the
![]() | Paris | 2 July | François Hollande. He said the meeting was "very good" and expressed his desire to increase trade between Mercosur and the European Union. [4] | President Macri opened his European tour in Paris meeting with French President
![]() | Brussels | 3–4 July | Federica Mogherini, at the headquarters of the European Commission, and then have lunch with President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, at that institution. In the afternoon he was received along with his wife, the First Lady Juliana Awada at the Royal Palace of Brussels by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. [5] | President Macri met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy,
![]() | Berlin | 5–6 July | Berlin for an official visit to Germany. This was announced by Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra in a press conference shared with the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Buenos Aires. [6] He met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck. | President Macri traveled to
![]() | Idaho | 7–8 July | Idaho to participate in the Sun Valley Conference Summit chaired by tycoon Bill Gates, in the state of Idaho, the northwestern United States. The presence of Macri is given after ended his official visit to France, Belgium and Germany. | President Macri traveled to
![]() | Lima | 28 July | Lima to participate in the Presidential Inauguration of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. | President Macri traveled to
![]() | Rio de Janeiro | 5 August | Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [7] | President Macri traveled to
![]() | Doha | 3 September | President Macri met the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. |
![]() | Hangzhou | 4–5 September | G-20 summit meeting in Hangzhou. | President Macri traveled to China to attend the
![]() | New York City | 19 September | Macri traveled to New York for the 71st UN General Assembly. |
![]() | Cartagena de Indias | 27 September | Juan Manuel Santos and FARC Leader Timoleón Jiménez. | President Macri attended the signing of the Colombia Peace Agreements between President
![]() ![]() | Vatican City Rome | 15 October | Pope Francis along with First Lady Juliana Awada and their child, Antonia Macri, his daughter Agustina Macri and her daughter Valentina Barbier. Later, the President met with diplomats and traveled to Florence where Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had a dinner in their honour. The President assisted as well to the Canonization of José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero. | President Macri visited
Country | Areas visited | Date (s) | Notes |
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![]() | Madrid | 20–25 February | King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Ortiz, and the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy. [8] | Macri traveled to Spain with 200 businessmen. Met with the
![]() | Asunción | 16 March | President Horacio Cartes to cooperate in the fight against narcotraffic on the border and to renegotiate the debt for the construction of the Yacyretá Dam. [9] | Macri met with the
![]() | Amsterdam | 27–28 March | Macri and Juliana Awade met with the King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. They visited the Anne Frank House, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the International Criminal Court. [10] |
![]() | Houston Washington, D.C. | 26–27 April | Tenaris and Dow in Houston. [11] The next day he and Juliana Awada met Melania and Donald Trump at the White House. Trump decided to lift the import embargo of Argentine lemons and agreed to support Argentina's decision to join the OECD. [12] | Macri visited the plants of
![]() | Dubai | 12 May | Macri and Juliana Awada were accompanied by Emilio Monzó, President of the Chamber of Deputies; Alberto Weretilneck, Governor of Río Negro; Sergio Uñac, Governor of San Juan; Gerardo Morales, Governor of Jujuy; Juan José Aranguren, Minister of Energy; Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of Interior and Guillermo Dietrich, Minister of Transport. They met with the Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum [13] |
![]() | Beijing Shanghai | 14–18 May | Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People. Then they participated in the Belt and Road Forum. On Monday 15 Macri went to Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center and worked with the leaders participating in the Forum. On Tuesday 16 Macri met with businessmen from energy, transport and infrastructure areas. Then went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Argentina and China. On Wednesday 17 Macri and Juliana Awada deposited a wreath in the Monument to the People's Heroes, in the Tiananmen Square. Then Macri met in the Great Hall of the People with the Premier of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, and then with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Zhang Dejiang. On Thursday 18 Macri went to Shanghai to the official inauguration of the Pavilion of the Argentine Republic in the SIAL-China Exhibition at the New International Expo Center. [14] | On Sunday 14 Macri and Juliana Awada met with
![]() | Tokyo | 18–19 May | The Prince Park Tower Tokyo Hotel. In that place he said a few words at the opening of the Japan-Argentina Economic Forum. Then Macri and Juliana Awada met with the Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife Akie Abe at the official residence. Macri was received by the chairman of Toyota, Takeshi Uchiyamada. On Friday 19 Macri and Juliana Awada went to the Meiji Shrine and then met with the Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. [15] | Macri shared a breakfast with Japanese businessmen at
![]() | Quito | 24 May | Macri traveled to Ecuador to attend the inauguration of Lenín Moreno as new President of Ecuador. |
![]() | Santiago de Chile | 27 June | Macri traveled to Chile for a meeting with President Michelle Bachelet, which whom he discussed integration prospects between Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance. [16] |
![]() | Hamburg | 7–8 July | G-20 summit meeting in Hamburg. | President Macri traveled to Germany to attend the
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
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![]() | Valparaíso | 11 March | Ceremony of inauguration of the Chilean president Sebastian Piñera |
![]() | Lima | 13–14 April | 8th Summit of the Americas |
![]() | La Malbaie | 8–10 June | 44th G7 summit |
![]() | Antigua Guatemala | 15–16 November 2018 | Ibero-American Summit |
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
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![]() | Brasilia | 16 January | President Macri traveled to Brazil for a meeting with President Jair Bolsonaro. |
![]() | New Delhi | 17-19 February | President Macri traveled to India for a state visit and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
![]() | Jakarta | 26 June | Joko Widodo. | President Macri traveled to Indonesia to meet with President
![]() | Osaka | 27–29 June | G-20 summit meeting in Osaka. | President Macri traveled to Japan to attend the
![]() | Zurich | 30 June | President Macri received a decoration by the FIFA. |
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