List of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif

The Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi made dozens of foreign trips during the tenure of Pakistan Muslim League (N), from 2013-18. Here is the list of foreign diplomatic visits made by these two Prime Ministers.

*Foreign visits (especially private visits) which don't include any considerable engagement are excluded from this list.

Nawaz Sharif

Prime Minister: 5 June, 2013 - 28 July, 2017

2013

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	3-8 July	Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang	[1]
Saudi Arabia	2-4 August	Met with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz.	[2]
Turkey	16-18 September	Met with President Abdullah Gül.	[3]
United Nations	24-29 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh and US SecState John Kerry.	[4]
United States	20-23 October	Met with President Barack Obama.	[5]
UK	28-30 October	Attended "9th World Islamic Economic Forum Summit". Held trilateral meeting with Cameron and Hamid Karzai.	[6]
Sri Lanka	14-17 November	Attended "2013 CHOGM".	[7]
Thailand	17-19 November	Met with PM of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra.	[8]
Afghanistan	30 November	Met with President Hamid Karzai.	[9]

2014

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkey	12-14 February	Attended "8th Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[10]
Netherlands	24-25 March	Attended "2014 Nuclear Security Summit".	[11]
China	9-11 April	Attended "Boao Forum for Asia". Met with Premier Li Keqiang.	[12]
UK	30 April - 2 May	Met with PM David Cameron.	[13]
Iran	11-12 May	Met with Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani.	[14]
India	26-27 May	Attended "First oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi". Also met outgoing PM Manmohan Singh.	[15]
Tajikistan	17-18 June	Met with President Emomali Rahmon.	[16]
Saudi Arabia	21-22 July	Met with Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and Deputy CP Muqrin bin Abdulaziz.	[17]
United Nations	24-29 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Co-chaired UN peacekeeping summit with US Vice President Joe Biden.	[18]
China	7-9 November	Attended "Dialogue on Strengthening Connectivity Partnership". Met with President and Premier of China.	[19]
Germany	10-11 November	Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, she hosted official lunch in his honour.	[20]
UK	12-13 November	Inaugurates Pakistan-UK Energy Dialogue.	[21]
Nepal	25-27 November	Attended "18th SAARC summit". Met with PM of Nepal Sushil Koirala and Indian PM Modi.	[22]
UK	2-4 December	Attended "London Conference on Afghanistan".	[23]

2015

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Bahrain	7-8 January	Met with King Hamad bin Isa.	[24]
Saudi Arabia	15-16 January	Met with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz.	[25]
Saudi Arabia	4-6 March	Met with King Salman.	[26]
Turkey	3 April	Met with President Erdoğan and PM Ahmet Davutoğlu. Discussed situation in Yemen.	[27]
Saudi Arabia	24 April	Met with King Salman. Discussed situation in Yemen	[28]
UK	24-26 April	Met with British PM David Cameron.	[29]
Afghanistan	12 May	Met with President Ashraf Ghani.	[30]
Turkmenistan	20-21 May	Met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. Discussed bilateral ties and TAPI Pipeline Project.	[31]
Kyrgyzstan	21-22 May	Met with President Almazbek Atambaev.
Tajikistan	9-10 June	Addressed "Water for Life" conference. Met Ban Ki-moon and Emomali Rahmon.	[32]
Norway	6-8 July	Attended "Oslo Summit on Education for Development".	[33]
Russia	9-10 July	Attended "15th SCO Head of States Summit". Met with President Putin and Indian PM Modi.	[34]
Saudi Arabia	12-19 July	Performed Umrah. Met with King Salman.	[35]
Belarus	10-12 August	Met with President and Prime Minister of Belarus.	[36]
Kazakhstan	25-26 August	Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.	[37]
UK	23-26 September	Met with PM Cameron.	[38]
United Nations	26-30 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with John Kerry.	[39]
United States	20-23 October	Met with President Barack Obama.	[40]
Uzbekistan	17-18 November	Met with President Islam Karimov.	[41]
Malta	27-29 November	Attended "2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting".	[42]
France	29-30 November	Attended "COP 21 conference". Met with President François Hollande, also met Indian PM Narendra Modi (informally).	[43] [44]
Turkmenistan	12-13 December	Attended "Inauguration ceremony of TAPI Gas Pipeline".	[45]
China	14-15 December	Attended "14th SCO Head of Governments". Met with Premier of China Li Keqiang.	[46]

2016

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Sri Lanka	4-6 January	Met with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.	[47]
Saudi Arabia	18-19 January	Met with King Salman.	[48]
Iran	19 January	Met with President Hassan Rouhani.
Switzerland	20-23 January	Attended "World Economic Forum meeting". Met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Vice President Joe Biden (trilaterally).	[49] [50]
Qatar	10-11 February	Met with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.	[51]
Saudi Arabia	9-11 March	Met with King Salman.	[52]
Tajikistan	11-12 May	Attended "CASA-1000 launch ceremony". Met wit President Emomali Rahmon.	[53]
United Nations	19-27 September	Attended "UNGA Summit". Met with various world leaders.	[54]
Azerbaijan	13-15 October	Met with President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade.	[55]
Turkmenistan	25-26 November	Attended "Global Conference on Sustainable Transport".	[56]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	20-22 December	Met with Chairman of Council of Ministers Denis Zvizdić.	[57]

2017

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkey	22-24 February	Attended "5th Session of Pakistan-Turkey High Level Strategic Cooperation Council".	[58]
Kuwait	6-7 March	Met with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.	[59]
China	12-15 May	Attended "2017 Belt and Road Forum". Met with President Xi Jinping.	[60]

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Prime Minister: 1 August, 2017 - 31 May, 2018

2017

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	23 August	Met with Crown Prince MBS.	[61]
United Nations	18-22 September	Attended "UNGA Session", met with US Vice President Mike Pence.	[62]
Turkey	19-22 October	Attended "D-8 Summit".	[63]
Saudi Arabia	27 November	Met with King Salman.	[64]
Russia	30 November - 1 December	Attended "16th SCO Heads of Government Summit". Met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.	[65]

2018

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	8-10 April	Attended "Boao Forum for Asia conference". Met with President Xi.	[66]
Saudi Arabia	15-16 April	Witnessed the closing ceremony of the 24-country joint military exercise.	[67]

See also

• Foreign relations of Pakistan

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