List of international prime ministerial trips made by Rishi Sunak

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This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Rishi Sunak, who has served as the 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 25 October 2022. Rishi Sunak has made nineteen international trips to nineteen countries during his premiership.

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Summary

The number of visits per country where Prime Minister Sunak travelled are:

Map of international trips made by Rishi Sunak as prime minister: (January 2024)
  United Kingdom
  1 visit
  2 visits

2022

#CountryLocationDateDetails
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 6–7 NovemberSunak attended the high level segment of COP27. [1]
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Bali 14–16 NovemberSunak attended the 2022 G20 summit. [2]
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv 19 NovemberSunak travelled to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and pledged £50 million in aid. [3]
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga 19 DecemberSunak attended a Joint Expeditionary Force leaders summit. [4]
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Tallinn Sunak met with British troops. [5]

2023

#CountryLocationDateDetails
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Munich 18 FebruarySunak attended the 59th Munich Security Conference. [6]
6Flag of France.svg  France Paris 10 MarchSunak travelled by Eurostar to Paris to meet with President Emmanuel Macron for a UK–France Summit. [7] It was the first time a British Prime Minister had travelled to Paris for a summit by train.
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States San Diego 13 MarchSunak travelled to San Diego to meet with President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and made an announcement on the next stage of the AUKUS pact. [8]
8Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Reykjavík 16 MaySunak attended the fourth Council of Europe summit. [9]
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo, Hiroshima 17–21 MaySunak travelled to Japan to announce a new defence partnership and host a reception with business leaders in Tokyo. Following this, he held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and attended the G7 summit in Hiroshima. [10] [11]
10Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Chișinău, Bulboaca 1 JuneSunak attended the second summit of the European Political Community. [12] He became the first UK prime minister to visit Moldova. [13]
11Flag of the United States.svg  United States Arlington, Washington, D.C.7–8 JuneThe trip was primarily focused on business. On the first day of the trip, Sunak laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. [14] He addressed a major gathering of US business executives. Sunak met with Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate. Additionally, he and US President Joe Biden gave a joint press conference. He also watched the Washington Nationals play the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game. [15] [16]
12Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vilnius 11–12 JulySunak attended the 2023 NATO summit. [17]
13Flag of India.svg  India New Delhi 8–10 SeptemberSunak attended the 2023 G20 summit. [18] Sunak became both the first British Prime Minister of Indian descent and first Hindu British Prime Minister to visit India. [19]
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Granada 5 OctoberSunak attended the 3rd EPC summit. [20]
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Visby 12–13 OctoberSunak visited Sweden to attend a Joint Expeditionary Force summit. [21] Sweden and the UK signed a strategic partnership, while Sunak also pledged to deploy more than 20,000 British troops across northern Europe in 2024. Sunak stayed on destroyer HMS Diamond, the first time a UK Prime Minister had stayed overnight on a Royal Navy warship since 1968. [22]
16Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Jerusalem 19 OctoberSunak met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war. [23] [24]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 19–20 OctoberSunak met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss regional security. [25] [26] Sunak also met the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the following morning. Sunak thanked Qatar for its involvement in securing the release of hostages taken by Hamas, including British nationals. [27]
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo 20 OctoberSunak visited Egypt as part of a two-day visit to Middle Eastern capitals. [28] He met with the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas. [29] [30]
17Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Dubai 1 DecemberSunak attended COP28, where he committed the UK to invest £1.6 billion on climate projects. [31] During the 11 hour trip he secured several deals, such as with energy firms RWE and Masdar to invest £11 billion into the Dogger Bank wind farm. [32]
18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome 16 DecemberSunak attended Prime Minister Meloni's Brothers of Italy festival. [33] [34] The two leaders agreed to jointly finance migrant repatriations in Africa. [35]

2024

#CountryLocationDateDetails
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv 12 JanuarySunak visited Kyiv and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign a security cooperation agreement with Ukraine. [36] Sunak committed the UK to increase military funding to Ukraine to £2.5bn; he claimed that this agreement will be the first step in developing a “100-year partnership” between the two nations. [37]

Future trips

The following international trips are scheduled to be made by Sunak during 2024:

CountryLocationDateDetails
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw 23 AprilSunak will travel to Warsaw to meet with President Donald Tusk. [38] [39]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin 24 AprilSunak will travel to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. [40]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fasano 13–15 JuneSunak is expected to attend the 50th G7 Summit. [41]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washington D.C. 9–11 JulySunak is expected to attend the 2024 NATO summit. [42]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States New York City SeptemberSunak is expected to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Apia 21–25 OctoberSunak is expected to attend the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary TBD7 NovemberSunak is expected to attend the 5th European Political Community Summit.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rio de Janeiro 18–19 NovemberSunak is expected to attend the 2024 G20 summit.
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Baku NovemberSunak is expected to attend COP29.

Multilateral meetings

Sunak is scheduled to attend the following summits during his prime ministership:

GroupYear
202220232024
UNGA 20–23 September, [a]
Flag of the United States.svg New York City 		September,
Flag of the United States.svg New York City
G7 19–21 May,
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshima 		13–15 June,
Flag of Italy.svg Fasano
G20 15–16 November,
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bali 		8–10 September,
Flag of India.svg New Delhi 		18–19 November,
Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro
NATO 11–12 July,
Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilnius 		9–11 July,
Flag of the United States.svg Washington, D.C.
CHOGM 5–6 May,
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 		21–25 October,
Flag of Samoa.svg Apia
EPC 1 June,
Flag of Moldova.svg Bulboaca 		18 July,
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Woodstock
5 October,
Flag of Spain.svg Granada 		7 November,
Flag of Hungary.svg TBD
COP 6–7 November
Flag of Egypt.svg Sharm el-Sheikh 		1 December
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai 		November
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku
██ = Future event.
██ = Did not attend.
^a Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden attended in the Prime Minister's place. [43]

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