List of international prime ministerial trips made by Scott Morrison

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Morrison sharing an elbow bump with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in 2020

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Scott Morrison, the 30th Prime Minister of Australia. During his time in office (August 2018 to May 2022), Scott Morrison made twenty-nine international trips to eighteen sovereign countries. The number of visits per country are as follows:

Contents

Argentina, East Timor, Iraq, Italy, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.

New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

2018

CountryLocationsDatesDetails
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
31 August–1 SeptemberMorrison met President Joko Widodo, visited the SMPN 2 Babakan Madang school, and spoke at the Indonesia-Australia Business Forum. [1] [2] [3]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore 13–15 NovemberMorrison attended the 33rd ASEAN Summit, and met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Indonesian President Widodo. [4] [5]
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 17–19 NovemberMorrison attended the 2018 APEC Summit, met with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, and visited HMAS Adelaide. [6] [7]
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November–2 DecemberMorrison attended the 2018 G20 summit, and met with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron. [8] [9]
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
20 DecemberMorrison visited Australian Operation Okra troops at Camp Taji, and met with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. [10] [11]

2019

CountryLocationsDatesDetails
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Port Vila 15–16 JanuaryMorrison met with Prime Minister Charlot Salwai. [12]
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
17–18 JanuaryMorrison met with Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. [13]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Auckland 22 FebruaryMorrison met with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. [14]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Christchurch 29 MarchMorrison attended the memorial service for victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings. [15]
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Honiara 2–3 JuneMorrison met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. [16] [17]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
4–6 JuneMorrison met with Queen Elizabeth II and Charles, Prince of Wales, and attended the official commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. [18] [19]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore 7 JuneMorrison met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [20]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Osaka 27–29 JuneMorrison attended the 2019 G20 summit, and met with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu Funafuti 14–16 AugustMorrison attended the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. [21]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Hanoi 22–24 AugustMorrison met with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. [22]
Flag of France.svg  France Biarritz 24–26 AugustMorrison attended the 45th G7 summit, and met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [23]
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor Dili 30–31 AugustMorrison met with Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak and attended the 20th anniversary of the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum. [24]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19–27 SeptemberMorrison attended a state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House, opened a Visy paper mill in Ohio alongside Trump and Anthony Pratt, gave a keynote speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and delivered the Australian National Statement to the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [25] [26]
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Suva 11–12 OctoberMorrison met with Prime Minister Bainimarama and attended a Prime Minister's XIII rugby league match. [27]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta 19–20 OctoberMorrison attended the inauguration of President Joko Widodo following his re-election. [28]
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok 3–4 NovemberMorrison attended the fourteenth East Asia Summit, and met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and several Southeast Asian leaders. [29]

2020

Morrison was scheduled to visit India and Japan in January 2020, but postponed these trips due to the Black Summer bushfires, [30] [31] and later due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The India-Australia summit was eventually held virtually in June 2020. [32] Morrison was also due to visit Papua New Guinea in November 2020, but deferred this trip due to Prime Minister James Marape's sudden decline in parliamentary support. [33]

CountryLocationsDatesDetails
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo 17–18 NovemberMorrison became one of the first world leaders to meet with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. [34]

2021

CountryLocationsDatesDetails
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Queenstown 30–31 MayFollowing the opening of a travel bubble between their two countries, Morrison met with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for their Annual Leaders Dialogue. [35]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore 10 JuneMorrison met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [36]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
11–15 JuneMorrison attended the G7 summit in Cornwall, toured Cornwall while tracing his Cornwall ancestry. [37] He then negotiated and signed a free trade deal with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 15 June at 10 Downing Street. [38]
Flag of France.svg  France Paris 15 JuneMorrison met with President Emmanuel Macron to discuss submarines, weapons and trade conflict with China. [39]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21–27 SeptemberMorrison attended the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, and met with President Joe Biden after the assembly. He then met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for dinner at Washington, D.C., and attended the Quad leader's summit. [40] [41]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome 30–31 OctoberMorrison attended the 2021 G20 summit. [42]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Glasgow 1–2 NovemberMorrison attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

2022

Morrison did not make any prime ministerial overseas visits in the period between attending COP26 in Glasgow and his loss of the 2022 Australian federal election.

Multilateral meetings

Scott Morrison attended the following summits during his prime ministership:

GroupYear
2018201920202021
UNGA 28 September,
Flag of the United States.svg New York City 		24–27 September,
Flag of the United States.svg New York City 		25 September,
(videoconference)
Flag of the United States.svg New York City 		21–24 September,
Flag of the United States.svg New York City
APEC 17–18 November,
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Port Moresby 		16–17 November,
(cancelled)
Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 		20 November,
(videoconference)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur 		12 November,
(videoconference)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
EAS
(ASEAN)		 14–15 November,
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 		4 November,
Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 		14 November,
(videoconference)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi 		26–27 October,
(videoconference)
Flag of Brunei.svg Bandar Seri Begawan
G7 24–26 August,
Flag of France.svg Biarritz 		10–12 June,
(cancelled)
Flag of the United States.svg Camp David 		11–13 June,
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carbis Bay
G20 30 November – 1 December,
Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 		28–29 June,
Flag of Japan.svg Osaka 		21–22 November,
(videoconference)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Riyadh 		30–31 October,
Flag of Italy.svg Rome
CHOGM None
PIF 5 September,
Flag of Nauru.svg Yaren 		14–16 August,
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Funafuti 		None6 August,
(videoconference)
Flag of Fiji.svg Suva
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend

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