List of international trips made by Kim Jong Il

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General Secretary Kim and President Putin in Vladivostok

The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong Il during his tenure as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission, capacities which he served in from 1994 to 2011.

Contents

The number of visits per country where he traveled are:

Summary of official trips

Kim with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Sosnovy-Bor Military garrison in the Zaigrayevsky District, 24 August 2011 Dmitry Medvedev and Kim Jong-il (2011-08-24) 03.jpg
Kim with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Sosnovy-Bor Military garrison in the Zaigrayevsky District, 24 August 2011
Date(s)CountryLocationsLeaders metDetails
29-31 May 2000Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin [2] [3]
15-20 January 2001 Beijing
Shanghai
[2] [3]
26 July-18 August 2001Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow Flag of Russia.svg President of Russia Vladimir Putin [1]
20-24 August 2002 Khabarovsk
Vladivostok
[1]
19-21 April 2004Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
10-18 January 2006 Beijing
Hubei
Guangdong
3-5 May 2010 Dalian [4] [5]
August 2010 Beijing [6]
May 2011 [7] [8] [9]
20-25 August 2011Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sosnovy Bor military garrison, Ulan Ude Flag of Russia.svg President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev [1] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

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