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The following is a list of international trips conducted by Nayib Bukele , the mayor of San Salvador from May 2015 to April 2018 and the president of El Salvador since January 2019.
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The following is a list of international trips conducted by Nayib Bukele , the mayor of San Salvador from May 2015 to April 2018 and the president of El Salvador since January 2019.
| Image | Country | Cities visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | New York City | 31 October 2014 | Spoke at the United Nations as a part of World Cities Day [1] |
| Image | Country | Cities visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington, D.C. | 11 September 2016 | Official visit [2] | |
 |  Taiwan | Taipei | 23 February 2017 | Official visit [3] |
 Israel | Jerusalem | February 2018 | Official visit [4] | |
 |  Costa Rica | San José | 20 April 2018 | Attended the XVIII summit of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities |
| Image | Country | Cities visited | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | United States | New York City, Washington, D.C. | 26 September 2019 | State visit, [5] spoke at the United Nations General Assembly [6] |
 |  Japan | Tokyo | 29 November 2019 | State visit [7] |
 |  China | Beijing | 4 December 2019 | State visit [8] |
 |  Qatar | Doha | 12 December 2019 | State visit [9] |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City | 27 January 2020 | State visit [10] | |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | February 2021 | U.S. President Joe Biden refused to meet Bukele. [11] | |
 |  Turkey | Ankara | 28 January 2022 | State visit [12] |
 | United States | Mountain View | 29 August 2023 | Signed a 7-year agreement with Google [13] |
 | United States | New York City | 19 September 2023 | Spoke at the United Nations General Assembly [14] |
| United States | National Harbor | 22 February 2024 | Spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference [15] |
| Image | Country | Cities | Date(s) | Event | Notes |
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 | United States | Los Angeles | 6–10 June 2022 | 9th Summit of the Americas | Bukele was one of multiple Latin American heads of state who did not attend the 9th Summit of the Americas. He did not attend due to frustration of the United States' criticism of his government regarding alleged corruption and human rights abuses. [16] |
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