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List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017.[1]

Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad. Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 37 days. The one geopolitical region that he never visited was Central Asia; this region has never been visited by a sitting U.S. president.[2]

Summary

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The number of visits per country where President Obama traveled are:

Map of international trips made by Barack Obama as president:
  United States
  6 visits
  5 visits
  4 visits
  3 visits
  2 visits
  1 visit

2009

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1  CanadaOttawaFebruary 19Met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff. As Obama's first foreign trip, it was regarded in media as a "practice visit" for future diplomatic travel.[3][4][5]
2  United KingdomLondonMarch 31 – April 3Attended the second G-20 summit.[6] Met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown,[7] Leader of the Opposition David Cameron,[8] and with Queen Elizabeth II.[9][10]
 France
 Germany		Strasbourg,
Baden-Baden, Kehl		April 3–4Attended the NATO Summit Meeting.[11][12][13][14]
 Czech RepublicPragueApril 4–5Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with President Václav Klaus. Delivered public speech on nuclear disarmament in Hradčany Square.[15][16]
 TurkeyAnkara,
Istanbul		April 5–7Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, delivered a speech to the Grand National Assembly, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Anitkabir Mausoleum.[17] He also met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul,[18] attended the Alliance of Civilizations forum,[19] visited the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque, and held a town hall with students at the Tophane Cultural Center.[20][21][22][23]
 IraqBaghdadApril 7–8Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Visited with U.S. troops.[24][25]
3  MexicoMexico CityApril 16–17Met with President Felipe Calderón.[26][27]
 Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainApril 17–18Attended the 5th Summit of the Americas.[28][29]
4  Saudi ArabiaRiyadhJune 3–4Met with King Abdullah and discussed various regional issues.[30][31]
 EgyptCairoJune 4Met with President Hosni Mubarak. Toured the Giza Pyramids and the Sultan Hassan Mosque. Delivered a speech at Cairo University.[30][32]
 GermanyDresden,
Weimar,
Landstuhl		June 4–5Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Visited the Buchenwald concentration camp and visited wounded U.S. military personnel at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.[33]
 FranceParis,
Caen,
Normandy		June 5–7Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy and dedicated the new visitor center at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy. Dignitaries joining with them to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day included British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.[34][35]
5  RussiaMoscowJuly 6–8Met with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Also delivered a speech to the New Economic School, and met with dissidents and opposition leaders.[36]
 ItalyL'Aquila,
Rome		July 8–10Attended the 35th G8 summit. Met Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Also met with President Giorgio Napolitano.[37]
 Vatican CityApostolic PalaceJuly 10Audience with Pope Benedict XVI, discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need for Christian-Muslim dialogue.[38]
 GhanaAccra,
Cape Coast		July 10–11, 2009Met with President John Atta Mills. Delivered a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament. Toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle.[37]
6  MexicoGuadalajaraAugust 9–10Attended the 5th North American Leaders' Summit with President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[39]
7  DenmarkCopenhagenOctober 2Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in support of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[40]
8  JapanTokyoNovember 13–14Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and made a speech at the Suntory Hall.[41][42] in Tokyo.[43]
 SingaporeSingaporeNovember 14–15Attended the APEC summit.[44][45] Also met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.[43]
 ChinaShanghai,
Beijing		November 15–18Met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng.[43] Took part in a town-hall style meeting with Chinese students, addressing a range of issues such as internet censorship and U.S. arms deals with Taiwan.[46][47] Held a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao, and met with Premier Wen Jiabao.[43] Also visited the Forbidden City[48] and the Great Wall of China.[49][50]
 South KoreaSeoul, OsanNovember 18–19Met with President Lee Myung-bak.[51][52] Visited with U.S. troops at Osan Air Base.[53]
9  NorwayOsloDecember 9–11Met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.[54][55]
10  DenmarkCopenhagenDecember 17–19Attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Also met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,[56] and with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss completing a nuclear disarmament treaty to replace the 1994 START I Treaty.[57]

2010

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11  AfghanistanBagram,
Kabul		March 27–28Met with President Hamid Karzai. Addressed U.S. military personnel.[58]
12  Czech RepublicPragueApril 8Signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Also met with the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Romania; and with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia at a formal dinner.[59]
13  CanadaToronto, HuntsvilleJune 25–27Attended the 36th G8 summit and the G-20 summit meetings.[60][61]
14  IndiaMumbai,
New Delhi		November 6–9Participated in the U.S.-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit, commemorated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, visited the Mani Bhavan Museum, and held a town hall meeting at St Xavier's College in Mumbai. Met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressed the Indian Parliament. Visited the Humayun's Tomb and the Raj Ghat.[62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70]
 IndonesiaDepok,
Jakarta		November 9–10Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Visited the Istiqlal Mosque and delivered a speech at the University of Indonesia.[71][72][73][74]
 South KoreaSeoulNovember 10–12Attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison and met with President Lee Myung-bak. Attended the G-20 summit meeting.[75][76][77][78]
 JapanYokohama, KamakuraNovember 12–14Attended the APEC summit. Met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.[79][80]
15  PortugalLisbonNovember 19–20Attend the NATO summit and U.S.-EU Summit meetings. Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister José Sócrates. Attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, and met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on the sidelines.[81][82][83]
16  AfghanistanBagramDecember 3Met with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, thanking them for their contributions to the war effort.[84][85]

2011

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17  BrazilBrasília,
Rio de Janeiro		March 19–21Met with President Dilma Rousseff. Spoke in Rio de Janeiro at the Theatro Municipal, and also visited the favela Cidade de Deus, one of that city's most impoverished neighborhoods.[86][87][88][89]
 ChileSantiagoMarch 21–22Met with President Sebastián Piñera.[90][91][92] Spoke in Santiago at the Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda.
 El SalvadorSan SalvadorMarch 22–23Met with President Mauricio Funes. Visited the San Salvador Cathedral and the tomb of archbishop Óscar Romero.[93][94][95]
18  IrelandDublin,
Moneygall		May 23Met President Mary McAleese and with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Visited ancestral home of Moneygall,[96] and spoke at College Green in Dublin.[97][98][99][100]
 United KingdomLondonMay 23–26Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron, and also opposition leader Ed Miliband. Laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and addressed the UK Parliament.[101][102][103]
 FranceDeauville,
Paris		May 26–27Attended the 37th G8 summit, where he also held bilateral talks with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy.[104][105][106]
 PolandWarsawMay 27–28Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and with Central and Eastern European leaders during a dinner hosted by President Komorowski. Laid a wreath at both the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, and met with Jewish community leaders and Holocaust survivors at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. Visited the memorial to the victims of the Smolensk plane crash.[107][108][109][110][111][112]
19  FranceCannesNovember 3–4Attended the G-20 summit meeting, also held bilateral talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina.[113][114]
20  AustraliaCanberra,
Darwin		November 16–17Met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and addressed the Australian Parliament. At Darwin, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony with Prime Minister Gillard at USS Peary Memorial.[115][116][117]
 IndonesiaBaliNovember 17–19Attended the 19th ASEAN summit and 6th East Asia Summit meetings.[118][119][120][121][122]

2012

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21  South KoreaSeoulMarch 25–27Attended the Nuclear Security Summit; held bilateral meetings with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey, President Medvedev of Russia, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Hu Jintao of China and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and delivered remarks at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul.[123][124][125]
22  ColombiaCartagenaApril 13–15Attended the 6th Summit of the Americas.[126][127][128][129] Announced, along with President Juan Manuel Santos, that the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will take effect May 15, 2012.[130] Attended an event with President Santos in which the Colombian government handed over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena,[131] and visited the Spanish colonial-era Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.[132]
23  AfghanistanKabulMay 1–2Met with President Karzai and addressed U.S. military personnel. Signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and United States. Addressed the nation from there regarding the responsible end of the Afghanistan war.[133][134][135]
24  MexicoCabo San LucasJune 17–19Attended the G-20 summit meeting; also met with several European heads of state and government to discuss the European sovereign-debt crisis,[136] and held bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[137][138][139]
25  ThailandBangkokNovember 18–19Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.[140][141][142][143] Visited the Wat Pho Monastery.[144][145]
Myanmar (Burma)YangonNovember 19Met with President Thein Sein, and toured the Shwedagon Pagoda.[146] Met with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and representatives of Myanmar civil society organizations, including an advocate for Myanmar’s Rohingya population,[147] Also delivered a speech at the University of Yangon.[148][149]
 CambodiaPhnom PenhNovember 19–20Attended 21st ASEAN summit; 7th East Asia Summit where he held bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao; and Trans-Pacific Partnership meetings. Met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. Becoming the first U.S President to visit the country. [150][151][152]

2013

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26  IsraelTel Aviv,
Jerusalem		March 20–22Met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Visited the Shrine of the Book and Yad Vashem, and laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin. Also spoke to students at the International Convention Center.[153][154]
Palestinian National Authority
(West Bank)		Ramallah,
Al-Bireh,
Bethlehem		March 21–22Met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Visited a youth center in al-Bireh, and the Church of the Nativity.[154]
 JordanAmman,
Petra		March 22–23Met with King Abdullah II.[153]
27  MexicoMexico CityMay 2–3Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto,[155] and gave an address at the National Anthropology Museum.[156]
 Costa RicaSan JoséMay 3–4Met with President Laura Chinchilla and other heads of state attending the Central American Integration System summit.[157][158]
28  United KingdomEnniskillen,
Belfast		June 17–18Attended the 39th G8 summit in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and held a held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also spoke to a group of students in Belfast about the legacy of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement.
 GermanyBerlinJune 18–19Met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Delivered a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate.[citation needed] and also met with Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democratic candidate for Chancellor in the 2013 federal election.
29  SenegalDakarJune 26–28Met with President Macky Sall,[3] and visited Senegal's supreme court for a meeting with regional judicial leaders. Visited the House of Slaves on Gorée and met with civil society leaders at the Goree Institute. Also met with farmers and other members of Senegal's agriculture sector to discuss food security.[159][160]
 South AfricaJohannesburg,
Pretoria,
Soweto,
Cape Town		June 28 – July 1Met with President Jacob Zuma. Also met (separately) with African Union Commission Chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and with members of the Mandela family. Attended a town hall at the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg.[161] Delivered a speech at the University of Cape Town, attended a community health discussion at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Center, and visited Robben Island.[3][162][161]
 TanzaniaDar es SalaamJuly 1–2Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Participated in a round-table meeting with American and African business leaders to discuss trade and investment.[162] Laid a wreath at the memorial to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing.[3] With the president, in addition to First Lady Michelle Obama, were former president George and former first lady Laura Bush[159][160]
 SenegalDakarJuly 2Stopped during return to Washington D.C.[3]
30  SwedenStockholmSeptember 4–5Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Also met with leaders of the Nordic countries. Attended an event honoring Raoul Wallenberg at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm.[163][164]
 RussiaSt. PetersburgSeptember 5–6Attended the G-20 summit.[3]
31  South AfricaJohannesburgDecember 7–10Attended the Nelson Mandela funeral. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush also attended.[165][166][167]

2014

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32  MexicoTolucaFebruary 14Attended the 7th North American Leaders' Summit with President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[168]
33  NetherlandsAmsterdam,
The Hague		March 24–25Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Also attended the G-7 summit on the crisis in Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. Met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and with King Willem-Alexander.[169][170]
 BelgiumWaregem,
Brussels		March 26–27Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting, and held bilateral meetings with Belgian government officials and with the NATO secretary general.[169] Visited the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial with King Philippe and Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. Delivered a speech at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR).[171]
 Vatican CityApostolic PalaceMarch 27Audience with Pope Francis.[172]
 ItalyRomeMarch 27Met with President Napolitano and Prime Minister Renzi.[169]
 Saudi ArabiaRiyadhMarch 28Met with King Abdullah.[173]
34  JapanTokyoApril 23–25Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[174][175] Met with students and viewed an ASIMO robot exhibit at the Miraikan and visited the Meiji Shrine,[176]
 South KoreaSeoulApril 25–26Attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea, visited Gyeongbokgung Palace, then met with President Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison.[177][178][179]
 MalaysiaKuala LumpurApril 26–28Met with Prime Minister Najib Razak, and with King Abdul Halim; visited the National Mosque of Malaysia.[180][181] Delivered remarks at the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Malaya.[177]
 PhilippinesManila,
Taguig		April 28–29Met with President Benigno Aquino III.[182] Met with American and Filipino troops at Fort Bonifacio,[183] and attended a wreath-laying ceremony and toured the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.[184]
35  AfghanistanBagramMay 25–26Visited with U.S. troops.[185]
36  PolandWarsawJune 3–4Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Attended ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of democracy in Poland. Also met with President-elect Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.[186]
 BelgiumBrusselsJune 4–5Attended the 40th G7 summit.[186]
 FranceParis,
Omaha Beach,
Benouville,
Ouistreham		June 5–6Met with President François Hollande. Attended the 70th anniversary of D-Day memorial ceremonies.[186]
37  EstoniaTallinnSeptember 3–4Met with the presidents of the Baltic states. Visited with U.S. and Estonian members of the military. Delivered a speech at Tallinn Airport with Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas.[3]
 United KingdomNewportSeptember 4–5Attended the NATO summit.[187]
38  ChinaBeijingNovember 10–12Attended the APEC summit. Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang.[188] Also met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott,[189] and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.[190]
Myanmar (Burma)Naypyidaw,
Yangon		November 12–15Attended the 25th ASEAN Summit and the 9th East Asia Summit.[191][192] Met with President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi.[193][194] Participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Yangon.[195]
 AustraliaBrisbaneNovember 15–16Attended the G-20 summit.[196] Held a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and delivered a speech at the University of Queensland regarding youth voice.[197][198]

2015

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39  IndiaNew DelhiJanuary 25–27Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participated in the Indian Republic Day celebration. Addressed an event organized by the U.S.-India Business Council.[199][200]
 Saudi ArabiaRiyadhJanuary 27Met with the newly appointed King Salman. Also paid respects to the late King Abdullah.[201][202]
40  JamaicaKingstonApril 9–10Met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. Visited the Bob Marley Museum. Attended a town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies. Laid wreath at the National Heroes Park.[203][204]
 PanamaPanama CityApril 10–11Attended the 7th Summit of the Americas.[205] Also met with President Raúl Castro of Cuba.[206]
41  GermanyKrünJune 7–8Attended the 41st G7 summit.[207] Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel for a traditional Frühschoppen breakfast with the village locals in Krün.[208] Also met with French president François Hollande to discuss the Russo-Ukrainian War and Iran's nuclear program.[209]
42  KenyaNairobiJuly 24–26State visit. Attended the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit,[210] and an innovation fair organized to promote his "Power Africa" initiative of promoting electric power and renewable energy in the Sub-Saharan Africa.[211] Laid a wreath a memorial honoring the victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.[212] Dined with other members of his paternal family.[213][214] Met with President Uhuru Kenyatta,[215] In the evening, the President was hosted a state dinner by President Kenyatta.[216] and delivered a speech at the Safaricom Indoor Arena.[217]
 EthiopiaAddis AbabaJuly 26–28Met with the government of Ethiopia. Visited the African Union headquarters.[218][219]
43  TurkeyAntalyaNovember 14–17Attended the G-20 summit.[220] Also met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau,[221] King Salman of Saudi Arabia,[222] and with Russian President Vladimir Putin.[223]
 PhilippinesManila,
Pasay		November 17–20Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting; held bilateral meetings with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and newly elected prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Justin Trudeau of Canada,[224][225] as well as meetings with Trans-Pacific Partnership and Pacific Alliance leaders.[226]
 MalaysiaKuala LumpurNovember 20–22Attended the 26th ASEAN Summit, and also held separate meetings with Lao prime minister Thongsing Thammavong and Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.[227] Attended the 10th East Asia Summit.[227][228] Also met with refugees, many of whom were Rohingya refugees,[229] participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall at Taylor's University,[230] and met with Malaysian civil society groups.[231]
44  FranceParisNovember 29 – December 1Attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference;[232] held separate bilateral meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi,[233] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[234] Also joined President François Hollande and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in paying respects to the victims of the Paris attacks by laying flowers in front of the Bataclan.[235]

2016

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45  CubaHavanaMarch 20–22Met with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the Archbishop of Havana.[236][237] Paid respects to Cuban national hero José Martí during a brief wreath-laying ceremony at his memorial at Havana's Plaza de la Revolución.[238] Met with President Raúl Castro.[239] U.S. Secretaries John Kerry and Penny Pritzker of State and Commerce, respectively, were in attendance, while Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla were among the several Cuban ministers who participated in the discussions.[240] Also attended an event with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs,[241][242] addressed the Cuban people on national television,[243] and met with various Cuban dissidents and leaders of civil society organizations.[244] Attended an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuba national baseball team at the Estadio Latinoamericano with President Castro.[245]
 ArgentinaBuenos Aires,
Bariloche		March 23–24Met with President Mauricio Macri. Laid a wreath at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral tomb of Argentine general José de San Martín[246][247] Visited the Remembrance park with President Macri to honor the victims of the Dirty War by throwing flowers onto the Río de la Plata river. Held a town hall meeting with young Argentine leaders and entrepreneurs at Usina del Arte and toured the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche.
46  Saudi ArabiaRiyadhApril 20–21Attended a summit meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council.[248] Met with King Salman, and held an audience with the Saudi royal court.[249]
 United KingdomLondon,
Windsor,
Watford		April 21–24Attended a private lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.[250] Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron,[251] and later with Labour Party and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn.[252] Also participated in town hall meeting with the British youth at Lindley Hall.[253][254]
 GermanyHanoverApril 24–25Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other European leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President François Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.[255] Attended the Hannover Messe.[256]
47  VietnamHanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City		May 22–25Met with President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng.[257] Dined with American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who was in Vietnam filming for an episode of Bourdain's show, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.[258] Met with ten activists advocating to solve social issues facing Vietnam, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press and Internet freedom,[259] and addressed the Vietnamese people from the Vietnam National Convention Center.[260][261][262] Also visited the Jade Emperor Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City,[263] met with young entrepreneurs and the local business community,[264] and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall.[265]
 JapanShima,
Hiroshima		May 25–27Met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[266] Attended the 42nd G7 summit.[267] Also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park,[268] the first incumbent American president to visit this memorial to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.[269]
48  CanadaOttawa, GatineauJune 29State visit. Met with Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and addressed a joint session of the Canadian Parliament. Attended the 10th North American Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.[270]
49  PolandWarsawJuly 8–9Attended the 27th NATO summit meeting. The agenda focused on strengthening defense cooperation to protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression on Ukraine, confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the European migrant crisis, and the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union. Also met with Polish president Andrzej Duda, European Council President, former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss counterterrorism, and the Syrian refugee crisis.[271][272] Also addressed American public following the shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the shooting of Philando Castile in Minnesota, cases which led to protests in the U.S. and allegations of racial injustice and profiling by police.[273]
 SpainMadrid,
Rota		July 9–10Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.[274] Also met with American military personnel stationed at Naval Station Rota.[275]
50  ChinaHangzhouSeptember 3–5Attended the G-20 summit.
 LaosVientianeSeptember 5–8Attended the 27th ASEAN Summit and the 11th East Asia Summit, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.[276]
51  IsraelJerusalemSeptember 29–30Attended the state funeral of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres.[277]
52  GreeceAthensNovember 15–16State Visit. Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.[278] Delivered a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center,[279] Toured Acropolis and Acropolis Museum.[280]
 GermanyBerlinNovember 16–18Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Met with European leaders of the "Quint": German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The leaders discussed trade, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Syrian Civil War, and ISIL.[281][278]

 PortugalTerceira IslandNovember 18Air Force One refueling stop at Lajes Air Base.[282][283][284]
 PeruLimaNovember 18–20Attended the APEC summit,[285] and held bilateral meetings with Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Also hosted a Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative town hall at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[286]

Multilateral meetings

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Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Obama's term in office (2009–2017).

GroupYear
20092010201120122013201420152016
APECNovember 14–15
Singapore		November 13–14
Yokohama		November 12–13
Honolulu		September 9–10[a]
Vladivostok		October 5–7[c]
Denpasar		November 10–11
Beijing		November 18–19
Manila		November 19–20
Lima
EAS
(ASEAN)		October 25[b]
Cha-am/Hua Hin		October 30[b]
Hanoi		November 18–19
Nusa Dua		November 19–20
Phnom Penh		October 9–10[c]
Bandar Seri Begawan		November 12–13
Naypyidaw		November 21–22
Kuala Lumpur		September 6–8
Vientiane
G8 / G7July 8–10
L'Aquila		June 25–26
Huntsville		May 26–27
Deauville		May 18–19
Camp David		June 17–18
Enniskillen		June 4–5
Brussels		June 7–8
Krün		May 26–27
Shima
G-20April 2
London		June 26–27
Toronto		November 3–4
Cannes		June 18–19
Los Cabos		September 5–6
Saint Petersburg		November 15–16
Brisbane		November 15–16
Antalya		September 4–5
Hangzhou
September 24–25
Pittsburgh		November 11–12
Seoul
NATOApril 3–4
Strasbourg
Kehl		November 19–20
Lisbon		noneMay 20–21
Chicago		noneSeptember 4–5
Newport		noneJuly 8–9
Warsaw
SOA
(OAS)		April 17–19
Port of Spain		nonenoneApril 14–15
Cartagena		nonenoneApril 10–11
Panama City		none
NSSnoneApril 12–13
Washington		noneMarch 26–27
Seoul		noneMarch 24–25
The Hague		noneMarch 31 – April 1
Washington
NALSAugust 9–10
Guadalajara		nonenoneApril 2
Washington		noneFebruary 19
Toluca		noneJune 29
Ottawa
UNCCCDecember 18
Copenhagen		nonenonenonenonenoneNovember 30
Paris		none
OthersU.S.-EU Summit
April 4–5
Prague		U.S.-EU Summit
May 24–25[d]
Madrid		nonenonenoneU.S.-EU Summit
March 26–27
Brussels		noneU.S.-ASEAN Summit
February 15–16
Rancho Mirage
██ = Did not attend; ██ = No meeting held;
^a Hillary Clinton attended in the President's place due to the upcoming presidential election. • ^b The US was not a full member of the East Asia Summit prior to 2011.
^c John Kerry attended in the President's place due to the US government shutdown. • ^d Joe Biden attended in the President's place.

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