This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office.
Summary of international trips
Number of visitsCountry1 visitBelgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey2 visitsAustralia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia3 visitsBrunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom4 visitsItaly, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam5 visitsIndonesia, Malaysia, Thailand7 visitsJapan15 visitsChina(Hong Kong)16 visitsUnited States
List of international trips
Date(s)NotePlaces visitedCountryDetailsAugust 7–9 2001 State visit Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir MohamadAugust 22–24 State visit August 24–26 State visit September 12–15Working visit Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic CommerceOctober 19–22 Visit Shanghai Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting October 28–29Official visit October 29–31 State visit November 4–6 Visit Bandar Seri Begawan Attended the ASEAN SummitNovember 12–13State visit November 15–202002Working visit Met with President George W. BushNovember 21 Visit Attended the Christian Democrats summit meetingJanuary 28–29 Official visitLondonMet with Prime Minister Tony BlairJanuary 29 Working visit Met with Prime Minister Jean ChrétienFebruary Working visitNew York City Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon PeresMay 7 Official visit Kuala LumpurAddressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic CouncilMay 7–8 Official visit May 20–24 Working visit October 24–25 and 27–30 Working visits October 25–27 Visit Los CabosAttended the APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingNovember 3–6 Visit Phnom PenhAttended the ASEAN SummitNovember 6–7 State visit December 2–5 State visit February 2–3 2003Official visit February 23–25 VisitKuala Lumpur Attended the Non-Aligned Movement SummitApril 4 Visit Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARSMay 17–23 State and working visit Los Angeles Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush June 2–4 State visit Met with President Roh Moo-hyunJune 4–6Working visit Met with Prime Minister Junichiro KoizumiSeptember 1–3 Visit Attended the PECC XVSeptember 24–26 Visit Addressed the 58th United Nations General AssemblySeptember 27–28Working visit Met with Pope John Paul IISeptember 29 Visit Attended a UNESCO summitOctober 6–8 Visit Bali Attended the 9th ASEAN SummitOctober 15–16 Visit Putrajaya Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit ConferenceOctober 19–21 Visit Bangkok Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingDecember 10–12 Visit Tokyo Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative SummitDecember 14–15 State visit September 1–3 2004 State visit Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military CommissionSeptember 8–9 Official visit Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak SarahOctober 7–9 Visit Hanoi Attended the 5th Asia-Europe MeetingNovember 17–18 and 23 Working visit November 19–22 Visit Santiago Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingNovember 22–23 Official visit Mexico City Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún November 28–30 Visit Vientiane Attended the 10th ASEAN SummitJanuary 5–6 2005 Visit Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamiApril 6–9 Official visit Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul IIApril 21–22 Visit Jakarta Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden JubileeAugust Working visitSeptember 12–16 Visit Addressed the United Nations General AssemblyNovember 17–19 Visit Busan Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingDecember 11–14 Visit Kuala Lumpur Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia SummitMay 7–10 2006 State visit Met with King AbdullahJune 24–25 Official visit Met with Pope Benedict XVIJune 29–30 Official visit Madrid Met with King Juan Carlos IJuly 15 Official visit Bandar Seri Begawan Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal BolkiahJuly 16–18 State visit TripoliSeptember 9–11 Visit Helsinki Attended the 6th Asia-Europe MeetingSeptember 12–13 Official visit BrusselsSeptember 13–14 Official visit London 'September 15 Official visit Havana Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement SummitSeptember 16–17 Official visit Honolulu October 27 - November 1 Visit Nanning and Hong Kong Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong KongNovember 17–19 Visit Hanoi Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingNovember 19–20 Working visit SingaporeJanuary 25–26 2007 Visit Davos Attended the World Economic ForumJanuary 27 State visit April 19–21 Visit Bo'ao Attended the Boao Forum for AsiaMay 22–25 Visit Tokyo Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of AsiaMay 27–30 State visit May 30–31 State visit Canberra and Melbourne June 2–4 Private visit Rome Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de JésusJune Private visit Lisbon Met with President Aníbal Cavaco SilvaJune 6–7 State visit Sichuan and Chongqing June 25–26 State visit Met with President S. R. NathanJune 26–27 State visit Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoAugust 30–31 Official visit Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian IndependenceSeptember 7–9 Visit Sydney Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingSeptember 26–29 Visit Addressed the 16th United Nations General AssemblyOctober 2–3 Working visit Shanghai Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer GamesOctober 4–6 State visit November 18–22 Visit Attended the 13th ASEAN SummitDecember 2–8 State visit December 9–10 Working visit January 22–25 2008Working visit and Davos Attended the World Economic ForumJanuary 26–28 Official visit March 30 - April 1 Working visit Hong Kong Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment ConferenceJune 21–28 Official/working visit August 7–9 Official visit Beijing Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer OlympicsSeptember 21–27 Visit New York City Addressed the 63rd United Nations General AssemblyOctober 23–27 Working visit Beijing Attended the 7th Asia-Europe MeetingNovember 10–13 Working visit New York City Addressed the United Nations General AssemblyNovember 13–16 State visit Doha November Working visit November 21–23 Visit Lima Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingNovember Official visit Met with President Álvaro UribeNovember 27 Working visitJanuary 30–31 2009 Visit Davos Attended the World Economic ForumFebruary 1–2 Working visit Milan February 3–4 Working visit February 4–5 Official visit Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al KhalifaFebruary 6–7 Official visit Attended a prayer conferenceFebruary 28 - March 1 Visit Pattaya Attended the 14th ASEAN SummitApril 10–11 Visit Pattaya Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN SummitApril 12–14 Working visit Dubai United Arab EmiratesMay 2–3 Official/working visit Cairo Met with President Hosni MubarakMay 4–6 State visit Damascus Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of SyriaMay 11–15 Visit Manado Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative SummitMay 30 - June 2 Visit Jeju Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative SummitJune 3–5 Visit St. Petersburg Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry MedvedevJune 17–20 Working visitTokyo Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō AsōJune 22–25 State visit Brasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President José Sarney of the Federal Senate and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies July 15–16 Visit Sharm el-Sheikh Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement SummitJuly 30–31 Official visit Washington, D.C. Met with President Barack ObamaAugust 28 - September 1 Official visitTripoli Attended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of PakistanSeptember 16–17 Working visit Ankara Met with President Abdullah GülSeptember 17–20 Visit Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" eventSeptember 21–23 Official visit Jeddah Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in ThuwalNovember 13–15 Visit Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' MeetingNovember 17–18 Visit Pattaya Attended the 15th ASEAN SummitDecember 16–19 Visit Copenhagen Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change ConferenceApril 8–9 2010 Visit Hanoi Attended the 16th ASEAN SummitApril 12–13 VisitWashington, D.C. Attended the Nuclear Security SummitApril 14–15 Official visit Madrid Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of SpainJune 8–9 Visit Shanghai Visited the Expo 2010
See also Foreign relations of the Philippines List of international presidential trips made by Joseph Estrada List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III List of international presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte List of international presidential trips made by Bongbong Marcos
References
External links Presidential Trips: The full list – List of presidential trips by the Official Gazette