Antony John Blinken - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
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Antony John Blinken
Country | Locale | Remarks | Date |
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Japan | Tokyo | Attended the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting and met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi. | March 15–17, 2021 |
Japan | Tokyo | Attended the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting and met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi. | March 15–17, 2021 |
Korea, South | Seoul | Attended a U.S.-ROK Foreign and Defense Ministerial and met with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong. | March 17–18, 2021 |
Korea, South | Seoul | Attended a U.S.-ROK Foreign and Defense Ministerial and met with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong. | March 17–18, 2021 |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial. | March 22–24, 2021 |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial, met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell, and also met with the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès. | March 22–25, 2021 |
Belgium | Brussels | Met with NATO Allies and partners. | April 13–15, 2021 |
Afghanistan | Kabul | Met with Afghan leaders and civil society. | April 15, 2021 |
United Kingdom | London | Attended the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting and met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Raab. | May 3–5, 2021 |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Met with President Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Kuleba. | May 5–6, 2021 |
Denmark | Copenhagen | Met with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod. | May 16–17, 2021 |
Iceland | Reykjavik | Met with President Gudni Johannesson, Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, and Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thordarson, and participated in the Arctic Council Ministerial. | May 17–20, 2021 |
Denmark (Greenland) | Kangerlussuaq | Met with Premier Múte Bourup Egede and Minister Broberg, together with Foreign Minister Kofod. | May 20, 2021 |
Israel | Jerusalem | Met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, and other senior Israeli officials. | May 25–26, 2021 |
Palestinian Authority | Ramallah | Met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, and other senior officials from the Palestinian Authority. | May 25, 2021 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. | May 26, 2021 |
Jordan | Amman | Met with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. | May 26–27, 2021 |
Costa Rica | San Jose | Met with President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rodolfo Solano Quiros and participated in a meeting with senior leaders from member-states of the Central America Integration System (SICA), along with Mexico. | June 1–2, 2021 |
United Kingdom | Cornwall | Participated in President Biden’s bilateral engagements around the G7 Meeting. | June 10–12, 2021 |
Belgium | Brussels | Accompanied President Biden to the NATO Summit and the U.S.-EU Summit. | June 13–15, 2021 |
Switzerland | Geneva | Participated in President Biden’s bilateral meeting with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin | June 16, 2021 |
Germany | Berlin | Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, met with Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba, and attended the Second Berlin Conference on Libya. | June 23–24, 2021 |
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and also met with OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann. | June 24–27, 2021 |
Italy | Rome | Met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Also met and co-chaired a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Also met with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. | June 27–28, 2021 |
Vatican City | Met with Pope Francis, Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Holy See Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Gallagher. | June 28, 2021 | |
Italy | Bari, Matera | Attended the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | June 28–29, 2021 |
India | New Delhi | Met with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | July 26–28, 2021 |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Met with senior Kuwaiti officials. | July 28, 2021 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. | September 6–8, 2021 |
Germany | Ramstein | Met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and attended a Ministerial on Afghanistan. | September 8, 2021 |
France | Paris | Chaired the Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and met with French counterparts. | October 4–6, 2021 |
Mexico | Mexico City | Co-led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Mexico High Level Security Dialogue. | October 7–8, 2021 |
Ecuador | Quito | Met with President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo. | October 19–20, 2021 |
Colombia | Bogota | Met with President Iván Duque and Vice President-Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez, co-led a migration ministerial, and opened the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue. | October 20–21, 2021 |
Italy | Rome | Accompanied President Biden to the Summit of the G20 Heads of State and Government. | October 28–31, 2021 |
Vatican City | Joined the President and First Lady in an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. | October 29, 2021 | |
United Kingdom | Glasgow | Accompanied President Biden for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. | October 31–November 2, 2021 |
Kenya | Nairobi | Met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo. | November 17–18, 2021 |
Nigeria | Abuja | Met with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. | November 18–19, 2021 |
Senegal | Dakar | Met with President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall. | November 19–20, 2021 |
Latvia | Riga | Met with President Egils Levits, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, and Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and held bilateral meetings with Allied counterparts and attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial. | November 29–December 1, 2021 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Attended the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council and met with Swedish officials. | December 1–2, 2021 |
United Kingdom | Liverpool | Attended the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting. | December 9–12, 2021 |
Indonesia | Jakarta | Met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. | December 13–14, 2021 |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Met with Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob and Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. | December 14–15, 2021 |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | January 18–20, 2022 |
Germany | Berlin | Met with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. | January 20–21, 2022 |
Switzerland | Geneva | Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. | January 21, 2022 |
Australia | Melbourne | Met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and attended the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers Ministerial Meeting, hosted by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and including Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. | February 9–12, 2022 |
Fiji | Nadi | Met with Acting Fijian Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and other Pacific Island leaders. | February 12, 2022 |
Germany | Munich | Attended the Munich Security Conference. | February 18–19, 2022 |
Belgium | Brussels | Participated in a NATO Foreign Ministerial, met with EU counterparts, and participated in a G7 Ministerial Meeting. | March 3–5, 2022 |
Poland | Rzeszow | Met with Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau. | March 5, 2022 |
Moldova | Chisinau | Met with President Maia Sandu, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita, and Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu. | March 5–6, 2022 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | Met with President Gitanas Nauseda, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. | March 6–7, 2022 |
Latvia | Riga | Met with President Egils Levits, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, and Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics. | March 7–8, 2022 |
Estonia | Tallinn | Met with President Alar Karis, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, and Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets. | March 8, 2022 |
France | Paris | Met with French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. | March 8, 2022 |
Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Sde Boker | Met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Attended Negev Summit with Lapid, Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | March 26–28, 2022 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Met with President Mahmoud Abbas. | March 27, 2022 |
Morocco | Rabat | Met with Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | March 29–30, 2022 |
Algeria | Algiers | Met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra. | March 30, 2022 |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial. | April 5–7, 2022 |
Panama | Panama City | Co-hosted a Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection with the Government of Panama and met with President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen and Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes. | April 19–20, 2022 |
Ukraine | Kiev | Visited with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, and other senior officials. | April 24–25, 2022 |
Germany | Berlin | Attended an informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. | May 14–15, 2022 |
France | Paris | Attended the second ministerial meeting of the U.S.-E.U. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and met with Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. | May 15, 2022 |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Joined Vice President Harris as part of the Presidential Delegation to offer condolences on behalf of the United States for the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | May 16, 2022 |
Japan | Tokyo | Accompanied President Biden on his first official trip to Asia as President to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and attend the Quad Leaders’ Summit. Met with Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa. | May 21–24, 2022 |
Germany | Berlin | Attended the Berlin Ministerial Conference “Uniting for Global Food Security" and a G7 Ministerial Meeting. | June 23–25, 2022 |
Germany | Schloss Elmau | Joined President Biden for the G7 Leaders’ Summit. | June 25–28, 2022 |
Spain | Madrid | Attended the NATO Summit. | June 28–30, 2022 |
Indonesia | Bali | Attended the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | July 7–9, 2022 |
Thailand | Bangkok | Met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. | July 9–11, 2022 |
Japan | Tokyo | Offered condolences to the Japanese people on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other senior Japanese officials. | July 11, 2022 |
Israel | Jerusalem | Accompanied President Biden to consult with regional partners. | July 13–15, 2022 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Accompanied President Biden to consult with regional partners. | July 15, 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Accompanied President Biden to a Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council. | July 15–16, 2022 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Met with Prime Minister Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn. Participated in the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum. | August 3–5, 2022 |
Philippines | Manila | Met with President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo. | August 6, 2022 |
South Africa | Pretoria | Launched the U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa and led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue. | August 7–9, 2022 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | Kinshasa | Met with senior DRC government officials and members of civil society. | August 9–10, 2022 |
Rwanda | Kigali | Met with senior Rwandan government officials and civil society members. | August 10–11, 2022 |
Ukraine | Kiev | Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | September 8–9, 2022 |
Belgium | Brussels | Met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the North Atlantic Council. | September 9, 2022 |
Mexico | Mexico City | Met with Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Co-chaired the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). | September 12, 2022 |
Colombia | Bogota | Met with President Gustavo Petro, Vice President Francia Márquez, and Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva. | October 3–4, 2022 |
Chile | Santiago | Met with President Gabriel Boric and Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola. | October 5, 2022 |
Peru | Lima | Met with President Pedro Castillo and Foreign Minister César Landa. Led the U.S. delegation at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS). | October 6, 2022 |
Canada | Ottawa, Montreal | Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly. | October 27–28, 2022 |
Germany | Munster | Participated in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the U.S.-German Futures Forum. | November 3–4, 2022 |
Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Joined President Biden at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. | November 11, 2022 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Supported President Biden’s participation in the U.S.-ASEAN and East Asia Summits. | November 12–13, 2022 |
Indonesia | Bali | Supported President Biden’s participation in the G20 Leaders’ Summit. | November 13–16, 2022 |
Thailand | Bangkok | Attended an APEC Ministerial Meeting and supported Vice President Kamala Harris’s participation in APEC Economic Leaders’ Week. | November 16–17, 2022 |
Qatar | Doha | Launched the fifth annual U.S. – Qatar Strategic Dialogue and met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and other senior Qatari officials. | November 21–22, 2022 |
Romania | Bucharest | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Met separately with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | November 28–30, 2022 |
Mexico | Mexico City | Attended the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit as part of President Biden's delegation. | January 8–10, 2023 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and senior Egyptian officials. | January 29–30, 2023 |
Israel | Jerusalem | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, and other senior leaders. | January 30, 2023 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Met with President Mahmoud Abbas. | January 31, 2023 |
Germany | Munich | Attended the Munich Security Conference. | February 16–19, 2023 |
Türkiye | Incirlik, Ankara | Saw U.S. efforts to assist the Turkish authorities responding to the devastation caused by the February 6 earthquakes and met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. | February 19–20, 2023 |
Greece | Athens | Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and launched the fourth round of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue. | February 20–22, 2023 |
Kazakhstan | Astana | Participated in a C5+1 Ministerial and met with senior Kazakh officials. | February 27–28, 2023 |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Met with Uzbek officials. | February 28–March 1, 2023 |
India | New Delhi | Participated in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | March 1–3, 2023 |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Met with Ethiopian officials and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. | March 14–16, 2023 |
Niger | Niamey | Met President Mohamed Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou. | March 16–17, 2023 |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial, the tenth U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting, and bilateral meetings. | April 3–5, 2023 |
United Kingdom | Belfast | Accompanied President Biden. | April 11–12, 2023 |
Ireland | Dublin | Accompanied President Biden. | April 12–14, 2023 |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son. | April 14–16, 2023 |
Japan | Karuizawa | Attended the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | April 16–18, 2023 |
Japan | Hiroshima | Accompanied President Biden to the G7 Summit. | May 17–20, 2023 |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Met with Prime Minister James Marape and Pacific Islands Forum leaders on behalf of President Biden. | May 21–22, 2023 |
Sweden | Luleå | Met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. | May 29–31, 2023 |
Norway | Oslo | Met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt. | May 31–June 1, 2023 |
Finland | Helsinki | Met with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. | June 1–2, 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, participated in a U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial, and co-hosted a Ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. | June 6–8, 2023 |
China, People’s Republic of | Beijing | Met with President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. | June 17–19, 2023 |
United Kingdom | London | Attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference and met with counterparts from the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and other partners and allies. | June 20–21, 2023 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Participated in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meeting and the 50th Anniversary of CARICOM celebration. | July 5–6, 2023 |
Guyana | Georgetown | Met with President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Foreign Minister Hugh Todd. | July 6, 2023 |
United Kingdom | London | Accompanied President Biden for NATO meetings. | July 9–10, 2023 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | Accompanied President Biden for NATO meetings. | July 11–12, 2023 |
Indonesia | Jakarta | Participated in the annual U.S.-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the second U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. | July 13–15, 2023 |
Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | Dedicated the new U.S. Embassy and met with Tongan senior officials. | July 26–27, 2023 |
New Zealand | Wellington | Met with senior officials and attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup. | July 27–28, 2023 |
Australia | Brisbane | Attended the Australia – U.S. Ministerial Consultations and held bilateral meetings. | July 28–29, 2023 |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | September 6, 2023 |
India | New Delhi | Accompanied President Biden. | September 7–10, 2023 |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Accompanied President Biden. | September 10–11, 2023 |
Mexico | Mexico City | Co-chaired the 2023 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue. | October 4–5, 2023 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | October 11–12, 2023 |
Jordan | Amman | Met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II. | October 13, 2023 |
Bahrain | Manama | Met with Crown Prince-Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. | October 13, 2023 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. | October 13, 2023 |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Met with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | October 14, 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. | October 14–15, 2023 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. | October 15, 2023 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in advance of President Biden’s visit. | October 16–18, 2023 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli War Cabinet, and President Isaac Herzog. | November 3, 2023 |
Jordan | Amman | Met with King Abdullah II and regional partners. | November 3–4, 2023 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | November 5, 2023 |
Iraq | Baghdad | Met with Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani. | November 5, 2023 |
Türkiye | Ankara | Met with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. | November 5–6, 2023 |
Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and participated in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | November 7–8, 2023 |
Korea, Republic of | Seoul | Met with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Foreign Minister Park Jin, and National Security Advisor Cho Tae-yong. | November 8–9, 2023 |
India | New Delhi | Participated in the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. | November 9–10, 2023 |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. | November 28–29, 2023 |
North Macedonia | Skopje | Met with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and attends OSCE Ministerial Meeting. | November 29, 2023 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Israeli War Cabinet. | November 30, 2023 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | November 30, 2023 |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Attended the UN Climate Conference, COP28. | December 1, 2023 |
Mexico | Mexico City | Met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. | December 27, 2023 |
Türkiye | Istanbul | Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. | January 4–6, 2024 |
Greece | Crete | Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. | January 6, 2024 |
Jordan | Amman | Met with met with King Abdullah II and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi. | January 7, 2024 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. | January 7, 2024 |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Met with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | January 8, 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | Al ‘Ula | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | January 8, 2024 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and members of the Israeli War Cabinet. | January 9, 2024 |
Bahrain | Manama | Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. | January 10, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. | January 10–11, 2024 |
West Bank | Ramallah | Met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | January 10, 2024 |
Switzerland | Davos | Attended the World Economic Forum. | January 15–17, 2024 |
Cape Verde | Praia | Met with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. | January 22, 2024 |
Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan | Met with President Alassane Ouattara. | January 23, 2024 |
Nigeria | Abuja, Lagos | Met with President Bola Tinubu and Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar. | January 23–24, 2024 |
Angola | Luanda | Met with President João Lourenço and Foreign Minister Téte António. | January 24–25, 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. | February 5, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. | February 6, 2024 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. | February 6, 2024 |
Israel | Jerusalem, Tel Aviv | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and other Israeli leaders. | February 7–8, 2024 |
Albania | Tirana | Met with Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Bajram Begaj. | February 15, 2024 |
Germany | Munich | Attended G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting and participated in the Munich Security Conference as part of the U.S. delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris. | February 15–17, 2024 |
Brazil | Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and attended the attend the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. | February 20–22, 2024 |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | Met with President Javier Milei and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino. | February 22–23, 2024 |
Jamaica | Kingston | Attended the High-Level Meeting on Haiti convened by the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). | March 11, 2024 |
Austria | Vienna | Met with President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Karl Nehammer, and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. Met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi. Attended the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). | March 15, 2024 |
Bahrain | Manama | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani. | March 16, 2024 |
Korea, South | Seoul | Met with President Yoon Suk Yeol and Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. Headed the U.S. delegation to the third Summit for Democracy. | March 17–18, 2024 |
Philippines | Manila | Met with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo. | March 19, 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. | March 20–21, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. | March 21, 2024 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli War Cabinet. | March 22, 2024 |
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, and Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu. Met with UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Director General Audrey Azoulay. | April 1–2, 2024 |
Belgium | Brussels, Leuven | Participated in the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of NATO. Attended the 6th U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council and Mineral Security Partnership Forum Launch meetings. | April 3–5, 2024 |
Italy | Capri | Met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. Attended the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. | April 16–19, 2024 |
China, People’s Republic of | Shanghai, Beijing | Met with President Xi Jinping, Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and senior PRC officials. | April 24–27, 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Participated in a Ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Attended special meeting of the World Economic Forum. | April 29, 2024 |
Jordan | Amman | Met with met with King Abdullah II and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi. | April 30, 2024 |
Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Kerem Shalom, Ashdod | Met with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. | May 1, 2024 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | Met with President Bernardo Arévalo and participated in the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection Ministerial. | May 7, 2024 |
Ukraine | Kiev | Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | May 13–16, 2024 |
Moldova | Chisinau | Met with President Maia Sandu, Prime Minister Dorin Recean, and other senior officials. | May 29, 2024 |
Czechia | Prague | Met with President Peter Pavel and Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský. Participated in an informal NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. | May 29–31, 2024 |
France | Normandy, Paris | Accompanied President Biden on his trip to Normandy and Paris to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and participate in his State Visit. | June 5–9, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. | June 10, 2024 |
Israel | Jerusalem, Tel Aviv | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other Israeli leaders. | June 10–11, 2024 |
Jordan | Sweimeh, Dead Sea | Attended a conference on the urgent humanitarian response to Gaza, co-hosted by Jordan, Egypt, and the United Nations and met with King Abdullah II at the Dead Sea. | June 11, 2024 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. | June 12, 2024 |
Italy | Apulia | Accompanied President Biden to the G7 Leaders’ Summit. | June 13–14, 2024 |
Laos | Vientiane | Participated in the annual ASEAN-U.S. Post Ministerial Conference, 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the 31st ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. | July 26–27, 2024 |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Met with President To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and paid his respects to the family of General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. | July 27, 2024 |
Japan | Tokyo | With Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, met with Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru for a Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) Dialogue and subsequently with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Met with Australian, Indian, and Japanese counterparts for a Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | July 28–29, 2024 |
Philippines | Manila | With Secretary of Defense Austin, met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo and Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro for a 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. | July 29–30, 2024 |
Singapore | Singapore | Met with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. | July 31, 2024 |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Met with President Ukhnaaglin Khurelsukh, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh, and other Mongolian officials to reaffirm the importance of the U.S.-Mongolia Strategic Partnership. | August 1, 2024 |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Met with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. | August 18–19, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo, Al Alamein | Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. | August 20, 2024 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Minister of State Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi. | August 20, 2024 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Met with Transitional Presidential Council Coordinator Edgard Leblanc Fils and Prime Minister Garry Conille. Met with leadership of the Multinational Security Support mission. | September 5, 2024 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Met with President Luis Abinader. | September 6, 2024 |
United Kingdom | London | Met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Opened the U.S.-UK Strategic Dialogue. | September 9–10, 2024 |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Traveled with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and other senior Ukrainian government officials. | September 11, 2024 |
Poland | Warsaw | Met with President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. | September 12, 2024 |
Egypt | Cairo | Met with President El-Sisi and co-chaired the opening of the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. | September 17–18, 2024 |
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron. Secretary Blinken also met with French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to discuss the Middle East, Ukraine, and other shared priorities. | September 19, 2024 |
Laos | Vientiane | Participated in the East Asia Summit and the U.S.-ASEAN Summit. | October 10–11, 2024 |
Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem | Met with President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | October 22–23, 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud. | October 23–24, 2024 |
Qatar | Doha | Met with Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. | October 24, 2024 |
United Kingdom | London | Met with Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi. | October 25, 2024 |
Belgium | Brussels | Met with NATO and European Union counterparts. | November 12–13, 2024 |
Peru | Lima | Joined President Biden at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week. | November 14–16, 2024 |
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Attended the G20 Leaders’ Summit. | November 18–19, 2024 |
Italy | Rome, Anagni , Fiuggi | Attended the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | November 23–27, 2024 |
Vatican City | Met with Pope Francis, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Gallagher. | November 27, 2024 | |
Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. | December 3–4, 2024 |
Malta | Valletta, Attard | Attended the 31st OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting and met with Prime Minister Robert Abela. | December 4–5, 2024 |
Jordan | Aqaba | Met with met with King Abdullah II and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi. | December 12, 2024 |
Türkiye | Ankara | Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. | December 12–13, 2024 |
Iraq | Baghdad | Met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani. | December 13, 2024 |
Jordan | Aqaba | Met with King Abdullah II, the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pederson. | December 14, 2024 |
Korea, Republic of | Seoul | Met with Acting President Choi Sang-mok and Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. | January 6, 2025 |
Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi. | January 7, 2025 |
France | Paris | Met with President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. | January 8, 2025 |
Italy | Rome | Met with European counterparts to discuss the situation in Syria. | January 9–10, 2025 |
Vatican City | Met with Vatican officials. | January 10, 2025 |