2016 - Visits by
Foreign Leaders - Department History
Visits By Foreign Leaders in 2016
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Met with President Obama at Andrews Air Force Base, MD. | January 16, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull | Australia | Working Lunch. | January 19, 2016 |
| President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon | Colombia | Official Working Visit. | February 4, 2016 |
| President Sergio Mattarella | Italy | Official Working Visit. | February 8, 2016 |
| Sultan Hassan al Bolkiah | Brunei | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Hun Sen | Cambodia | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| President Joko Widodo | Indonesia | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| President Choummaly Sayasone | Laos | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Mohd Najid Razak | Malaysia | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| President Benigno S. Aquino, 3rd | Philippines | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha | Thailand | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung | Vietnam | Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA. | February 16–18, 2016 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Official Working Visit. | February 24, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Justin P. J. Trudeau | Canada | Official Visit. | March 10, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Enda Kenny | Ireland | Official Working Visit. | March 15–17, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal | Algeria | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Mauricio Macri | Argentina | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Serzh Sargsyan | Armenia | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Ilham Aliyev | Azerbaijan | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Justin P. J. Trudeau | Canada | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Michelle Bachelet | Chile | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Xi Jinping | China, People’s Republic of | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka | Czech Republic | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen | Denmark | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Sauli Niinistö | Finland | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Francois Hollande | France | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Gabon | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Giorgi Margvelashvili | Georgia | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Viktor Orban | Hungary | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | India | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Matteo Renzi | Italy | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Shinzō Abe | Japan | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Park Geun-hye | South Korea | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Dalia Grybauskaite | Lithuania | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Enrique Pena Nieto | Mexico | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Mark Rutte | Netherlands | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister John Key | New Zealand | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Muhammadu Buhari | Nigeria | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Erna Solberg | Norway | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Andrzej Duda | Poland | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Klaus Werner Iohannis | Romania | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Johann N. Schneider Ammann | Switzerland | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha | Thailand | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Turkey | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Petro Porochenko | Ukraine | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| Prime Minister David Cameron | United Kingdom | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. | March 31–April 1, 2016 |
| President Sauli Niinistö | Finland | Attended the U.S.- Nordic Leaders Summit. | May 13, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Erna Solberg | Norway | Attended the U.S.- Nordic Leaders Summit. | May 13, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Stefan Löfven | Sweden | Attended the U.S.-Nordic Leaders Summit. | May 13, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen | Denmark | Attended the U.S.-Nordic Leaders Summit. | May 13, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Sigurd Ingi Johannsson | Iceland | Attended the U.S.-Nordic Leaders Summit. | May 13, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | India | Working lunch. | June 7, 2016 |
| President Enrique Pena Nieto | Mexico | Official Working Visit. | July 22, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | Official Working Visit. | August 2, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Li Keqiang | China, People’s Republic of | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City. | September 19, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull | Australia | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City. | September 19, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Matteo Renzi | Italy | State Dinner. | October 18, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Shinzō Abe | Japan | Met with President-elect Donald J. Trump in New York City. | November 17, 2016 |
| Prime Minister Shinzō Abe | Japan | Attended a memorial service at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | December 27, 2016 |