List of international presidential trips made by Gustavo Petro
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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Gustavo Petro, the 34th and current president of Colombia. Gustavo Petro has made 25 international trips to 16 countries during his presidency so far, which began on August 7, 2022, the date of the inauguration of Gustavo Petro.
Summary
The number of visits per country where President Petro traveled are:[citation needed]
- One: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Guatemala, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Two: China, Germany, Haiti, Switzerland, Vatican City
- Three: France, Brazil
- Five: United States
- Six: Venezuela
2022
| # | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
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| 1 |  Peru |
Lima | August 18 | Meeting with Pedro Castillo, Guillermo Lasso, president of Ecuador and Luis Arce, president of Bolivia.[1][2] | |
| 2 |  United States |
New York City | September 17 | Travel to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly.[3][4] | |
| 3 |  Venezuela |
Caracas | November 1 | Meeting with Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.[5][6] | |
| 4 |  Egypt |
Sharm El Sheikh | November 6 | Attended the COP27 Environmental Summit[7][8] | |
 Italy |
Rome | November 8 | Participation of the Food Safety Forum[citation needed] | ||
 France |
Paris | November 9 | Meeting with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron[9][10] | ||
| 5 |  Mexico |
Mexico City | November 24–27 | Bilateral meeting with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Bilateral meeting with the mayoress of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum.[11][12] |  |
2023
| # | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
Brasília | January 2 | Attendance at the Inauguration of President Lula da Silva[13][14] |  |
| 2 | Venezuela |
Caracas | January 7 | Extraordinary meeting with the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro[15][16] | |
| 3 |  Chile |
Santiago | January 9–10 | Meeting with the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric[17][18] | |
| 4 |  Switzerland |
Davos | January 13 | Attendance at the World Economic Forum[19][20] |  |
| France |
Toulouse | January 20 | Bilateral meeting with the Prefect of the Occitanie Region, Étienne Guyot and the Mayor of Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc[21][22] |  | |
| 5 |  Argentina |
Buenos Aires | January 24 | Bilateral meeting with the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández and participation in the 2023 CELAC summit[23][24] |  |
| 6 |  Ecuador |
Tulcán | January 31 | Bilateral meeting between the Cabinets of Petro and Lasso[25][26] |  |
| 7 | Venezuela |
Caracas | March 23 | Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro[27][28] | .jpg) |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo | March 24–25 | Participation in the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Dominican Republic[29][30] | |
| 9 | United States |
Washington, D.C. | April 16–20 | Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Joe Biden[31][32] |  |
| 10 |  Spain |
Madrid | May 3–5 | State visit and meeting between Gustavo Petro and the King of Spain[33][34] |  |
| 11 |  Portugal |
Lisbon | May 7 | Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. |  |
| 12 | Brazil |
Brasília | May 30 | Attendance at the 2023 South American summit[citation needed] | .jpg) |
| 13 |  Cuba |
La Habana | June 9-10 | Bilateral meeting with the president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel and six-month ceasefire agreement with ELN.[37][38] | |
| 14 |  Germany |
Berlin | June 13 | Bilateral meeting with the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and with the directors of the Parliament, with the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations between both nations as well as their Assistance to the Federal Association of German Industry, in addition to a meeting with presidents of different companies of gas production, energy, infrastructure, steel industry, telecommunications.[39][40] |  |
| France |
Paris | June 27 | Attendance at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, an event convened by President Emmanuel Macron.[41] | .jpg) | |
| 15 |  Belgium |
Brussels | July 17-18 | Participation in the regional summit between the European Union and Celac. The president was received by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.[42][43]
Then he attended the Official Opening and the I Plenary Session of the Summit, as well as the taking of the official photo of the Heads of State and Government participating in the event.[44][45] |
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| 16 | Brazil |
Belém | August 8-9 | Participation in the meeting will involve leaders and environment ministers of the countries that share the Amazon biome. The idea, as they have explained, is to strengthen environmental protection mechanisms and stop deforestation in the Amazon by 2030.[citation needed] | |
| 17 |  Costa Rica |
San José | August 28-30 | Bilateral meeting with President Rodrigo Chaves to discuss key issues such as energy transition, sustainable tourism, trade and migration, which are relevant both regionally and globally, in order to foster dialogue and cooperation.[46]
Meeting with the judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.[citation needed] Received an honorary doctorate for his contributions to peace from the Rector of the University for Peace, Francisco Rojas.[47] |
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| 18 | Chile |
Santiago | September 10-12 | Participation in the events commemorating the coup d'état of September 11, 1973 in Chile.[48]
Meeting between the former President of Uruguay, José Mujica, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Álvaro Leyva, and the 29th President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper.[49] |
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| 19 | Cuba |
La Habana | September 15-16 | Participated in the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the multilateral group G77 + China.[50][51] | |
| 20 | United States |
New York | September 17-20 | Participated in the United Nations General Assembly.[52]
Held a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[53] Met with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.[54] |
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| 21 | Mexico |
Chiapas | October 21-23 | Participation in the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Migration in Chiapas, Mexico.[55][56] | |
| 22 |  China |
Beijing | October 24-26 | Traveled to China in order to strengthen economic relations and engage in dialogue on transportation systems in both countries, as well as the construction of Bogotá's first metro by Chinese companies.[57] Later on Wednesday he held a meeting with President Xi Jinping which resulted in the signing of a plan for the growth of bilateral relations and cooperation instruments. | |
| 23 | United States |
Washington, D.C. | November 2 | met with President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. within the framework of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas.[58][59] | |
| 24 | San Francisco | November 16-17 | Participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, representing Colombia as a guest country, with its main objective being to obtain full membership.[60] Also made a three-minute intervention where he addressed the importance of sustainability, climate and economic transition.[61] | ||
| 25 | Venezuela |
Caracas | November 18 | Held his fifth meeting with President Nicolás Maduro in all of 2023.[62] |  |
| 26 | Ecuador |
Quito | November 24 | Participation in the inauguration of President Daniel Noboa.[63] Later he held a meeting with the 31st President Álvaro Uribe.[64] |
2024
| # | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela |
Caracas | January 7 | Met with President Nicolás Maduro.[65] | |
| 2 |  Guatemala |
Guatemala City | January 14 | Participated in the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo.[66]
Met with President of Honduras Xiomara Castro.[67] |
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| 3 | Switzerland |
Davos | January 15-17 | Assisted to the World Economic Forum.[68]
Held a meeting with Bill Gates.[69] |
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| 4 |  Vatican City |
Vatican City | January 18 | Meeting with Pope Francis.[70] | |
| 5 | Germany |
Munich | February 16 | Participated in the Munich Security Conference.[71] | _-_1.jpg) |
| 6 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown | March 1 | Assisted to the CELAC summit.[72] | |
| 7 | Venezuela |
Caracas | April 9 | Meeting with President Nicolás Maduro.[73] | |
| 8 | France |
Paris | July 26 | Petro travelled to Paris to attend the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[74] |
2025
| # | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Haiti |
Jacmel | January 22 | Met with Transitional Presidential Council chairman Leslie Voltaire.[75] | _3.jpg) |
| 2 | China |
Beijing | May 14 | Met with General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.[76] |  |
| 3 | Vatican City |
Vatican City | May 19 | Attending Papal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV[citation needed] |  |
| 4 | Haiti |
Port-au-Prince | July 18 | Attended the inauguration of the Colombian embassy. Met with acting Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.[77] |
Multilateral meetings
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during Gustavo Petros presidency (2022–Present).
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| APEC | Not an APEC Member | November 15–17 San Francisco | Not an APEC Member | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EU–CELAC | None | 17–18 July, Brussels | None | 9 November, Santa Marta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G20 | Not a G20 Member | November 18–19 Rio de Janeiro | Not a G20 Member | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOA (OAS) | None | October, Punta Cana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNCCC | 6 November Sharm el-Sheikh | 30 November – 3 December Dubai | 12 November Baku | 10 November, Belém | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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