List of international prime ministerial trips made by Scott Morrison

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Scott Morrison, the 30th Prime Minister of Australia. During his time in office (August 2018 to May 2022), Scott Morrison made twenty-nine international trips to eighteen sovereign countries.

The number of visits per country where Morrison travelled are:

2018

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Indonesia
31 August–1 September Morrison met President Joko Widodo, visited the SMPN 2 Babakan Madang school, and spoke at the Indonesia-Australia Business Forum.[1][2][3]
Singapore Singapore 13–15 November Morrison attended the 33rd ASEAN Summit, and met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Indonesian President Widodo.[4][5]
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 17–19 November Morrison attended the 2018 APEC Summit, met with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, and visited HMAS Adelaide.[6][7]
Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November–2 December Morrison attended the 2018 G20 summit, and met with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron.[8][9]
Iraq
20 December Morrison visited Australian Operation Okra troops at Camp Taji, and met with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.[10][11]

2019

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Vanuatu Port Vila 15–16 January Morrison met with Prime Minister Charlot Salwai.[12]
Fiji
17–18 January Morrison met with Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.[13]
New Zealand Auckland 22 February Morrison met with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.[14]
New Zealand Christchurch 29 March Morrison attended the memorial service for victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings.[15]
Solomon Islands Honiara 2–3 June Morrison met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.[16][17]
United Kingdom
4–6 June Morrison met with Queen Elizabeth II and Charles, Prince of Wales, and attended the official commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.[18][19]
Singapore Singapore 7 June Morrison met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[20]
Japan Osaka 27–29 June Morrison attended the 2019 G20 summit, and met with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Tuvalu Funafuti 14–16 August Morrison attended the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.[21]
Vietnam Hanoi 22–24 August Morrison met with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.[22]
France Biarritz 24–26 August Morrison attended the 45th G7 summit, and met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[23]
East Timor Dili 30–31 August Morrison met with Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak and attended the 20th anniversary of the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum.[24]
United States
19–27 September Morrison attended a state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House, opened a Visy paper mill in Ohio alongside Trump and Anthony Pratt, gave a keynote speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and delivered the Australian National Statement to the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[25][26]
Fiji Suva 11–12 October Morrison met with Prime Minister Bainimarama and attended a Prime Minister's XIII rugby league match.[27]
Indonesia Jakarta 19–20 October Morrison attended the inauguration of President Joko Widodo following his re-election.[28]
Thailand Bangkok 3–4 November Morrison attended the fourteenth East Asia Summit, and met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and several Southeast Asian leaders.[29]

2020

Morrison was scheduled to visit India and Japan in January 2020, but postponed these trips due to the Black Summer bushfires,[30][31] and later due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The India-Australia summit was eventually held virtually in June 2020.[32] Morrison was also due to visit Papua New Guinea in November 2020, but deferred this trip due to Prime Minister James Marape's sudden decline in parliamentary support.[33]

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Japan Tokyo 17–18 November Morrison became one of the first world leaders to meet with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.[34]

2021

Country Locations Dates Details Image
New Zealand Queenstown 30–31 May Following the opening of a travel bubble between their two countries, Morrison met with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for their Annual Leaders Dialogue.[35]
Singapore Singapore 10 June Morrison met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[36]
United Kingdom
11–15 June Morrison attended the G7 summit in Cornwall, toured Cornwall while tracing his Cornwall ancestry.[37] He then negotiated and signed a free trade deal with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 15 June at 10 Downing Street.[38]
France Paris 15 June Morrison met with President Emmanuel Macron to discuss submarines, weapons and trade conflict with China.[39]
United States
21–27 September Morrison attended the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, and met with President Joe Biden after the assembly. He then met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for dinner at Washington, D.C., and attended the Quad leader's summit.[40][41]
Italy Rome 30–31 October Morrison attended the 2021 G20 summit.[42]
United Kingdom Glasgow 1–2 November Morrison attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

2022

Morrison did not make any prime ministerial overseas visits in the period between attending COP26 in Glasgow and his loss of the 2022 Australian federal election.

Multilateral meetings

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