Mahmoud Abbas, the second Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the second President of the State of Palestine, has made international trips to countries since he assumed the presidency on 15 January 2005.
Summary The number of visits per country where President Abbas traveled are: One visit to Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Chile, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Morocco, Oman, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Yemen Two visits to Bahrain, China, Iraq, Kuwait, Mauritania, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City Three visits to Belgium, India, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Norway and Tunisia Five visits to Algeria, France, Japan Seven visits to Jordan and Qatar Nine visits to Saudi Arabia Ten visits to Russia Eleven visits to the United States Sixteen visits to Turkey Nineteen visits to Egypt
2005 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesCairo28–29 JanuaryState visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak.Ankara1–2 FebruaryState visit. Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Sharm El-Sheikh8 FebruaryWorking visit. Attended the Sharm El Sheikh four-party summit mediated by President Hosni Mubarak. Met with Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon and King of Jordan Abdullah II.Algiers22–23 MarchWorking Visit. Attended the Arab League Summit. JapanTokyo15–17 MayState visit. Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.Beijing17–19 MayState visit. Met with President Hu Jintao.Islamabad19–20 MayState visit. Met with President Pervez MusharrafNew Delhi20–21 MayState visit. Met with President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan SinghWashington D.C.25–27 MayState visit. Met with President George W. Bush.Nouakchott2–3 JulyMet with President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.Damascus6–7 JulyState visit. Met with President Bashar al-Assad.Beirut8–10 JulyState visit. Met with President Émile Lahoud.Riyadh1–2 AugustAttended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi ArabiaNew York City14-17 SeptemberAttended the 60th United Nations General Assembly.Washington D.C.19-21 OctoberState visit. Met with President George W. Bush.
2006 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesKhartoum27–30 MarchWorking visit. Attended the 2006 Arab League summit.Cape Town, Johannesburg29 March – 1 AprilState visit. Met with President Thabo MbekiZanzibar1 AprilState visit. Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Casablanca12–14 AprilState visit. Met with King Mohammed VI.Ankara23–25 AprilState visit. Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Oslo25–26 AprilState visit. Met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.Helsinki26–27 AprilState visit. Met with President Tarja Halonen.Paris27–29 AprilState visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac.Amman29 April – 1 MayState visit. Met with King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit.Sochi14–15 MayState visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.Strasbourg15–17 MayWorking visit.Sharm El Sheikh19–21 MayWorking visit. Attended the World Economic Forum.Tunis30 May – 1 JuneState visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.Algiers26 JulyWorking visit. Met with Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem.Rome27 JulyWorking visit. Met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Alexandria28–29 JulyState visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak.Jeddah30 JulyState visit. Met with King Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaKuwait City30–31 JulyWorking visit. Met with Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.Sana'a5 AugustState visit. Met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh.Khartoum6 AugustState visit. Met with President Omar al-Bashir. TunisiaTunis7–8 AugustState visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben AliTripoli9 AugustState visit. Met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi.Manama4–5 SeptemberState visit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.Abu Dhabi5 SeptemberState visit. Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanNew York City19–22 SeptemberWorking visit. Attended the 61th United Nations General Assembly, met with Presidents of South Africa, France, the U.S., Prime Ministers of Italy, Malaysia.
2007 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesParis24 FebruaryWorking visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac.Moscow29-31 JulyOfficial working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.New York City24-29 SeptemberAttended the 62th United Nations General Assembly.Annapolis26-28 NovemberAttended the Annapolis peace summit.
2008 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscow17-19 AprilOfficial visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.Washington D.C.23-24 AprilOfficial visit. Met with President George W. Bush.New York City22-26 SeptemberAttended the 63th United Nations General Assembly.New Delhi6-9 OctoberState visit.Moscow22-24 DecemberEmergency revisit.
2009 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesCairo16-17 MayWorking visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak.Ottawa24-26 MayOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.Tripoli1–5 SeptemberAttended the 40th anniversary of the Libyan RevolutionNew York City21-26 SeptemberAttended the 64th United Nations General Assembly.Caracas26-27 NovemberOfficial visit. Met with President Hugo Chavez.
2010 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesTokyo, Hiroshima7-10 FebruaryOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.Seoul10-11 FebruaryOfficial visit.Sirte27 MarchAttended the 2010 Arab League summit.Washington D.C.8-10 JuneWorking visit.31 August-3 SeptemberNew York City21-26 SeptemberAttended the 65th United Nations General Assembly.
2011 +CountryLocationDateDetailsCairo3-5 MayWorking visit.Baku28–29 JuneOfficial visit. Met with President Ilham Aliyev.New York City19-24 SeptemberAttended the 66th United Nations General Assembly.Paris13-14 DecemberWorking visit. Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
2012 +CountryLocationDateDetailsMoscow26-28 JanuaryWorking visit.Ankara28-29 FebruaryWorking visit. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Tokyo12-15 AprilOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko.Paris7-8 JuneWorking visit. Met with President of François Hollande.Istanbul4 JulyAttended the World Economic Forum Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Cairo4-6 SeptemberWorking visit. Met with President Mohamed Morsi.Ankara19-21 SeptemberWorking visit. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.New York City24-28 SeptemberAttended the 67th United Nations General Assembly.26-30 NovemberWorking visit.Ankara10-11 DecemberOfficial visit. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2013 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscow12-14 MarchOfficial visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.Kuwait City15 AprilSpecial visit.Beijing5-7 MayState visit. Met with President Xi Jinping.Washington D.C.28-30 JulyWorking visit.Doha28-29 AugustWorking visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.New York City23-27 SeptemberAttended the 68th United Nations General Assembly.Cairo9-11 NovemberOfficial visit.
2014 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)NotesMoscow26-28 JuaryOfficial visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.Amman26 MarchWorking visit.Paris8 JuneOfficial visit. Met with President François Hollande.Cairo16-17 JulyEmergency visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.Ankara18 JulyEmergency visit. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Doha20-22 AugustWorking visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Hamas Political Director Khaled Mashal.New York City22-27 SeptemberAttended the 69th United Nations General Assembly.Cairo11-12 OctoberAttended the International Contributor Conference for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.Amman12-13 NovemberEmergency visit.
2015 +CountryLocationDateDetailsStockholm10–11 FebruaryMet with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and opened the Palestinian embassy.Brussels12 FebruaryWorking visit. Met with EU leaders.Luxembourg City14 FebruaryMet with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.Bern9 MarchMet with President Simonetta Sommaruga.Sharm El-Sheikh13-15 MarchAttended the Egypt Economic Development Conference.27-29 MarchAttended the 32th AL summit.Doha7 AprilWorking visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Moscow13 AprilWorking visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.8 MayAttended the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.Vatican City16 MayMet with Pope Francis.Doha31 MayWorking visit. Met with Deputy Emir Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani.Moscow22 SeptemberAttended the Opening Ceremony Moscow Cathedral Mosque.New York City26-30 SeptemberAttended 70th United Nations General Assembly.Geneva28 OctoberAttended the UN Human Rights Council Special Meeting.Cairo7-8 NovemberOfficial visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.Athens20 DecemberMet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
2016 +CountryLocationDateDetailsTokyo14–17 FebruaryWorking Visit. Met with Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.Seoul17-19 FebruaryOfficial visit.Amman21 FebruaryWorking visit.Jakarta7-8 MarchAttended the OIC Special summit.Moscow15 AprilMet with President Vladimir Putin.Cape Town25 MayMet with President Jacob Zuma.Cairo28 MayMet with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.Brussels23 JuneMet with European Council President Donald Tusk.Warsaw6–7 SeptemberOfficial visit. Met with President Andrzej Duda.Nouakchott14–15 SeptemberOfficial visit. Met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.New York City22 SeptemberAttended the 71th United Nations General Assembly.Ankara24 OctoberMet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2017 +DateCountryLocationDetails13 January 2017Vatican City30 January–1 February 2017Islamabad1–3 February 2017Dhaka23–25 February 2017Beirut27 March 2017Brussels29 April 201730 April 20173 May 2017Washington D.C.11 May 2017Moscow15–18 May 2017New Delhi17 July 201727–29 August 201711 November 2017Kuwait City10 December 2017Cairo12 December 2017IstanbulAttended the Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit19 December 2017Riyadh22 December 2017Paris
2018
+DateCountryLocationDetails29 January 2018Amman20 February 2018New York7–8 May 2018Caracas9–10 May 2018Santiago10–12 May 2018Havana13 May 2018New Delhi14–15 July 2018MoscowHeld talks with President Vladimir Putin21–27 September 2018New YorkMet with state leaders and addressed the 73rd session of the General Assembly21 October 2018Muscat2 December 2018Rome
2019 +DateCountryLocationDetailsMarch 2019BaghdadApril 2019CairoMay 2019DohaSeptember 2019OsloSeptember 2019New YorkMet with French President Emmanuel MacronOctober 2019RiyadhMet with King Salman bin AbdulazizOctober 2019TokyoMet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
2020 +CountryLocationDateDetailsNew York City9-11 FebruaryWorking visit.Amman29 NovemberWorking visit.Cairo30 NovemberWorking visit.Doha13-15 DecemberWorking visit.
2021 +CountryLocationDateDetailsBerlin5-8 AprilWorking visit.Ankara10-12 JulyMet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Cairo1-2 SeptemberMet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and King of Jordan Abdullah II.Roma1-3 NovemberOfficial visit.Vatican City4 NovemberMet with Pope Francis.Sochi22-23 NovemberMet with President Vladimir Putin.Doha29-30 NovemberMet with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Algiers7-9 DecemberMet with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.TunisDecember 2021Met with President Kais Saied.
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