This is a list of international presidential trips made by Gustavo Petro, the 35th president of Colombia. Gustavo Petro has made 50 international trips to 25 countries during his presidency, which began on August 7, 2022, the date of his inauguration and ended on August 7, 2026.
Summary The number of visits per country where President Petro traveled are:
One: Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Arab Emirates Two: Belgium, China, Germany, Haiti, Spain, Switzerland and the Vatican City Three: Brazil, Cuba and France Five: United States Six: Venezuela
2022 Country Areas visited Dates Details Image1LimaAugust 18 Meeting with Pedro Castillo, Guillermo Lasso, president of Ecuador and Luis Arce, president of Bolivia. 2New York CitySeptember 17Travel to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly.3CaracasNovember 1Meeting with Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.4Sharm El SheikhNovember 6Attended the COP27 Environmental SummitRomeNovember 8Participation of the Food Safety ForumParisNovember 9Meeting with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron5Mexico CityNovember 24–27Bilateral meeting with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Bilateral meeting with the mayoress of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum.
2023 Country Areas visited Dates Details Image1BrasíliaJanuary 2Attendance at the Inauguration of President Lula da Silva2CaracasJanuary 7Extraordinary meeting with the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro 3SantiagoJanuary 9–10Meeting with the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric4DavosJanuary 13Attendance at the World Economic ForumToulouseJanuary 20Bilateral meeting with the Prefect of the Occitanie Region, Étienne Guyot and the Mayor of Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc5Buenos AiresJanuary 24Bilateral meeting with the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández and participation in the 2023 CELAC summit6TulcánJanuary 31Bilateral meeting between the Cabinets of Petro and Lasso7CaracasMarch 23Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro8Santo DomingoMarch 24–25Participation in the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Dominican Republic9Washington, D.C.April 16–20Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Joe Biden10MadridMay 3–5State visit and meeting between Gustavo Petro and the King of Spain11LisbonMay 7Bilateral meeting between Gustavo Petro and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.12BrasíliaMay 30Attendance at the 2023 South American summit13La HabanaJune 9-10Bilateral meeting with the president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel and six-month ceasefire agreement with ELN.14BerlinJune 13Bilateral 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.ParisJune 27Attendance at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, an event convened by President Emmanuel Macron.15BrusselsJuly 17-18Participation 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.
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.16BelémAugust 8-9Participation 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 2030.17San JoséAugust 28-30Bilateral 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.
Meeting with the judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Received an honorary doctorate for his contributions to peace from the Rector of the University for Peace, Francisco Rojas.18SantiagoSeptember 10-12Participation in the events commemorating the coup d'état of September 11, 1973 in Chile. 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.19La HabanaSeptember 15-16Participated in the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the multilateral group G77 + China.20New YorkSeptember 17-20Participated in the United Nations General Assembly. Held a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Met with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.21ChiapasOctober 21-23Participation in the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Migration in Chiapas, Mexico.22BeijingOctober 24-26Traveled 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. 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.23Washington, D.C.November 2met with President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. within the framework of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas.24San FranciscoNovember 16-17Participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, representing Colombia as a guest country, with its main objective being to obtain full membership. Also made a three-minute intervention where he addressed the importance of sustainability, climate and economic transition.25CaracasNovember 18Held his fifth meeting with President Nicolás Maduro in all of 2023.26QuitoNovember 24Participation in the inauguration of President Daniel Noboa. Later he held a meeting with the 31st President Álvaro Uribe.
2024 +CountryAreas visitedDatesDetailsImage1CaracasJanuary 7Met with President Nicolás Maduro.2Guatemala CityJanuary 14Participated in the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo. Met with President of Honduras Xiomara Castro.3DavosJanuary 15-17Assisted to the World Economic Forum. Held a meeting with Bill Gates.4Vatican CityJanuary 18Meeting with Pope Francis.5MunichFebruary 16Participated in the Munich Security Conference.6KingstownMarch 1Assisted to the CELAC summit.7CaracasApril 9 Meeting with President Nicolás Maduro.8ParisJuly 26Petro travelled to Paris to attend the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
2025 Country Areas visited Dates Details Image1JacmelJanuary 22Met with Transitional Presidential Council chairman Leslie Voltaire.2DubaiFebruary 11-15Attended the World Governments Summit 2025. Met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.3BeijingMay 14Met with General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.4Vatican CityMay 19Attended the Papal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.5Port-au-PrinceJuly 18Attended the inauguration of the Colombian embassy. Met with acting Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.6OsakaSeptember 5Visited the Expo 2025. Met with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Hisashi Matsumoto.7BrusselsOctober 9Attended the Global Gateway Forum.
2026 Country Areas visited Dates Details Image1Washington, D.C.February 3–4Met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss bilateral relations, migration, security, and counternarcotics cooperation.2CaracasApril 24Met with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez at Miraflores Palace to discuss border security, migration, trade, and regional cooperation.3BarcelonaApril 18Attended the 4th In Defense of Democracy summit.4HavanaJuly 31Official visit. Met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Multilateral meetings Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during Gustavo Petros presidency (2022–Present).
+Intergovernmental organizationsGroup Year2022 2023 2024 2025 2026APEC 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 NoneG20 Not a G20 Member November 18–19 Rio de Janeiro Not a G20 Member SOA(OAS) None TBA, Punta CanaUNCCC 6 November Sharm el-Sheikh 30 November – 3 December Dubai 12 November Baku 10 November, Belém ██ = Future event
See also 2022 Colombian presidential election Foreign relations of Colombia List of international presidential trips made by Iván Duque, his predecessor List of international presidential trips made by Abelardo de la Espriella, his successor President of Colombia Presidency of Gustavo Petro
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