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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Lula da Silva, the 39th and current President of Brazil. Lula has made 24 international trips to 32 countries during his second presidency so far, which began on January 1, 2023.

First presidency (2003–2010)

• One: Algeria, Antarctica, Austria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Congo, Costa Rica, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Finland, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Netherlands, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Kenya, Dominican Republic, Senegal, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tanzania, Czech Republic, East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Zambia
• Two: Angola, Belgium, Cape Verde, Qatar, South Korea, Ghana, Japan, Libya, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sweden, Ukraine and Vatican
• Three: Germany, China, Denmark, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India and Mozambique
• Four: Cuba, El Salvador, Russia, South Africa
• Five: Ecuador and Mexico
• Six: Colombia, Spain, Italy, Portugal and United Kingdom
• Seven: France, Peru and Switzerland
• Eight: Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay
• Nine: Uruguay
• Twelve: United States
• Thirteen: Venezuela
• Eighteen: Argentina

Second presidency (2023–present)

The number of visits per country where President Lula traveled in his second presidency are:

• One: Angola, Belgium, Bolivia, Cape Verde, China, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Mexico, India, Japan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Vatican
• Two: Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States and the United Arab Emirates
• Three: United States

2023

No.	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	January 22–24	Attended the 7th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, the European Council President Charles Michel and FAO Director General Qu Dongyu.
	Uruguay	Montevideo	January 25	Met with President Luis Lacalle Pou. Awarded with the Más Verde Prize by the Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse.
2	United States	Washington D.C.	February 9–10	Met with President Joe Biden.
3	China	Beijing, Shanghai	April 11–14	Main article: 2023 Brazil–China summit Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Attended the inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as President of the BRICS Bank. Visited the Huawei Shanghai Research Center.
	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	April 15	Met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
4	Portugal	Lisbon, Matosinhos	April 20–25	Attended the 13th Luso-Brazilian summit. Met with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa. Addressed Parliament at the São Bento Palace. Visited the Jerónimos Monastery.
	Spain	Madrid	April 25–26	Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
5	United Kingdom	Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, London	May 5–6	Attended the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
6	Japan	Hiroshima	May 17–21	Attended the 49th G7 summit. Held bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Comorian President Azali Assoumani, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, IMF Director General Kristalina Georgieva and UN Secretary General António Guterres. Visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
7	Italy	Rome	June 20–21	Met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella.
	Vatican	Vatican City	June 21	Met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace.
	France	Paris	June 21–22	Addressed for the Global Citizen community at the Power Our Planet festival and for New Global Financing Pact summit. Held bilateral meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
8	Argentina	Puerto Iguazú	July 3–4	Attended the Mercosur summit.
9	Colombia	Leticia	July 8	Attended the Amazon Technical-Scientific summit. Met with President Gustavo Petro.
10	Belgium	Brussels	July 16–18	Attended the CELAC–European Union summit.
	Cape Verde	Praia	July 19	Met with President José Maria Neves of his way back to Brazil.
11	Paraguay	Asuncion	August 14–15	Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect, Santiago Peña.
12	South Africa	Johannesburg	August 22–24	Attended the 15th BRICS summit. Held bilateral meetings with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Bolivian President Luis Arce, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
	Angola	Luanda	August 25-26	Met with President João Lourenço. Addressed the National Assembly.
	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	August 27	Attended CPLP summit. Met with President Carlos Vila Nova.
13	India	New Delhi	September 8–11	Attended the 18th G20 summit. Held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and the EU Council President Charles Michel.
14	Cuba	Havana	September 15–16	Attended the Group of 77 summit. Met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
	United States	New York City	September 16–20	Attended the 78th United Nations General Assembly. Held bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden, Swiss President Alain Berset, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.
15	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	November 28–29	Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
	Qatar	Doha	November 29–30	Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	November 30–December 4	Attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Held bilateral meetings with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, UN Secretary General António Guterres, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki.
	Germany	Berlin	December 4–5	Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

2024

No.	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
16	Egypt	Cairo	February 13–15	Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Addressed the Arab League.
	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	February 16–18	Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Attended the 37th African Union summit. Addressed the Pan-African Parliament. Held bilateral meetings with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, Libyan President Mohamed al-Menfi, Kenyan President William Ruto and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
17	Guyana	Georgetown	February 28	Met with President Irfaan Ali. Attended the 46th CARICOM summit.
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	February 29–March 1	Attended the 8th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with UN Secretary General António Guterres and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
18	Colombia	Bogotá	April 17	Met with President Gustavo Petro.
19	Switzerland	Geneva	June 13	Met with President Viola Amherd. Attended the 112th International Labour Organization summit.
	Italy	Fasano	June 13–15	Attended the 50th G7 summit. Held bilateral meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Pope Francis, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
20	Paraguay	Asunción	July 8	Attended the Mercosur summit.
	Bolivia	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	July 9	Met with President Luis Arce. Awarded with the Key to the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
21	Chile	Santiago	August 5–6	Met with President Gabriel Boric.
22	United States	New York City	September 21–25	Attended the 79th United Nations General Assembly. Held bilateral meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the UN Secretary General António Guterres and Jordanian King Abdullah II. Awarded with the 2024 Global Goalkepper Award.
23	Mexico	Mexico City	September 29–October 1	Met with President Manuel Lopez Obrador. Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
24	Uruguay	Montevideo	December 5–7	Attended the Mercosur summit.

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations are scheduled to take place during Lula's term in office.

Group	Year
	2023	2024	2025	2026
BRICS	August 22–24, Johannesburg	October 22–24, Kazan	TBD, Brazil	TBA
G20	September 9–10, New Delhi	November 18–19, Rio de Janeiro	November 22–23, Johannesburg	TBD, United States
UNCCC	November 30– December 12, Dubai	November 11–24, Baku	TBD, Belém	TBA
CELAC	January 24, Buenos Aires	March 1, Kingstown	TBA	TBA
Others	G7 summit May 19–21, Hiroshima	G7 summit June 13–15, Fasano
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend / participate

Notes

1. The President cancelled his trip to Russia on October 20, due to medical orientation. Minister Mauro Vieira attended in the President's place.

References

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2. da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula (January 25, 2023). "Tive a honra de receber hoje a medalha Más Verde, como reconhecimento do trabalho em defesa do meio ambiente. Agradeço a prefeita de Montevidéu, @CosseCarolina, pela premiação e hospitalidade. Vamos trabalhar na defesa do futuro do planeta" (Tweet) (in Brazilian Portuguese) – via Twitter.
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24. "Lula sofre acidente doméstico em Brasília e cancela viagem à Rússia por recomendação médica". G1 (in Portuguese). October 20, 2024.

v t e Second cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2023–present)
Cabinet Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture Paulo Teixeira (2023–present) Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Carlos Fávaro (2023–present) Minister of Cities Jader Barbalho Filho (2023–present) Minister of Communications Juscelino Filho (2023–present) Minister of Culture Margareth Menezes (2023–present) Minister of Defence José Múcio (2023–present) Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services Geraldo Alckmin (2023–present) Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger Wellington Dias (2023–present) Minister of Education Camilo Santana (2023–present) Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business Márcio França (2023–present) Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva (2023–present) Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad (2023–present) Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture André de Paula (2023–present) Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira (2023–present) Minister of Health Nísia Trindade (2023–present) Minister of Human Rights and the Citizenship Silvio Almeida (2023–2024) Esther Dweck (interim) Macaé Evaristo (2024–present) Minister of Indigenous People Sônia Guajajara (2023–present) Minister of Integration and the Regional Development Waldez Góes (2023–present) Minister of Justice and Public Security Flávio Dino (2023–2024) Ricardo Lewandowski (2024–present) Minister of Labour and Employment Luiz Marinho (2023–present) Minister of Management and the Innovation in Public Services Esther Dweck (2023–present) Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira (2023–present) Minister of Planning and Budget Simone Tebet (2023–present) Minister of Ports and Airports Márcio França (2023) Sílvio Costa Filho (2023–present) Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco (2023–present) Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Luciana Santos (2023–present) Minister of Social Security Carlos Lupi (2023–present) Minister of Sports Ana Moser (2023) André Fufuca (2023–present) Minister of Tourism Daniela Carneiro (2023) Celso Sabino (2023–present) Minister of Transport Renan Filho (2023–present) Minister of Women Cida Gonçalves (2023–present)
Cabinet-level Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (2023–present) Chief of Staff of the Presidency Rui Costa (2023–present) Chief Advisor of the Presidency Celso Amorim (2023–present) President of the Central Bank Roberto Campos Neto (2019–present) President of the Brazilian Development Bank Aloizio Mercadante (2023–present) President of Petrobras Jean Paul Prates (2023–2024) Magda Chambriard (2024–present) Institutional Security Bureau Marco Edson Gonçalves Dias (2023) Ricardo Cappelli (interim) Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (2023–present) Secretary of Institutional Affairs Alexandre Padilha (2023–present) Secretary of Social Communication Paulo Pimenta (2023–2024) Laércio Portela (interim) Secretary of Support for Reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul Paulo Pimenta (2024–present) Secretary-General of the Presidency Marcio Macêdo (2023–present) Comptroller General of the Union Vinicius Carvalho (2023–present) Attorney General of the Union Jorge Messias (2023–present)

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