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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 9 January 2005.

2005

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
Egypt Cairo 28–29 January State visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak.
Turkey Ankara 1–2 February State visit. Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Algeria Algiers 22–23 March Working Visit. Attended the Arab League Summit.
Japan Tokyo 15–17 May State visit. Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
China Beijing 17–19 May State visit. Met with President Hu Jintao.
Pakistan Islamabad 19–20 May State visit. Met with President Pervez Musharraf
India New Delhi 20–21 May State visit. Met with President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
United States Washington D.C. 25–27 May State visit. Met with President George W. Bush.
 Mauritania Nouakchott 2–3 July
Syria Damascus 6–7 July State visit. Met with President Bashar al-Assad
Lebanon Beirut 8–10 July State visit. Met with President Émile Lahoud
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1–2 August The funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

2006

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
Sudan Khartoum 27–30 March Working visit. Attended the Arab League Summit.
South Africa Cape Town, Johannesburg 29 March – 1 April State visit. Met with President Thabo Mbeki
Tanzania Zanzibar 1 April State visit. Met with President Jakaya Kikwete
Morocco Casablanca 12–14 April State visit. Met with King Mohammed VI
Turkey Ankara 23–25 April State visit. Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Norway Oslo 25–26 April State visit. Met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Finland Helsinki 26–27 April State visit. Met with President Tarja Halonen
France Paris 27–29 April State visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac
Jordan Amman 29 April – 1 May State visit. Met with King Abdullah II, Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit
Russia Sochi 14–15 May State visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin
France Strasbourg 15–17 May Working visit.
Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 19–21 May Working visit. Attended the World Economic Forum.
Tunisia Tunis 30 May – 1 June State visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Algeria Algiers 26 July Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem
Italy Rome 27 July Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Egypt Alexandria 28–29 July State visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 30 July State visit. Met with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Kuwait City 30–31 July Working visit. Met with Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Yemen Sana'a 5 August State visit. Met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Sudan Khartoum 6 August State visit. Met with President Omar al-Bashir
Tunisia Tunis 7–8 August State visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Libya Tripoli 9 August State visit. Met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi
Bahrain Manama 4–5 September State visit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 5 September State visit. Met with King Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
United States New York City 19–22 September Working visit. Attended the Sixty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, met Presidents of South Africa, France, the U.S., Prime Ministers of Italy, Malaysia.

2009

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
 Libya Tripoli 1–5 September Attending the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution

2011

Date Country Location Details
28–29 June 2011  Azerbaijan Baku

2015

Date Country Location Details
10–11 February 2015  Sweden Stockholm Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and opened the Palestinian embassy
12 February 2015  Belgium Brussels Working visit. Met with EU leaders
14 February 2015  Luxembourg Luxembourg City Met with Luxembourg leaders
9 March 2015   Switzerland Bern Met with President Simonetta Sommaruga
7 April 2015  Qatar Doha
16 May 2015  Holy See Vatican City Met with Pope Francis
22 September 2015  Russia Moscow
30 September 2015  USA New York
28 October 2015   Switzerland Geneva
20 December 2015  Greece Athens Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

2016

Date Country Location Details
14–17 February 2016  Japan Tokyo Working Visit. Met with Japanese leaders
21 February 2016  Jordan Amman
15 April 2016  Russia Moscow Met with President Vladimir Putin
25 May 2016  South Africa Cape Town Met with President Jacob Zuma
28 May 2016  Egypt Cairo Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
23 June 2016  Belgium Brussels Met with European Council President Donald Tusk
6–7 September 2016  Poland Warsaw
14–15 September 2016  Mauritania Nouakchott
22 September 2016  USA New York
24 October 2016  Turkey Ankara Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

2017

Date Country Location Details
13 January 2017  Holy See Vatican City
30 January–1 February 2017  Pakistan Islamabad
1–3 February 2017  Bangladesh Dhaka
23–25 February 2017  Lebanon Beirut
27 March 2017  Belgium Brussels
29 April 2017  Egypt
30 April 2017  Jordan
3 May 2017  USA Washington D.C.
11 May 2017  Russia Moscow
15–18 May 2017  India New Delhi
17 July 2017  China
27–29 August 2017  Turkey
11 November 2017  Kuwait Kuwait City
10 December 2017  Egypt Cairo
12 December 2017  Turkey Istanbul Attended the Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit
19 December 2017  Saudi Arabia Riyadh
22 December 2017  France Paris

2018

Mahmoud Abbas and Karin Kneissl in Brüssels, January 2018.
President Abbas during his visit to Chile, May 2018
Date Country Location Details
29 January 2018  Jordan Amman
20 February 2018  USA New York
7–8 May 2018  Venezuela Caracas
9–10 May 2018  Chile Havana
10–12 May 2018  Cuba Santiago
13 May 2018  India New Delhi
14–15 July 2018  Russia Moscow Held talks with President Vladimir Putin
21–27 September 2018  USA New York Met with state leaders and addressed the 73rd session of the General Assembly
21 October 2018  Oman Muscat
2 December 2018  Italy Rome

2019

Date Country Location Details
March 2019  Iraq Baghdad
April 2019  Egypt Cairo
May 2019  Qatar Doha
September 2019  Norway Oslo
September 2019  USA New York Met with French President Emmanuel Macron
October 2019  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz
October 2019  Japan Tokyo Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

2020

Date Country Location Details
November 2020  Jordan Amman
November 2020  Egypt Cairo
December 2020  Qatar Doha

2021

Date Country Location Details
July 2021  Turkey
September 2021  Egypt
October 2021  Italy
November 2021  Russia
November 2021  Qatar
December 2022  Algeria
December 2021  Tunisia

2022

Date Country Location Details
9 January 2022  Egypt Cairo
27 April 2022  Jordan Amman
15 May 2022  UAE Abu Dhabi Offer condolences on the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
26 June 2022  Jordan Amman
5 July 2022  Algeria Attended the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Algeria's independence
19 July 2022  Romania Bucharest
20 July 2022  France Paris Met with President Emmanuel Macron
16 August 2022  Germany Berlin Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz
22–24 August 2022  Turkey Ankara State visit. Met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
23 September 2022  United States New York Addressed the General Assembly
13 October 2022  Kazakhstan Astana Participated in the CICA summit
1 November 2022  Algeria Algiers Participated in the 2022 Arab League summit

2023

Date Country Location Details
19 May  Saudi Arabia Jeddah Arab League Summit
25 July  Turkey Ankara Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
29 July  Egypt Cairo Meeting of the General Secretaries of the Palestinian factions and held talks with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
13 August  Egypt Cairo Summit with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abdullah II
23 August  Turkey Ankara Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
17–21 September  United States New York He delivered a speech before the United Nations General Assembly
10–11 November  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Attended the emergency Arab-Islamic summit

2024

Date Country Location Details
27–29 April  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Attended a World Economic Forum meeting and met with the Crown prince
16–17 May  Bahrain Manama Arab League summit
13 August  Russia Moscow Meeting with President Vladimir Putin
14–15 August  Turkey Ankara Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and addressed the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
26 August  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with the Crown prince
17–18 September  Spain Madrid
26 September  United States New York
22–24 October  Russia Kazan Attended the 16th BRICS summit
3–4 November  Egypt Cairo Attend the World Urban Forum
10–12 November  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Arab-Islamic summit

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