# List of international presidential trips made by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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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 25 international trips to 32 countries during his second presidency so far, which began on 1 January 2023.

## First presidency (2003–2011)

Number of visits per country during Lula's first presidency:
* 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)

Number of visits per country during Lula's second presidency:
* 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, United States and the United Arab Emirates
* Three: Uruguay and United States

### 2023

| No. | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 1 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 22–24 January | Attended the 7th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with Argentine president Alberto Fernández, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, the European Council President Charles Michel and FAO Director General Qu Dongyu. |
| 1 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 25 January | 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. | 9–10 February | Met with President Joe Biden. |
| 3 | China | Beijing, Shanghai | 11–14 April | 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. |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 15 April | Met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. |
| 4 | Portugal | Lisbon, Matosinhos | 20–25 April | 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. |
| 4 | Spain | Madrid | 25–26 April | Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. |
| 5 | United Kingdom | Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, London | 5–6 May | Attended the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| 6 | Japan | Hiroshima | 17–21 May | 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 | 20–21 June | Met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella. |
| 7 | Vatican | Vatican City | 21 June | Met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace. |
| 7 | France | Paris | 21–22 June | 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 | 3–4 July | Attended the Mercosur summit. |
| 9 | Colombia | Leticia | 8 July | Attended the Amazon Technical-Scientific summit. Met with President Gustavo Petro. |
| 10 | Belgium | Brussels | 16–18 July | Attended the CELAC–European Union summit. |
| 10 | Cape Verde | Praia | 19 July | Met with President José Maria Neves of his way back to Brazil. |
| 11 | Paraguay | Asuncion | 14–15 August | Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect, Santiago Peña. |
| 12 | South Africa | Johannesburg | 22–24 August | 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. |
| 12 | Angola | Luanda | 25-26 August | Met with President João Lourenço. Addressed the National Assembly. |
| 12 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | August 27 | Attended CPLP summit. Met with President Carlos Vila Nova. |
| 13 | India | New Delhi | 8–11 September | 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 | 15–16 September | Attended the Group of 77 summit. Met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel. |
| 14 | United States | New York City | 16–20 September | 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 | 28–29 November | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. |
| 15 | Qatar | Doha | 29–30 November | Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 30 November – 4 December | 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. |
| 15 | Germany | Berlin | 4–5 December | Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. |

### 2024

| No. | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 16 | Egypt | Cairo | 13–15 February | Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Addressed the Arab League. |
| 16 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 16–18 February | 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 | 28 February | Met with President Irfaan Ali. Attended the 46th CARICOM summit. |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 29 February – 1 March | Attended the 8th CELAC summit. Held bilateral meetings with UN Secretary General António Guterres and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. |
| 18 | Colombia | Bogotá | 17 April | Met with President Gustavo Petro. |
| 19 | Switzerland | Geneva | 13 June | Met with President Viola Amherd. Attended the 112th International Labour Organization summit. |
| 19 | Italy | Fasano | 13–15 June | 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 | 8 July | Attended the Mercosur summit. |
| 20 | Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 9 July | Met with President Luis Arce. Awarded with the Key to the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. |
| 21 | Chile | Santiago | 5–6 August | Met with President Gabriel Boric. |
| 22 | United States | New York City | 21–25 September | 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 | 29 September – 1 October | Met with President Manuel Lopez Obrador. Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. |
| 24 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 5–7 December | Attended the Mercosur summit. |

### 2025

| No. | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 25 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 28 February – 1 March | Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Yamandu Orsi. |

## Future trips

| Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| Japan | Tokyo | 25–26 March 2025 | The President will make an state visit. |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 28–29 March 2025 | The President will make an state visit. |
| China | Beijing | May 2025 | The President will make an state visit. |
| Russia | Moscow | 9 May 2025 | The President was invited by President Vladimir Putin to attend the celebrations of 80 years of the Russia's victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. |
| France | Paris | 6–7 June 2025 | The President will make an state visit. |

## Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations are scheduled to take place during Lula's term in office.
| Group | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Group | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| BRICS | 22–24 August, Johannesburg | 22–24 October, Kazan | 6–7 July, Rio de Janeiro | TBA |
| G20 | 9–10 September, New Delhi | 18–19 November, Rio de Janeiro | 22–23 November, Johannesburg | TBD, United States |
| UNCCC | 30 November – 12 December, Dubai | 11–24 November, Baku | 10–11 November, Belém | TBA |
| CELAC | 24 January, Buenos Aires | 1 March, Kingstown | March, Tegucigalpa | TBA |
| Others | G7 summit 19–21 May, Hiroshima | G7 summit 13–15 June, Fasano | | |
| ██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend / participate |||||