page_title: List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III
section_title: 2016
hierarchical_section_title: List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III / International visits / 2016
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. President Barack Obama conversing with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Rancho Mirage, California on February 17, 2016.
context_page_description: This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III, the 15th President of the Philippines. During his presidency, which began with his inauguration on June 30, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2016, Benigno Aquino III made 40 international trips to 24 countries internationally, including Vatican City. Aquino said he limited his foreign trips in order to focus on domestic issues. The number of visits per country where he travelled are:
  One visit to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Laos, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City, and Vietnam
  Two visits to Cambodia, China, France, Singapore, and South Korea
  Three visits to Malaysia and Myanmar
  Four visits to Brunei
  Five visits to Indonesia
  Six visits to Japan
  Seven visits to the United States
context_section_description: In 2016, President Aquino made his last official visit.
   United States (15 to 17 February 2016)
  President Aquino attended the special United States-ASEAN Summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama from February 15 to 16 at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California, joining the other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to a statement released by the White House, the summit aims to strengthen cooperation on "political, security and economic issues" between the United States and the ASEAN member states under the United States-ASEAN strategic partnership signed in November 2015. Aquino is also expected to raise the issue on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea which the Philippines is a claimant along with Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. On February 16, after participating in the summit, Aquino visited Los Angeles to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, which according to the council is regarding the "new defense agreement between Manila and Washington, security in East Asia, and the future for economic growth in the Philippines and its neighbors in Southeast Asia," at the InterContinental hotel in Century City. On February 17, President Aquino received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Loyola Marymount University "in recognition of his dedication to his country, his integrity, and his embodiment of a Jesuit education." He also met with Los Angeles-based investors and the Filipino-American community in Los Angeles, before departing for Manila.
caption: President Aquino conversing with U.S. President Barack Obama during the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Rancho Mirage, California, February 17, 2016
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