Lok Sabha Question No. 3809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Foreign Visits
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3809

ANSWERED ON-11/08/2023

## FOREIGN VISITS

3809. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R. Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :(a)  the details of the foreign visits of the Prime Minister during the last five years, country-wise; and (b)   the expenses incurred thereon, journey-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI V MURALEEDHARAN) (a & b) The country-wise details of foreign visits by the Prime Minister during the last five years are placed at Annexure-1. As per available information, the expenditure incurred in these foreign visits is Rs. 170,70,78,651.

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## VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER DURING LAST FIVE YEARS

| S. No.                       | Name of Country         | Duration           |
|------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.                           | Nepal                   | 30-31 August 2018  |
| 2.                           | Japan                   | 27-30 October 2018 |
| 3. Singapore                 | 13-15 November 2018     |                    |
| 4. Maldives                  |                         | 17 November 2018   |
| 5. Argentina                 | 28 November- 3 December | 2018               |
| 6. South Korea               | 21-22 February, 2019    |                    |
| 7. Maldives, Sri Lanka       | 08-09 June, 2019        |                    |
| Kyrgyzstan                   | 13-14 June, 2019        | 8.                 |
| 9. Japan                     | 27-29 June, 2019        |                    |
| Bhutan                       | 17-18 August, 2019      | 10.                |
| France, Bahrain, UAE         | 22-27 August, 2019      | 11.                |
| Russia                       | 04-05 September, 2019   | 12.                |
| USA                          | 21-28 September, 2019   | 13.                |
| Saudi Arabia                 | 28-29 October, 2019     | 14.                |
| Thailand                     | 02-04 November, 2019    | 15.                |
| Brazil                       | 12-15 November 2019     | 16.                |
| 17. Bangladesh               | 26-27 March, 2021       |                    |
| 18.                          | 22-26 September, 2021   | USA                |
| 19. Italy, UK                | 29 Oct - 02 Nov,        | 2021               |
| 20. Germany, Denmark, France | 02-04 May, 2022         |                    |
| 21. Nepal                    | 16 May, 2022            |                    |
| 22. Japan                    | 23-25 May,              | 2022               |
| 23. Germany, UAE             | 26-28 June, 2022        |                    |
| 24. Uzbekistan               | 15-16                   | September, 2022    |

## Annexure-I

|   25. | Japan                              | 26-27 September, 2022   |
|-------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|    26 | Indonesia                          | 14-16 November, 2022    |
|    27 | Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia | 19 - 24 May, 2023       |
|    28 | USA, Egypt                         | 20 - 25 June, 2023      |
|    29 | France, UAE                        | 13-15 July, 2023        |

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