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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 26 international trips to 33 countries during his second presidency so far, which began on 1 January 2023.

First presidency (2003–2011)

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

Map of international trips made by President Lula: (1st presidency)

Second presidency (2023–present)

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Number of visits per country during Lula's second presidency:

Map of international trips made by President Lula: (March 2025)
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  5 or more visits
  Brazil

2023

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President Lula with Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron
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]
2  United States Washington D.C. 9–10 February Met with President Joe Biden.[3]
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.[4]

 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 15 April Met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[4]
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.[5]
 Spain Madrid 25–26 April Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.[5]
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]
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]
7  Italy Rome 20–21 June Met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella.[8]
 Vatican Vatican City 21 June Met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace.[8]
 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]
8  Argentina Puerto Iguazú 3–4 July Attended the Mercosur summit.[9]
9  Colombia Leticia 8 July Attended the Amazon Technical-Scientific summit. Met with President Gustavo Petro.[9]
10  Belgium Brussels 16–18 July Attended the CELAC–European Union summit.[9]
 Cape Verde Praia 19 July Met with President José Maria Neves of his way back to Brazil.[9]
11  Paraguay Asuncion 14–15 August Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect, Santiago Peña.[9]
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.[10]
 Angola Luanda 25-26 August Met with President João Lourenço. Addressed the National Assembly.[10]
 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé August 27 Attended CPLP summit. Met with President Carlos Vila Nova.[10]
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.[11]
14  Cuba Havana 15–16 September Attended the Group of 77 summit. Met with President Miguel Díaz-Canel.[12]
 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.[12]
15  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 28–29 November Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.[13]
 Qatar Doha 29–30 November Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani[13]
 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.[13]
 Germany Berlin 4–5 December Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.[13]

2024

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President Lula with Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau
No. Country Areas visited Dates Details
16  Egypt Cairo 13–15 February Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Addressed the Arab League.[14]
 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.[14]
17  Guyana Georgetown 28 February Met with President Irfaan Ali. Attended the 46th CARICOM summit.[15]
 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.[15]
18  Colombia Bogotá 17 April Met with President Gustavo Petro.[16]
19   Switzerland Geneva 13 June Met with President Viola Amherd. Attended the 112th International Labour Organization summit.[17]
 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.[17]
20  Paraguay Asunción 8 July Attended the Mercosur summit.[18]
 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.[19]
21  Chile Santiago 5–6 August Met with President Gabriel Boric.[20]
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.[21]
23  Mexico Mexico City 29 September – 1 October Met with President Manuel Lopez Obrador. Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.[22]
24  Uruguay Montevideo 5–7 December Attended the Mercosur summit.[23]

2025

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No. Country Areas visited Dates Details
25  Uruguay Montevideo 28 February – 1 March Attended the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Yamandu Orsi.[24]
26  Japan Imperial Palace, Tokyo 22–26 March Met with Emperor Naruhito and Empress consort Masako. Gala dinner between Brazilian and Japanese officials with the Imperial family of Japan. Met with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.[24]
 Vietnam Hanoi 27–29 March State visit.[24]

Future trips

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Country Areas visited Dates Details
 China Beijing May 2025 The President will make an state visit.[25]
 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.[26]
 France Paris 6–7 June 2025 The President will make an state visit.[24]

Multilateral meetings

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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 22–24 August,
South Africa Johannesburg		 22–24 October,
Russia Kazan[a]		 6–7 July,
Brazil Rio de Janeiro		 TBA
G20 9–10 September,
India New Delhi		 18–19 November,
Brazil Rio de Janeiro		 22–23 November,
South Africa Johannesburg		 TBD,
United States United States
UNCCC 30 November –
12 December,
United Arab Emirates Dubai		 11–24 November,
Azerbaijan Baku		 10–11 November,
Brazil Belém		 TBA
CELAC 24 January,
Argentina Buenos Aires		 1 March,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown		 March,
Honduras Tegucigalpa		 TBA
Others G7 summit
19–21 May,
Japan Hiroshima		 G7 summit
13–15 June,
Italy Fasano
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend / participate

Notes

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  1. ^ The President cancelled his trip to Russia on October 20, due to medical orientation. Minister Mauro Vieira attended in the President's place.[27]

References

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  1. ^ Braun, Julia (20 January 2023). "Argentina, Uruguai, China e EUA: a estratégia de Lula ao escolher destinos para visitas no início do mandato". BBC Brasil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ^ da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula [@LulaOficial] (25 January 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.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement by President Joe Biden and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Following Call". The White House. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Após visita oficial na China, Lula segue para os Emirados Árabes". EBC (in Portuguese). 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Lula fala com 26 chefes de Estado em três meses; hoje conversa será com primeiro-ministro do Japão" [Lula has an invitation to attend the G7 meeting in Japan]. Estadão (in Portuguese). 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Lula decide ir à coroação de Charles III, e Itamaraty prepara viagem". G1. 17 April 2023. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Japan to Invite Global South, South Korea to G7 Summit". Yomiuri Shimbun. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "Lula desembarca em Roma, na Itália, na 3ª viagem à Europa em 5 meses". Metrópoles. 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Lula desembarca em Roma, na Itália, na 3ª viagem à Europa em 5 meses". Metrópoles. 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "Lula encerra viagem a África e volta ao Brasil com foco em reforma ministerial". CNN Brazil. 10 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Metas ambiciosas e polêmica com Putin: que esperar da cúpula do G20 no Brasil em 2024". G1. 10 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Lula embarca para G77 em Cuba e Assembleia Geral da ONU nos EUA". Agência Brasil. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d "Lula retoma nesta segunda-feira viagens internacionais com agendas no Oriente Médio e Alemanha". G1. 26 November 2023. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  14. ^ a b Amaral, Luciana (13 February 2024). "Em busca de mais espaço do Brasil no continente africano, Lula inicia viagem para Egito e Etiópia". CNN (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  15. ^ a b Amaral, Luciana (28 February 2024). "Lula na Guiana: o que está em jogo para o Brasil na Dubai da América do Sul?". BBC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ^ Abreu, Ricardo (17 April 2024). "Em declaração conjunta, Brasil concorda com ideia colombiana de plebiscito na Venezuela antes das eleições". G1 (in Portuguese).
  17. ^ a b Amaral, Luciana (10 June 2024). "Em meio a avanço da extrema direita na Europa, Lula vai se reunir com Macron e Papa durante G7". G1 (in Portuguese).
  18. ^ "Lula participa de cúpula do Mercosul sem Milei e depois vai à Bolívia, que passou por tentativa de golpe de Estado". G1 (in Portuguese). 7 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Lula llega a Bolivia para expresar su apoyo a Luis Arce y promover acuerdos comerciales". Yahoo (in Spanish). 8 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Lula desembarca no Chile com eleição da Venezuela no radar". CNN Brazil (in Portuguese). 4 August 2024.
  21. ^ "O problema do mundo não é falta de dinheiro, diz Lula a Bill Gates ao receber prêmio em NY". sbt.com.br (in Portuguese). 23 September 2024. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Após voltar dos EUA, Lula viaja ao México neste domingo para posse da nova presidente do país". G1 (in Portuguese). 29 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Lula viaja hoje para reunião do Mercosul no Uruguai com perspectiva de acordo com União Europeia". O Globo (in Portuguese). 5 December 2024.
  24. ^ a b c d "Lula tem sete viagens internacionais previstas para 2025". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  25. ^ "Lula pode voltar à China em maio". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  26. ^ "Lula deve viajar para Rússia em maio". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  27. ^ "Lula sofre acidente doméstico em Brasília e cancela viagem à Rússia por recomendação médica". G1 (in Portuguese). 20 October 2024.
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