List of international trips made by Mike Pompeo as United States Secretary of State
This is a list of international visits undertaken by Mike Pompeo while serving as the United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official state visits. The list includes only foreign travel which the secretaries of state have made during their tenure in the position.
Country | Locations | Details | Dates | |
1 | Brussels | Attended a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting. | April 26–27, 2018 | |
1 | Riyadh | Met with Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir. | April 28–29, 2018 | |
1 | Tel Aviv | Met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | April 29, 2018 | |
1 | Amman | Met with King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Also met with Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono. | April 30, 2018 | |
2 | Pyongyang | Met with Chairman Kim Jong-un and other North Korean government officials. Also secured the release of three Americans. | May 8–9, 2018 | |
3 | La Malbaie | Accompanied President Trump to the G-7 meetings. | June 9, 2018 | |
3 | Singapore | Participated in the president's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and bilateral events with Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. | June 10–13, 2018 | |
3 | Seoul | Met with senior Korean and Japanese officials to discuss the U.S.–Republic of Korea alliance, the U.S.–Japan alliance, and next steps in a shared approach to North Korea. | June 13–14, 2018 | |
3 | Beijing | Met with Chinese officials on bilateral, regional, and global issues that affect both countries. | June 14, 2018 | |
4 | Pyongyang | Continued consultations and implementation of the forward progress made by President Trump and Chairman Kim in Singapore. | July 5–7, 2018 | |
4 | Tokyo | Met with Japanese and South Korean leaders to discuss our shared commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK, as well as other bilateral and regional issues. | July 7–8, 2018 | |
4 | Hanoi | Met with senior Vietnamese officials to discuss our shared commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK and other bilateral and regional issues. | July 8–9, 2018 | |
4 | Kabul | Met with Afghan officials. | July 9, 2018 | |
4 | Abu Dhabi | Met with UAE leaders to discuss ways to further strengthen the U.S.–UAE partnership. | July 9–10, 2018 | |
4 | Brussels | Accompanied President Trump to the NATO Summit and also participated in the U.S.–EU Energy Council and co-hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. | July 10–12, 2018 | |
5 | Mexico City | Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, and President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. | July 13, 2018 | |
6 | Helsinki | Accompanied President Trump to his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Also met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Finnish foreign minister Timo Soini, to discuss bilateral and regional issues. | July 16, 2018 | |
7 | Kuala Lumpur | Met with senior Malaysian officials to discuss strengthening the comprehensive partnership and advancing common security and economic interests. | August 1–3, 2018 | |
7 | Singapore | Participated in annual ASEAN-centered ministerial meetings. | August 3–4, 2018 | |
7 | Jakarta | Met with senior Indonesian officials to discuss U.S.–Indonesia strategic partnership. | August 4–5, 2018 | |
8 | Islamabad | Met with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Qureshi, and Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss U.S.–Pakistan bilateral relations. | September 5, 2018 | |
8 | New Delhi | Participated in the inaugural U.S.–India “2+2” dialogue and met with senior officials. | September 6, 2018 | |
9 | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. | October 6–7, 2018 | |
9 | Pyongyang | Met with Chairman Kim Jong-un. | October 7, 2018 | |
9 | Seoul | Met with President Moon Jae-in and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha. | October 7–8, 2018 | |
9 | Beijing | Met with Chinese counterparts to discuss bilateral, regional, and global issues. | October 8, 2018 | |
10 | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. | October 15–17, 2018 | |
10 | Ankara | Met with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | October 17, 2018 | |
10 | Panama City | Met with President Juan Carlos Varela and Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado to discuss ongoing U.S.–Panama collaboration on regional priorities. | October 18, 2018 | |
10 | Mexico City | Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, and Foreign Secretary–designate Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubon. | October 19, 2018 | |
11 | Paris | Joined President Trump in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the WWI. Also participated in the president's meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. | November 10–11, 2018 | |
12 | Buenos Aires | Supported President Trump’s participation in the G20 Leaders’ Summit. | November 29–December 1, 2018 | |
13 | Brussels | Participated in the semi-annual meeting of NATO foreign ministers and also met with Belgian prime minister Charles Michel. | December 3–4, 2018 | |
14 | Brasília | Attended the inauguration of President Bolsonaro. | December 31, 2018 – January 2, 2019 | |
14 | Cartagena | Met with President Iván Duque Marquez. | January 2, 2019 | |
15 | Amman | January 8, 2019 | ||
15 | Baghdad, Erbil | January 9, 2019 | ||
15 | Cairo | January 10, 2019 | ||
15 | Manama | January 11, 2019 | ||
15 | Abu Dhabi | January 12–13, 2019 | ||
15 | Doha | January 13, 2019 | ||
15 | Riyadh | January 13–14, 2019 | ||
15 | Muscat | January 14, 2019 | ||
16 | Budapest | Met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Defense Minister Tibor Benko and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. | February 11, 2019 | |
16 | Bratislava | Met with President Andrej Kiska, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini and Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák. | February 12, 2019 | |
16 | Warsaw | Met with Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz. | February 12–15, 2019 | |
16 | Brussels | Met with EU high pepresentative Federica Mogherini to talk about U.S.–EU relations. | February 15, 2019 | |
16 | Reykjavik | Met with Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson. | February 15, 2019 | |
17 | Hanoi | Participated in the president's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. | February 25–28, 2019 | |
17 | Manila | Met with President Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr.. | February 28–March 1, 2019 | |
18 | Kuwait City | Attend the 3rd U.S.–Kuwait Strategic Dialogue and met with Emir Sabah Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah. | March 20, 2019 | |
18 | Jerusalem | Attend the 6th Trilateral Summit between the U.S., Greece, Cyprus and Israel and met with President Reuven Rivlin. | March 20–21, 2019 | |
18 | Beirut | Met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Aoun and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. | March 22–23, 2019 | |
19 | Santiago | Met with President Sebastián Piñera and Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero. | April 12, 2019 | |
19 | Asuncion | Met with President Abdo Benitez and Foreign Minister Castiglioni. | April 13, 2019 | |
19 | Lima | Met with President Martín Vizcarra Foreign Minister Popolizio Bardales. | April 13, 2019 | |
19 | Cucuta | Met with President Ivan Duque. | April 14, 2019 | |
20 | Rovaniemi | Attend the Arctic Council and met with Foreign Minister Timo Soini. | May 6–7, 2019 | |
20 | Baghdad | Met with President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi. | May 7, 2019 | |
20 | London | Met with Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt. | May 8, 2019 | |
21 | Brussels | Met with key European allies and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. | May 13, 2019 | |
21 | Sochi | Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. | May 14, 2019 | |
22 | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. | May 31, 2019 | |
22 | Bern Montreux Bellinzona | Met with Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, Swiss business leaders, and World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom. | May 31–June 3, 2019 | |
22 | The Hague | Participated in the opening of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and met with Foreign Minister Stef Blok. | June 3, 2019 | |
22 | London | Joined President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom. | June 3–5, 2019 | |
23 | Jeddah | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. | June 23–24, 2019 | |
23 | Abu Dhabi | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | June 24, 2019 | |
23 | Kabul | Met with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, former President Hamid Karzai, and others to discuss next steps in the Afghan Peace Process. | June 25, 2019 | |
23 | New Delhi | Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar to discuss the U.S.-India strategic partnership. | June 25–26, 2019 | |
23 | Osaka | Participated in the G–20 Leaders’ Summit. | June 28–30, 2019 | |
23 | Seoul | Joined President Trump’s meeting with President Moon Jae-in. | June 30, 2019 | |
24 | Buenos Aires | Joined regional leaders for the Second Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism Ministerial. | July 19, 2019 | |
24 | Guayaquil | Met with President Lenín Moreno and Foreign Minister José Valencia. | July 20, 2019 | |
24 | Mexico City | Met with Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. | July 21, 2019 | |
24 | San Salvador | Met with President Nayib Bukele | July 21, 2019 | |
25 | Bangkok | Co-chaired the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Ministerial and held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. | August 1–2, 2019 | |
25 | Sydney | Led the U.S. delegation to the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations and met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. | August 4–5, 2019 | |
25 | Kolonia | Met with the leaders of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau in the first-ever visit by a Secretary of State to the Federated States of Micronesia. | August 5, 2019 | |
26 | Ottawa | Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. | August 22, 2019 | |
27 | Brussels | Met with Belgian Prime Minister and European Council President-elect Michel, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, European Parliament President Sassoli, European Commission President-elect von der Leyen, and Acting Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell. | September 2–3, 2019 | |
28 | Jeddah | Met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. | September 18, 2019 | |
28 | Abu Dhabi | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | September 19, 2019 | |
29 | Rome Pacentro | Met with President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. | October 2, 2019 | |
29 | Vatican City | Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis and met with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. | October 2–3, 2019 | |
29 | Podgorica | Met with President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Duško Marković and Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic. | October 4, 2019 | |
29 | Skopje | Met with President Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and toured Holy Mother of God monastery. | October 4, 2019 | |
29 | Athens | Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos | October 5–6, 2019 | |
30 | Ankara | Participated in a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss the situation in northeast Syria. | October 17, 2019 | |
30 | Jerusalem | Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss developments in Syria. | October 18, 2019 | |
30 | Brussels | Met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. | October 18, 2019 | |
31 | Grafenwöhr Vilseck Mödlareuth Leipzig Berlin | Participated in events to commemorate the end of the Cold War and met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and commemorated the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. | November 6–8, 2019 | |
32 | Brussels | Led the U.S. delegation to the NATO Foreign Ministerial. | November 19–21, 2019 | |
33 | London | Joined U.S. delegation led by President Trump to attend the NATO Leaders Meeting. | December 3–4, 2019 | |
33 | Lisbon | Met with Prime Minister António Costa and Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva. | December 4–5, 2019 | |
33 | Rabat | Met with senior government officials. | December 5, 2019 | |
34 | Berlin | Attend the jointly hosted German-UN international conference on Libya. | January 19, 2020 | |
34 | Bogota | Met with Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez, and attended a counterterrorism ministerial. | January 20, 2020 | |
34 | San Jose | Met with President Carlos Alvarado Quesada. | January 21, 2020 | |
34 | Kingston | Met with Prime Minister Andrew Holness. | January 22, 2020 | |
35 | London | January 29–30, 2020 | ||
35 | Kyiv | January 31, 2020 | ||
35 | Minsk | February 1, 2020 | ||
35 | Nur-Sultan | February 2, 2020 | ||
35 | Tashkent | February 2–3, 2020 | ||
36 | Munich | February 14–15, 2020 | ||
36 | Dakar | February 16, 2020 | ||
36 | Luanda | February 17, 2020 | ||
36 | Addis Ababa | February 18–19, 2020 | ||
36 | Riyadh | February 20, 2020 | ||
36 | Muscat | February 21, 2020 | ||
37 | Doha | February 29, 2020 | ||
38 | Kabul | March 23, 2020 | ||
38 | Doha | March 23, 2020 | ||
39 | Jerusalem | Met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | May 13, 2020 | |
40 | London | Met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Minister Dominic Raab. | July 20-21, 2020 | |
40 | Copenhagen | Met with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and Greenland Foreign Minister Steen Lynge. | July 22, 2020 |