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 (in office 2018–2021)[1] while serving as the 70th United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official state visits. The list includes only foreign travel which he made during his tenure in the position.[1]

Official portrait of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, 2018

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The number of visits per country or territory where Secretary Pompeo traveled are:

 
Map of international trips made by Mike Pompeo as secretary of state:
  United States
  7 visits
  6 visits
  5 visits
  4 visits
  3 visits
  2 visits
  1 visit

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1   Belgium Brussels Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. April 26–27, 2018  
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir. April 28–29, 2018  
  Israel Tel Aviv Met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. April 29, 2018  
  Jordan Amman Met with King Abdullah II and Jordanian foreign minister Ayman al-Safadi. Also met with Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono. April 30, 2018  
2   North Korea 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   Canada Charlevoix Accompanied President Trump to the G-7 meetings. June 9, 2018
  Singapore 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  
  South Korea 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 our shared approach to North Korea. June 13–14, 2018  
  China Beijing Met with Chinese officials on bilateral, regional, and global issues that affect both countries. June 14, 2018  
4   North Korea Pyongyang Continued consultations and implementation of the forward progress made by President Trump and Chairman Kim in Singapore. July 5–7, 2018
  Japan 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  
  Vietnam 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  
  Afghanistan Kabul Met with Afghan officials. July 9, 2018  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with UAE leaders to discuss ways to further strengthen the U.S.–UAE partnership. July 9–10, 2018  
  Belgium 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 Mexico City Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, and president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador. July 13, 2018  
6   Finland 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   Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Met with senior Malaysian officials to discuss strengthening the Comprehensive Partnership and advancing common security and economic interests. August 1–3, 2018  
  Singapore Singapore Participated in annual ASEAN–centered ministerial meetings. August 3–4, 2018  
  Indonesia Jakarta Met with senior Indonesian officials to discuss U.S.–Indonesia Strategic Partnership. August 4–5, 2018  
8   Pakistan 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  
  India New Delhi Participated in the inaugural U.S.–India “2+2” dialogue and met with senior officials. September 6, 2018  
9   Japan Tokyo Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. October 6–7, 2018  
  North Korea Pyongyang Met with Chairman Kim Jong-un. October 7, 2018  
  South Korea Seoul Met with President Moon Jae-in and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha. October 7–8, 2018  
  China Beijing Met with Chinese counterparts to discuss bilateral, regional, and global issues. October 8, 2018  
10   Saudi Arabia 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  
  Turkey Ankara Met with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. October 17, 2018  
  Panama 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  
  Mexico 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   France 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   Argentina Buenos Aires Supported President Trump’s participation in the G-20 Leaders’ Summit. November 29 – December 1, 2018  
13   Belgium Brussels Participated in the semi-annual meeting of NATO foreign ministers and also met with Belgian prime minister Charles Michel. December 3–5, 2018  
14   Brazil Brasília Led the U.S. delegation to the presidential inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro. Also met with Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. December 31, 2018 – January 2, 2019  
  Colombia Cartagena Met with President Iván Duque. January 2, 2019
15   Jordan Amman Met with Jordanian leaders. January 8, 2019  
  Iraq Baghdad, Erbil Met with Iraqi leaders. January 9, 2019  
  Egypt Cairo Met with Egyptian leaders. January 10, 2019  
  Bahrain Manama Met with Bahraini leaders. January 11, 2019  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with leaders of the United Arab Emirates. January 12–13, 2019  
  Qatar Doha Met with Qatari leaders. January 13, 2019  
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with Saudi leaders. January 13–14, 2019  
  Oman Muscat Met with Omani leaders. January 14, 2019
16   Hungary Budapest Met with Prime Minister Orbán and Foreign Minister Szijjártó. February 11, 2019  
  Slovakia Bratislava Met with President Kiska, Prime Minister Pellegrini and Foreign Minister Lajčák. February 12, 2019  
  Poland Warsaw Met with Foreign Minister Czaputowicz. February 12, 2019  
  Belgium Brussels Met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. February 13–14, 2019  
  Iceland Reykjavík Met with Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Thórdarson. February 15, 2019  
17   Vietnam Hanoi Participated in the President's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and bilateral meetings with Vietnamese leaders. February 24–28, 2019  
  Philippines Manila Met with President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. February 28 – March 1, 2019  
18   Kuwait Kuwait City Led the U.S. delegation at the third U.S.–Kuwait Strategic Dialogue. March 18–20, 2019
  Israel Jerusalem Met with Israeli officials to engage on critical regional issues. March 20–21, 2019  
  Lebanon Beirut Met with Lebanese leaders to discuss political, security, economic, and humanitarian challenges. March 22–23, 2019  
19   Chile Santiago Met with President Piñera and Foreign Minister Ampuero. April 12, 2019
  Paraguay Asunción Met with President Abdo Benítez and Foreign Minister Castiglioni. April 13, 2019  
  Peru Lima Met with President Vizcarra and Foreign Minister Popolizio. April 13, 2019  
  Colombia Cúcuta Visited entities supporting Venezuelan refugees and assessed the challenges due to the closed border. April 14, 2019
20   Finland Rovaniemi Participated in the Eleventh Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council and delivered a speech on U.S. Arctic policy. May 6, 2019  
  Iraq Baghdad Met with Iraqi prime minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi and Iraqi president Barham Salih. May 7, 2019  
  United Kingdom London Met with Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to discuss shared global priorities, and gave a speech on the U.S.–UK Special Relationship. May 8, 2019  
21   Belgium Brussels Met with European allies to discuss recent threatening actions and statements by the Islamic Republic of Iran. May 13–14, 2019  
  Russia Sochi Met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and president Vladimir Putin. May 14, 2019  
22   Germany Berlin Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. May 30 – June 1, 2019  
   Switzerland Bern
Bellinzona
Met with Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, Swiss business leaders, and World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom. June 1–3, 2019  
  Netherlands 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  
  United Kingdom London Joined President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom. June 3–5, 2019  
23   Saudi Arabia Jeddah Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. June 23–24, 2019  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. June 24, 2019  
  Afghanistan 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  
  India 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  
  Japan Osaka Participated in the G-20 Leaders’ Summit. June 28–30, 2019  
  South Korea Seoul Joined President Trump's meeting with President Moon Jae-in. June 30, 2019  
24   Argentina Buenos Aires Joined regional leaders for the Second Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism Ministerial. July 19, 2019  
  Ecuador Guayaquil Met with President Lenín Moreno and Foreign Minister José Valencia. July 20, 2019  
  Mexico Mexico City Met with Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. July 21, 2019  
  El Salvador San Salvador Met with President Nayib Bukele. July 21, 2019  
25   Thailand Bangkok Co-chaired the U.S.–Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial and held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. August 1–2, 2019  
  Australia Sydney Led the U.S. delegation to the Australia–United States Ministerial Consultations and met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. August 4–5, 2019  
  Micronesia Pohnpei 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   Canada Ottawa Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. August 22, 2019  
27   Belgium 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   Saudi Arabia Jeddah Met with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. September 18, 2019  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. September 19, 2019  
29   Italy Rome Met with President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. October 2, 2019  
  Vatican City Vatican City Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis and met with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. October 2–3, 2019  
  Montenegro Podgorica Met with President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Duško Marković and Foreign Minister Srđan Darmanović. October 4, 2019  
  North Macedonia Skopje Met with President Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and toured Holy Mother of God monastery. October 4, 2019  
  Greece Athens Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, and Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos. October 5, 2019  
30   Turkey 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  
  Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss developments in Syria. October 18, 2019  
  Belgium Brussels Met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. October 18, 2019  
31   Germany Grafenwöhr
Vilseck
Mödlareuth
Leipzig
Participated in events to commemorate the end of the Cold War and met with German foreign minister Heiko Maas. November 6, 2019  
Berlin Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and commemorated the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. November 7–8, 2019  
32   Belgium Brussels Led the U.S. delegation to the NATO Foreign Ministerial. November 19–21, 2019  
33   United Kingdom London Joined U.S. delegation led by President Trump to attend the NATO Leaders Meeting. December 3–4, 2019  
  Portugal Lisbon Met with Prime Minister António Costa and Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva. December 4–5, 2019  
  Morocco Rabat Met with senior government officials. December 5, 2019  
34   Germany Berlin Attend the jointly hosted German–UN international conference on Libya. January 19, 2020  
  Colombia Bogotá Addressed the Third Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism Ministerial and met with President Duque and other regional leaders. January 20, 2020  
  Costa Rica San José Met with President Carlos Alvarado and visited the Joint Operations Center. January 21, 2020  
  Jamaica Kingston Met with Prime Minister Holness, conducted a multilateral roundtable discussion with Caribbean leaders, and delivered remarks on U.S.–Caribbean relations. January 21–23, 2020  
35   United Kingdom London Met with UK prime minister Boris Johnson and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. January 29, 2020  
  Ukraine Kyiv Met with President Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Prystaiko, and Defense Minister Zahorodniuk. January 30, 2020  
  Belarus Minsk Met with President Lukashenko and Foreign Minister Makei. February 1, 2020  
  Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan Met with Kazakhstani president Tokayev, First President Nazarbayev, and Foreign Minister Tleuberdi. February 1–2, 2020  
  Uzbekistan Tashkent Met with President Mirziyoyev and Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Kamilov. Participated in a C5+1 Ministerial with the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. February 2–3, 2020  
36   Germany Munich Led the U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference. February 14, 2020  
  Senegal Dakar Met with President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Amadou Ba. February 15–16, 2020  
  Angola Luanda Met with President João Lourenço and Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto. February 17, 2020  
  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde. Also met with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. February 17–19, 2020  
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Discussed regional and bilateral issues with Saudi leadership. February 19–21, 2020  
  Oman Muscat Met with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and expressed his condolences on the death of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said. February 21, 2020  
37   Qatar Doha Met with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. Attended the signing of the U.S.–Taliban Peace Deal. February 28 – March 1, 2020  
38   Afghanistan Kabul Met with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Security Ministers. March 23, 2020  
  Qatar Doha Met with Taliban officials. March 23, 2020
39   Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the Knesset Benny Gantz. May 13, 2020  
40   United Kingdom London Met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. July 20–22, 2020  
  Denmark Copenhagen Met with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen. Also met with Danish foreign minister Jeppe Kofod, Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education Jenis av Rana, and Greenlandic minister of foreign affairs and energy Steen Lynge. July 22, 2020  
41   Czech Republic Pilsen
Prague
Joined Foreign Minister Petříček in Pilsen to commemorate the liberation of Western Czechoslovakia. In Prague, met with Prime Minister Babis and had a courtesy call with President Zeman. August 11–12, 2020  
  Slovenia Ljubljana Met with President Pahor and Prime Minister Janša. August 13, 2020  
  Austria Vienna Met with Foreign Minister Schallenberg and Chancellor Kurz. Also met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. August 14, 2020  
  Poland Warsaw Met with Prime Minister Morawiecki and Foreign Minister Czaputowicz. Also met with President Duda. August 15, 2020  
  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Led the U.S. delegation to the presidential inauguration of Luis Abinader. August 16, 2020  
42   Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. August 23–24, 2020  
  Sudan Khartoum Met with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Sovereign Council Chair General Abdel Fattah el-Burhan. August 25, 2020  
  Bahrain Manama Met with King Hamad Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. August 26, 2020  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. August 26, 2020  
  Oman Muscat Met with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said. August 27, 2020  
43   Qatar Doha Attended the opening ceremony of Afghanistan peace negotiations. September 11–12, 2020  
  Cyprus Nicosia Met with President Anastasiades and Foreign Minister Christodoulides. September 12, 2020  
44   Suriname Paramaribo Met with President Chan Santokhi and Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin. September 17, 2020  
  Guyana Georgetown Met with President Irfaan Ali and CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque. September 18, 2020  
  Brazil Boa Vista Met with Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo. September 18, 2020  
  Colombia Bogotá Met with Colombian president Iván Duque. September 19, 2020  
45   Greece Thessaloniki
Crete
Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Dendias. September 28–29, 2020  
  Italy Rome Met with Prime Minister Conte and Foreign Minister Di Maio. September 30 – October 1, 2020  
  Vatican City Vatican City Met with Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin and secretary for relations with states Archbishop Gallagher. September 30, 2020  
  Croatia Dubrovnik Met with Prime Minister Plenković, Foreign Minister Grlić Radman, and Defense Minister Banožić. October 2, 2020  
46   Japan Tokyo Met with Prime Minister Suga and participated in the second meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers of Australia (Payne), India (Jaishankar), and Japan (Motegi). October 4–6, 2020  
47   India New Delhi Led, with Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, the third annual U.S.–India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. Met with Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh. October 25–27, 2020  
  Sri Lanka Colombo Met with President Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Gunawardena. October 27–28, 2020  
  Maldives Malé Met with President Solih and Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. October 28, 2020  
  Indonesia Jakarta Met with President Joko Widodo and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. October 28–29, 2020  
  Vietnam Hanoi Met with Prime Minister Phúc, Foreign Minister Minh, and Minister for Public Security Lâm. October 29–30, 2020  
48   France Paris Met with President Macron and Foreign Minister Le Drian. November 13–16, 2020  
  Turkey Istanbul Met with His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I. November 16, 2020  
  Georgia Tbilisi Met with President Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Gakharia, and Foreign Minister Zalkaliani. Also met with Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Hi Holiness Ilia II November 17–18, 2020  
  Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. Also held trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. November 18–19, 2020  
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. November 21, 2020  
  Qatar Doha Met with Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Also met with delegations representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban in Afghanistan peace negotiations. November 21, 2020  
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. November 22, 2020  

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Travels Abroad of the Secretary of State". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State.