List of international presidential trips made by Maithripala Sirisena

Map of international trips made by Maithripala Sirisena as president:

  1 visit

  2 visits

  Sri Lanka

This is a list of international trips made by Maithripala Sirisena as President of Sri Lanka. Sirisena, the 7th, and current President took office on 9 January 2015.

Summary of International Trips

As of December 2016, he has made seven foreign trips. Most of them were state visits to Asian countries.

Number of visits	Country
1 visit	China, Pakistan, Maldives, Japan, Malta, France, Vatican City, Germany, Austria, Singapore
2 visits	United Kingdom, United States
3 visits	Thailand
4 visits	India,

2015

Maithripala Sirisena made 10 trips to 10 countries throughout the year 2015.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
India	New Delhi	15 – 18 February 2015	State visit	This is the first overseas visit made by President Maitripala Sirisena. It was started 15 to 18 February 2015 by Invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[1]
United Kingdom	London	7–11 March 2015	Official visit	Visited the UK as Chair in Office of the Commonwealth as part of the Commonwealth Day celebrations. Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband and Defense Secretary Michael Fallon.[2]
China	Beijing, Boao	26–29 March 2015	Asia Annual Conference and State visit	President Maithripala Sirisena visited China on the invitation of President of China Xi Jinping. President Sirisena also participated to Asia Annual Conference 2015 in Boao.[3]
Pakistan	Islamabad, Taxila Museum	5–7 April 2015	State visit	At the invitation of President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan, President Maithripala Sirisena paid a State visit to Pakistan. This is the Fourth foreign visit of President Sirisena. President visited the Taxila Museum that is contained many statues of Lord Buddha.[4]
Maldives	Malé	26–27 July 2015	State visit	At the invitation of President Abdulla Yameen President Sirisena was invited as chief guest of the 50th National Independence Day ceremony of Maldives.[5][6]
United States	New York City	10–23 September 2015	United Nations General Assembly & bilateral meetings	To attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly session, where he delivered a special address. Sirisena will also have bilateral meetings with several leaders including Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull [7][8]
Thailand	Bangkok	1–4 November 2015	State visit	At the invitation of Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Malta	Valletta	27–29 November 2015	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015	Attended the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
France	Paris	29 November-1 December 2015	2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference	Attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[9]
Vatican	Vatican City	13–16 December 2015	State visit	At the invitation of Sovereign Pope Francis.[10][11]

2016

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Germany	Berlin	15–18 February 2016	State visit	At the invitation of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and met the President of Germany Joachim Gauck to further strengthen the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Sirisena visited the German Parliament and met with representatives of the Parliament and held bilateral discussions with the German Foreign Minister and the Minister of German Economic Affairs.[12]
Austria	Vienna	18–21 February 2016	State visit	Held talks with the Federal President Heinz Fischer at the Hofburg at the Presidential Palace, improving relations between the two countries.[13][14]
Singapore	Singapore	27 February 2016	Private visit	To visit Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, who was receiving medical treatment.[15]
United Kingdom	London	11–13 May 2016	London Anti-Corruption Summit	Attend the Anti-Corruption Summit organized by the British government, at the invitation of British Prime Minister David Cameron.[16][17][18] Held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Cameron during the summit.[19]
India	New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh	13–15 May 2016	State visit	Invited by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend and address the valedictory session at the Vaicharick Mahakumbh, held as part of the Simhastha Mahakumbh in Ujjain. Held discussions on issues of Tamil Nadu fishermen with Prime Minister Modi, as well as talks on reconciliation in Sri Lanka and trade.[16][17][18] Sirisena also visited the Sanchi Stupa and attend a function by the Maha Bodhi Society of Sri Lanka where he unveiled a statue of Anagarika Dharmapala.[20][21]
Japan	Kashiko Island, Shima, Mie Prefecture	26–27 May 2016	Group of Seven (G7)	Invited by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the summit in Japan.[22][23] He also met with U.S president Barack Obama and other G7 leaders.
United States	New York City	20–25 September 2016	United Nations General Assembly & bilateral meetings	To attend the 71st United Nations General Assembly session, where he delivered a special address. Sirisena had bilateral meetings with several leaders including United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull[24]
Thailand	Bangkok	6–10 October 2016	Asia Corporation Dialogue Summit.	Attend the 34 nation summited. Apart from attending the conference, President Sirisena held several bilateral meetings with leaders of states, including the Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha.[25]
India	Goa,	15–17 October 2016	BRICS	Invited by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend and address the attend the BRICS- BIMSTEC outreach summit. He held talks with Bangaldesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi as well as Presidents of Russia and China,[26]
Thailand	Bangkok	31 October 2016	Funeral of Thai King.	Attend the Funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Thailand and pay the last respect onbehalf of the people of Sri Lanka.[25][27]
India	New Delhi	06-07 November 2016	World Health Organisation	Conference of Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.[28] He met with the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee

Cancelled visits

Upcoming foreign visits for President Maithripala Sirisena.

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Pakistan	Islamabad	November 2016	SAARC Summit	Summit Cancelled

Multilateral meetings participated in by Sirisena

Group	Year
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
CHOGM	27–29 November, Birgu	none		TBA 2018, TBA		TBA 2020, TBA
G-15	2015, Tokyo	none
NAM	none	TBA 2016, Venezuela
SCO	14–15 December, Zhengzhou	TBA 2016, Bishkek
SAARC	none	September 2016, Islamabad		2018, TBA
Others	UN Climate Change 30 November, Paris	G7 summit 26–27 May
		London Anti-Corruption Summit 11-13 May
██ = Did not attend; ██ = Future event

See also

• Foreign policy of Maithripala Sirisena
• Timeline of the presidency of Maithripala Sirisena

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