This is a list of international visits undertaken by Antony Blinken (in office 2021–2025) while serving as the 71st United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official visits. The list includes only foreign travel which he made during his tenure in the position.
Summary Blinken visited 89 countries. The number of visits per country or territory where Secretary Blinken traveled are:
One visit to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Cabo Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Iceland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago and Uzbekistan Two visits to Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Nigeria, Peru, Sweden and Thailand Three visits to Bahrain, the Philippines, Switzerland, Vatican City and Vietnam Four visits to India, Indonesia, Poland, South Korea, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates Five visits to Mexico Six visits to Italy Seven visits to Ukraine Eight visits to France, Japan, the Palestinian National Authority, Qatar and Saudi Arabia Nine visits to the United Kingdom Ten visits to Egypt, Germany and Jordan Twelve visits to Belgium Sixteen visits to Israel
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Country Locations Dates Details Images1TokyoMarch 15–17, 2021Traveled with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Met with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in a "2+2" meeting. Also met with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.SeoulMarch 17–18, 2021Traveled with Defense Secretary Austin. Met with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Defense Minister Suh Wook in a "2+2" meeting. Also met with President Moon Jae-in.2BrusselsMarch 22–25, 2021Met with Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Also attended a NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting.3BrusselsApril 13–15, 2021Traveled with Defense Secretary Austin to consult with NATO Allies and partners on a range of shared priorities. Held bilateral and multilateral meetings with European counterparts to discuss key priorities and shared challenges.KabulApril 15, 2021Met with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah.4LondonMay 3–5, 2021Attended the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting. Met separately with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong.KyivMay 5–6, 2021Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.5CopenhagenMay 16–17, 2021Met with Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.ReykjavíkMay 17–20, 2021Met with President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. Also attended the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting to discuss key priorities and address the threats of the climate crisis.KangerlussuaqMay 20, 2021Met with Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede and Foreign Minister Pele Broberg.6ShannonMay 24, 2021Met with Foreign Minister Simon Coveney.JerusalemMay 25–26, 2021Met with President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.RamallahMay 25, 2021Met with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.CairoMay 26, 2021Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.AmmanMay 26–27, 2021Met with King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.7San JoséJune 1–2, 2021Met with President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano. Also attended a Central American Integration System (SICA) meeting.8LondonCarbis BayJune 10–12, 2021Accompanied President Biden to the G7 summit in Cornwall. Also met with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and South Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong.BrusselsJune 12–15, 2021Accompanied President Biden to the 31st NATO summit and the EU–U.S. summit. Also participated in a signing ceremony with Prime Minister Edi Rama on 4G and 5G securityGenevaJune 16, 2021Accompanied President Biden to the summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also met with President Guy Parmelin and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.9BerlinJune 22–24, 2021Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Also attended the 2nd Berlin Conference on the 2021 Libyan general election.ParisJune 24–27, 2021Met with President Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann.RomeBariMateraJune 27–29, 2021Met with President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Blinken co-chaired a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and participated in a Syria Ministerial. Also attended the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting.Vatican CityJune 28, 2021Met with Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Gallagher.10New DelhiJuly 26–28, 2021Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.Kuwait CityJuly 28–29, 2021Met with Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah and Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim.11DohaSeptember 6–8, 2021Met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.Ramstein Air BaseSeptember 8, 2021Met with Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and attended a Ministerial on Afghanistan.12ParisOctober 4–6, 2021Attended the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ministerial alongside U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, and Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez.Mexico CityOctober 7–8, 2021Met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Attended the U.S.–Mexico High Level Security Dialogue alongside Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas with Mexican counterparts.13QuitoOctober 19, 2021Met with President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo.BogotáOctober 20–21, 2021Met with President Iván Duque and Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez. Also attended a Regional Migration Ministerial and the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue.14Vatican CityOctober 28, 2021Accompanied President Biden and met with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace.RomeOctober 29–31, 2021Accompanied President Biden to the G20 summit.GlasgowNovember 1–2, 2021Accompanied President Biden to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).15NairobiNovember 15–18, 2021Met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and Secretary Raychelle Omamo.AbujaNovember 18–19, 2021Met with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama.DakarNovember 19–20, 2021Met with President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall.16RigaNovember 29–30, 2021Met with President Egils Levits, Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, and Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs. Also attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial.StockholmDecember 1–2, 2021Met with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Foreign Minister Ann Linde. Also attended the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, during which he met with several counterparts from OSCE member states, including Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.17LiverpoolDecember 10–13, 2021Attended the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting.JakartaDecember 14–15, 2021Met with President Joko Widodo, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi.Kuala LumpurDecember 15–16, 2021Met with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah.18KyivJanuary 18–20, 2022Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.BerlinJanuary 20–21, 2022Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. Also attended ministerial with the Transatlantic Quad Foreign Ministers.GenevaJanuary 21, 2022Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Also met with President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis19MelbourneFebruary 9–12, 2022Attended the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers Ministerial Meeting and met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Foreign Minister Payne, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.NadiFebruary 12, 2022Met with Pacific Island leaders to discuss the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and disaster assistance. Also met with Fiji's Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.20MunichFebruary 18–19, 2022Attended the Munich Security Conference and bilateral meetings with Transatlantic Quad Foreign Ministers.21BrusselsMarch 3–4, 2022Attended a NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting, a G7 Ministerial meeting and an EU Ministerial meeting. Also met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, EU High Representative Josep Borrell, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and President of the European Council Charles Michel.Warsaw