This is a list of presidential trips made by Bashar al-Assad during his presidency, which began with his inauguration on 17 July 2000 and ended with his overthrow on 8 December 2024. Summary The number of visits per country where President of Syria Bashar al-Assad traveled are: One: Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, India, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Romania, Sudan, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Venezuela Two: Algeria, China, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen Three: Spain, Tunisia, Turkey Five: France, United Arab Emirates Six: Egypt, Qatar Seven: Iran Nine: Russia Eleven: Saudi Arabia
2000 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsCairoMet with President Hosni Mubarak. 2001 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsAbu DhabiMet with President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah.AmmanMet with King Abdullah II. Attended the 13th Arab League summit.TunisMet with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.RabatMet with King Mohammed VI.MadridMet with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía.Sharm el-SheikhMet with President Hosni Mubarak.ParisMet with President Jacques Chirac.BerlinMet with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.SanaaMet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh.JeddahMet with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah.Sharm el-SheikhMet with President Hosni Mubarak. 2002 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.BeirutAttended the 14th Arab Summit.Visit.Met with Queen Elizabeth II.Visit.Syria's Assad returns France's Legion of Honour after U.S.-led attacksVisit. 2003 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.State visit. 2004 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsLandmark visit.TunisAttended the 16th Arab Summit.Visit.MadridOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Discussions were focused on the EU-Syria Association Agreement and the situation in Iraq.CairoMet with President Hosni Mubarak.Attended the funeral of President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
2005 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.AlgiersAttended the 17th Arab Summit.Vatican CityAttended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.RiyadhAttended the funeral of King Fahd. 2006 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.KhartoumAttended the 18th Arab Summit.CairoVisit. 2007 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.RiyadhAttended the 19th Arab Summit.Visit. 2008 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit. 2009 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.DohaAttended the 21st Arab Summit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Official visit.Visit.Visit.ZagrebMet with President Stjepan Mesić.Visit. 2010 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsVisit.Visit.SirteAttended the 22nd Arab Summit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.Visit.BucharestOfficial visit. Met with President Traian Băsescu.KyivVisit.Visit.Visit.
2015 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsMoscowUnannounced working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin. 2017 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsMoscowWorking visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin. 2018 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsMoscowSurprise working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin. 2019 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsTehranFirst visit to Iran since the Syrian war began. Met with Ali Khamenei. 2021 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsMoscowWorking visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.
2022 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsAbu Dhabi, DubaiWorking visit. Met with Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.Tehran Met with Ali Khamenei and Ebrahim Raisi.
2023 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsMuscat Working visit. Met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.MoscowWorking visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.Abu DhabiMet with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.JeddahAttended the 32nd Arab Summit. Met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.HangzhouBeijingState visit. Attended the 2022 Asian Games. Also met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji.RiyadhAttended the 2023 Emergency Arab League Summit. Met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2024 CountryLocationsDatesDetailsManama Attended the 33rd Arab Summit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.Tehran Working visit. Met with Ali Khamenei and acting President Mohammad Mokhber.Moscow Working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.RiyadhAttended the 2024 Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit. Met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Moscow Met with President Vladimir Putin.Bashar Assad visits Moscow - Media
See also List of international presidential trips made by Hafez al-Assad List of international presidential trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa Foreign relations of Syria Foreign policy of the Bashar al-Assad administration
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