List of international presidential trips made by Denis Sassou Nguesso

Denis Sassou Nguesso has made numerous public international trips to several countries as the President of the People's Republic of the Congo from 8 February 1979 to 31 August 1992 and as President of the Republic of the Congo since taking office on 25 October 1997.

Summary The number of visits per country where Denis Sassou Nguesso traveled are: One visit: Azerbaijan, Benin, Burundi, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Soviet Union, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. Two visits: Algeria, Belgium, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Guinea, India, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Turkey and Uganda. Three visits: Angola, Brazil, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Morocco, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Four visits: Libya and the Vatican City. Six visits: China, France and Italy. Seven visits: Russia. Eleven visits: United States.

As President of the People's Republic of the Congo (1979–1992) 1970s CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails1Havana3–9 September 1979Met with Leader Fidel Castro and attended the 6th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.2Paris31 October–2 November 1979Met with President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

1980s CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails3Yaoundé16–19 January 1980Met with President Ahmadou Ahidjo.4Moscow12–17 May 1981Met with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.5Paris28–30 July 1981Met with President François Mitterrand.6New Delhi7–12 March 1983Met with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and attended the 7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.7Addis Ababa5–12 June 1983Met with Leader Mengistu Haile Mariam and attended the 19th Summit of the Organisation of African Unity.8Lisbon24–26 November 1984Met with President António Ramalho Eanes and Prime Minister Mário Soares.9New Delhi24–25 January 1987Met with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and attended the AFRICA Fund Summit.10Beijing16–18 April 1987Met with General Secretary Zhao Ziyang.

1990s CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails11Washington, D.C. and Houston11–14 February 1990State visit. Met with President George H. W. Bush. Private visit to Houston afterwards.

As President of the Republic of the Congo (1997–present) 1990s CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails12Paris15–17 December 1997Met with President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.13Luanda5–7 May 1998Met with President José Eduardo dos Santos.

2000s

CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails14Rome29–30 May 2000Met with Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.15 29 May 2000Met with Pope John Paul II.16Rabat12–14 September 2000Met with King Mohammed VI.17Washington, D.C.24–27 June 2003Met with President George W. Bush.18Rio de Janeiro13–15 June 2005Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.19Bamako3–5 December 2005Met with President Amadou Toumani Touré.20Khartoum22–24 January 2006Met with President Omar al-Bashir and attended the 6th African Union Summit.21Tripoli7–9 February 2006Met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi and attended the summit related to the Tripoli Agreement.22Dakar3–5 April 2006Met with President Abdoulaye Wade.23Washington, D.C.5–7 June 2006Working visit; met with President George W. Bush.24Bucharest28–29 September 2006Met with President Traian Băsescu and attended the 11th Summit of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.25Windhoek17–19 July 2007Met with President Hifikepunye Pohamba.26Khartoum2–3 July 2008Met with President Omar al-Bashir.27Tripoli31 August–2 September 2009Met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi and attended celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution.28New York City22–24 September 2009Accompanied by First Lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso; met with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama; addressed the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

2010s

CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails29Pretoria8–9 April 2010Met with President Jacob Zuma.30Rome24–25 May 2010Met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.31 24 May 2010Met with Pope Benedict XVI.32Kampala24–26 July 2010Met with President Yoweri Museveni and attended the 15th African Union Summit.33Lomé5–8 February 2011Met with President Faure Gnassingbé.34Cotonou8–10 February 2011Met with President Thomas Boni Yayi.35Tripoli10–12 April 2011Joined the African Union high-level panel on Libya; met with Leader Muammar Gaddafi.36 3–7 July 2011Met with President S. R. Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.37Ankara15–16 November 2012Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.38Malabo21–23 February 2013Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and attended the 3rd Africa–South America Summit.39Bujumbura26–28 July 2013Met with President Pierre Nkurunziza.40Doha17–19 November 2013Met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.41Rome9–10 December 2013Met with Prime Minister Enrico Letta.42 9 December 2013Met with Pope Francis.43Brussels2–4 April 2014Met with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and attended the 4th European Union–African Union Summit.44Beijing11–19 June 2014Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.45Washington, D.C.4–6 August 2014Met with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry; attended the 1st US–Africa Leaders Summit.46New York City25–27 September 2014Addressed the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.47Havana1–4 December 2014Met with Leader Raúl Castro.48Tunis21–22 January 2015Met with President Beji Caid Essebsi.49Rome26–28 February 2015Met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.50Johannesburg13–15 June 2015Met with President Jacob Zuma and attended the 25th African Union Summit.51Lomé23–24 November 2015Met with President Faure Gnassingbé.52Conakry13–14 December 2015Attended the inauguration of President Alpha Condé.53Beijing4–7 July 2016Met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.54Marrakech14–16 November 2016Met with King Mohammed VI and attended the 22nd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22).55Havana29 November–4 December 2016Met with Leader Raúl Castro and attended the state funeral of Fidel Castro.56Bamako13–15 January 2017Met with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.57Algiers27–29 March 2017Met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.58Rabat14–15 June 2017Met with King Mohammed VI.59New York City19–21 September 2017Addressed the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.60Bonn15–17 November 2017Attended the 23rd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23).61Riyadh25–27 March 2018Met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.62Nouakchott28 June–2 July 2018Met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and attended the 31st African Union Summit.63Conakry1–2 October 2018Met with President Alpha Condé and attended the 60th anniversary of Guinea’s independence.64Moscow21–23 May 2019Met with President Vladimir Putin.65Paris2–4 September 2019Met with President Emmanuel Macron.66Sochi22–24 October 2019Met with President Vladimir Putin and attended the 1st Russia–Africa Summit.

2020s