Yoweri Museveni has made numerous international trips to various countries as the President of Uganda since taking office on 26 January 1986. Summary A selection of official international travel destinations visited by Yoweri Museveni includes: One visit: Algeria, Belarus, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. Two visits: Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Japan, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, and Sudan. Three visits: China, India, Iran, North Korea, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom. Four visits: France. Five or more visits: Kenya (5 visits), Tanzania (7 visits), and United States (10 visits).
1980s
#CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails1Pyongyang1987Official visit. Met with Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung to establish bilateral diplomatic and military training ties.2Washington, D.C.19 October 1987Private visit. Met with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.3Havana9 January 1988First official trip to Havana. Met with Cuban leader Fidel Castro to build early diplomatic, medical, and educational relations.
1990s
#CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails4Pyongyang1990Official visit. Held discussions with Kim Il Sung regarding security assistance and equipment procurement.5Paris3 September 1990Bilateral visit. Met with French President François Mitterrand at the Élysée Palace.6New York City1 October 1990Met with President George H. W. Bush at the United Nations General Assembly.7Strasbourg12 March 1991Addressed the European Parliament.8Pyongyang12–16 April 1992Official visit. Met with Kim Il Sung during his final years of leadership to review defense cooperation and to celebrate his 80th birthday.9New Delhi12–15 October 1992First official state visit to India. Met with President Ramaswamy Venkataraman and Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao to strengthen trade ties.10Jakarta7–8 October 1993Two-day official visit as part of an East Asian tour. Met with President Suharto at the Merdeka Palace.11Washington, D.C.18–22 June 1994Private visit. Met with President Bill Clinton.12Kigali15 August 1995Official state visit following the end of the Rwandan Genocide. Delivered an address on sovereignty and non-intervention in Kigali.13Paris3–5 February 1997State visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac to discuss Great Lakes regional security.14Kinshasa13–14 August 1997Official visit following the First Congo War. Held regional security talks with President Laurent-Désiré Kabila.15Dakar13–15 November 1997Official visit. Co-chaired the 4th biennial seminar on education with President Abdou Diouf.16Kuala Lumpur14–16 April 1998Three-day official state visit to discuss bilateral economic and South–South cooperation.
2000s
#CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails17MinskApril 2000Official state visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko to establish diplomatic ties and trade cooperation.18Tehran15–18 May 2001State visit. Held talks with President Mohammad Khatami to enhance economic cooperation.19Washington, D.C.5–7 May 2002Working visit. Met with President George W. Bush.20Jerusalem, Golan Heights13–18 January 2003Six-day official visit. Met with President Moshe Katsav, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and toured defense facilities and holy sites.21Washington, D.C., Sea Island9–14 June 2003Working visit. Held discussions regarding PEPFAR and bilateral HIV/AIDS initiatives. Also attended the 30th G8 Summit upon invitation by President George W. Bush.22Auckland, Wellington26–29 March 2007Official visit. Addressed the Commonwealth Local Government Conference and participated in traditional Māori cultural receptions.23Bukoba, Mwanza10–11 July 2007Official road visit to northern Tanzania. Met with local citizens and paid homage to former President Julius Nyerere.24Port of Spain29 July – 2 August 2007Five-day official visit. Met with local leaders and spoke as special guest at the Emancipation Day celebrations in Port of Spain.25Washington, D.C.29–31 October 2007Working visit. Held discussions with U.S. government officials.26New Delhi7–11 April 2008State visit. Attended the inaugural India–Africa Forum Summit and met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.27Reykjavík17–18 September 2008Official visit accompanied by First Lady Janet Museveni. Held talks on geothermal energy development and fisheries.28New York City23 September 2008Met with President George W. Bush during the UN General Assembly.29Tehran16–18 May 2009Working visit. Held bilateral talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding oil refinery investments.30Havana13–16 December 2009Four-day state visit accompanied by First Lady Janet Museveni. Met with President Raúl Castro, laid a wreath at the José Martí Memorial, and toured educational and pharmaceutical facilities.
2010s
#CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails31Rio de Janeiro22–26 March 2010Attended the 5th World Urban Forum organized by UN-Habitat. Delivered a keynote address on urban development and infrastructure, and held bilateral talks with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.32Pretoria, KwaZulu-Natal20–22 January 2011State visit. Met with President Jacob Zuma to hold bilateral discussions on economic cooperation and infrastructure.33Tehran29–31 August 2012Attended the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.34Bangkok14–16 November 2012State visit. Met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to discuss agriculture and trade ties.35Colombo26–28 November 2012Three-day official state visit. Met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss agricultural cooperation and trade.36Moscow10–13 December 2012Official visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin to discuss bilateral economic, trade, military, and energy cooperation.37Seoul28–30 May 2013State visit. Met with President Park Geun-hye to enhance bilateral development and infrastructure partnerships.38Washington, D.C.5–6 August 2014Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Barack Obama.39Addis Ababa3–5 December 2014Official state visit. Met with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to discuss regional trade and security.40Beijing, Sanya26–31 March 2015State visit. Attended the Boao Forum for Asia and held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.41Tokyo8–11 September 2015Working visit. Held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.42Khartoum15–16 September 2015Official working visit. Met with President Omar al-Bashir to normalize bilateral relations and discuss South Sudan peace efforts.43Rome, Vatican City17–19 October 2015Working visit. Held an audience with Pope Francis ahead of the papal visit to Uganda and met with Italian government representatives.44New Delhi26–29 October 2015Official visit. Attended the 3rd India–Africa Forum Summit and held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.45Riyadh13–14 December 2015Two-day official state visit. Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to discuss economic and diplomatic cooperation.46Paris17–19 September 2016Working visit. Met with President François Hollande and spoke before French business executives at MEDEF.47Khartoum10–11 October 2016Official visit. Attended the closing ceremony of Sudan's National Dialogue Conference.48Doha18–19 April 2017Official state visit. Held bilateral talks with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.49Cairo8–9 May 2018State visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to discuss trade, bilateral cooperation, and Nile water management.50Beijing2–5 September 2018Attended the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit and held bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping.51London11–12 October 2018Attended the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London, calling on world leaders to address poverty as a key driver of wildlife poaching.52Mombasa27–28 March 2019Two-day state visit. Attended joint economic and bilateral commission talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.53Bulawayo25–26 April 2019Two-day official visit. Served as special guest of honor at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair at the invitation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.54Beijing, Changsha24–27 June 2019Four-day working visit. Attended the inaugural China–Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha and met with Chinese leadership.55Yokohama28–30 August 2019Attended the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7).56Addis Ababa10 October 2019Attended high-level regional political summits alongside regional heads of state.57Sochi23–24 October 2019Attended the inaugural 2019 Russia–Africa Summit, co-chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Held bilateral discussions with Russian officials on expanding political, economic, scientific, and technological cooperation between Uganda and Russia.
2020s