List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jacinda Ardern

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Jacinda Ardern, the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As of December 2020, Jacinda Ardern has made seventeen international trips to nineteen sovereign countries, two associated states and one dependent territory of New Zealand, since her premiership began on 26 October 2017.

  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  5 visits
  New Zealand

Summary
Number of visits Country
5
2
1

2017
Country Locations Dates Details
 Australia Sydney 5 November Ardern held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.[1]
 Vietnam
9–11 November Ardern attended the 2017 APEC Summit and met with Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.[2]
 Philippines
12–14 November Ardern attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit and met with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[3]

2018
Country Locations Dates Details
 Australia Sydney 1–2 March Ardern met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to discuss Closer Economic Relations and spoke at the Australia–New Zealand Leadership Forum.[4][5]
 Samoa
5–6 March Ardern met Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and visited the National University of Samoa and Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.[6]
 Niue[note 1] Alofi 6 March Ardern met her father and New Zealand High Commissioner Ross Ardern and discussed economic and environmental sustainability with Prime Minister Toke Talagi.[7][8]
 Tonga Nuku'alofa 6–8 March Ardern met with Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva.[9][10]
 Cook Islands[note 1] Rarotonga 8 March Ardern met with Prime Minister Henry Puna and discussed pension portability.[11] Later that day changes were announced to make it easier for residents of the Realm of New Zealand to access New Zealand superannuation payments.[12]
 Australia Gold Coast 13–14 April Ardern met with Team New Zealand's medal winners and watched the women's hockey final at the Commonwealth Games.[13][14]
 France Paris 16 April Ardern held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss climate change,[15] the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs and trade, after which Macron declared support for a European Union–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.[16] Ardern also discussed the CPTPP with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and spoke about climate change at Sciences Po.[17][18]
 Germany Berlin 17 April Ardern met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed trade which included Merkel's support of a Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union, Brexit, the ongoing tensions with Russia, the Syrian bombings, climate change and co-operation over science and space.[19]
 United Kingdom London 17–21 April Ardern met with Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Then met with British Prime Minister Theresa May where discussions about Russia dominated the meeting. Ardern also attended a Town Hall debate with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, hosted by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and a Five Eyes meeting with Prime Minister May, Trudeau and Turnbull to receive an intelligence briefing. The following day Ardern attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 and had an audience with Elizabeth II.[20][21]
 Nauru 5 September Ardern attended the Pacific Islands Forum.[22]
 United States New York City 24–28 September Ardern delivered a keynote speech at the Social Good Summit, met with UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. She then made a keynote speech at the opening of Climate Week, made a statement at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit Opening Plenary, held bilateral meetings with Colombian President Iván Márquez, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and attended US President Donald Trump's reception for heads of delegation. Thereafter Ardern spoke at the Global Planet Summit, the Bloomberg Global Business Forum and held a tri-lateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chilean President Sebastián Piñera; that evening, she appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The following day Ardern spoke at a meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, made a speech at the International Conference on Sustainable Development, attended the inaugural meeting of the Carbon Neutrality Coalition and delivered New Zealand's national statement at the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.[23][24]
 Singapore Singapore 13–17 November Ardern attended the 33rd ASEAN Summit and the Thirteenth East Asia Summit and held bilateral meetings with Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.[25][26][27]
 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 17–19 November Ardern attended the 2018 APEC Summit.[25]

2019
Country Locations Dates Details
 United Kingdom London 20–21 January Ardern held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss post Brexit trade.[28]
  Switzerland Davos 22–23 January Ardern attended the 49th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum and held bilateral meetings with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Peruvian Vice President Mercedes Aráoz and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas. She discussed inequality with Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima and additionally took part in a number of panel discussions, one on climate change with Sir David Attenborough and Al Gore, a panel focused on mental health with Prince William. Another focused on wellbeing and options beyond GDP with the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the future of the international trading system with the head of the World Trade Organization.[29][30]
 Belgium Brussels 24–25 January Ardern met with the President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker, President of the European Council Donald Tusk and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to further discussions of a free trade agreement. She also held a bilateral meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.[31]
 China Beijing 1 April Ardern met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and opened the new Embassy of New Zealand building.[32]
 France Paris 14–16 May Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call summit to see world leaders and CEOs of tech companies agree to a pledge to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online in the wake of the 15 March Christchurch mosque shootings.[33][34]
 Singapore Singapore 17 May Ardern held bilateral meetings with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Halimah Yacob and launched the New Zealand-Singapore Enhanced Partnership.[35]
 Australia Melbourne 18–19 July Ardern held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and delivered a keynote speech at an event for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.[36]
 Samoa Apia 27–28 July Ardern met with Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, visited the New Zealand funded Waterfront Events Space and Clocktower Boulevard and launched a national strategy document at the New Zealand High Commission.[37]
 Tokelau[note 2]
29–31 July Ardern became the first New Zealand Prime Minister to visit in over 15 years. She talked with community leaders and members about climate change, healthcare and education, as well as preserving their cultural identity and language as part of the government's Pacific re-set strategy.[38]
 Tuvalu Funafuti 14–16 August Ardern attended the Pacific Islands Forum and announced $150 million for climate change resilience in the region.[39]
 Japan Tokyo 18–22 September Ardern held a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and promoted trade, economic and tourism opportunities.[40]
 United States New York City 23–28 September Ardern gave the keynote speech at the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit, had bilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and King of Jordan Abdullah II and followed up on the progress made by countries, technology companies and civil society on the Christchurch Call. She thereafter delivered New Zealand's national statement at the Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. The following day, Ardern spoke at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum and a Goalkeepers (Gates Foundation) event and held bilateral meetings with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[41][42][43][44]
 Thailand Bangkok 3–4 November Ardern attended the 2019 ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit.[45]

2020
Country Locations Dates Details
 Fiji
24–27 February Ardern met with Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, addressed students at the University of the South Pacific and met Fijian women leaders in government, business and civil society. She also paid respects to the three Fijian nationals killed in the Christchurch terror attacks.[46]
 Australia Sydney 27–28 February Ardern attended the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and met with Australian Governor-General David Hurley and the New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian.[47]

See also

Notes
  1. The Cook Islands and Niue are associated states of New Zealand.
  2. Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand.

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