List of international presidential trips made by Joko Widodo

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Joko Widodo, the 7th and current president of Indonesia. As of March 2024, Joko Widodo has conducted 57 foreign trips to 41 countries during his presidency, which began on 20 October 2014.

Map of international trips made by Joko Widodo as President as of December 2023:
  Visited
  Indonesia

Summary

The number of visits per country where he had travelled are:

2014

DatesCountryLocationsDetails
18–12 November  ChinaBeijingJokowi attended APEC China 2014 as his first international conference.[1][2]
12–13 November  MyanmarNaypyidawJokowi attended his first ASEAN Summit, in addition to the China-ASEAN conference.[1][3]
14–16 November  AustraliaBrisbaneJokowi attended his first G20 summit.[1]

2015

DatesCountryLocationsDetails
25–7 February  MalaysiaPutrajayaJokowi attended bilateral talks with Malaysian PM Najib Razak to discuss maritime borders and cooperation in addition to Indonesian students and workers in Malaysia.[4][5]
7–8 February  BruneiBandar Seri BegawanJokowi attended bilateral talks with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, discussing cooperation in trade, labor and defense.[6]
8–10 February  PhilippinesManilaJokowi attended bilateral talks with President Benigno Aquino III, discussing maritime boundaries, cooperation in security, education and economics, in addition to protection of citizens and migrant workers.[7]
322–25 March  JapanTokyoJokowi visited Japan to engage in talks with PM Shinzo Abe regarding economic cooperation, specifically infrastructure development.[8]
25–28 March  ChinaBeijing
Sanya, Hainan
Jokowi conducted bilateral talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing, discussing economic cooperation and infrastructure development in addition to requesting a visa exemption for Indonesian citizens visiting China.[9] He then went to Sanya to conduct bilateral meetings with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and become a keynote speaker.[10]
28–29 March  MalaysiaKuala LumpurJokowi attended the wedding of Malaysian PM Najib Razak's daughter.[11]
29 March  SingaporeJokowi attended the funeral of former Singaporean PM Lee Kuan Yew.[12]
426–27 April  MalaysiaKuala LumpurJokowi attended an ASEAN Summit.[13]
511–12 May  Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyJokowi signed agreements on cross-border crime, human resources cooperation, and economic cooperation with PNG PM Peter O'Neill.[14]
628–29 July  SingaporeJokowi met Singaporean president Tony Tan Keng Yam and PM Lee Hsien Loong to discuss economic cooperation.[15]
711–13 September  Saudi ArabiaJeddahJokowi arrived just after the Mecca crane collapse which killed 11 Indonesians, and held a press conference upon landing. The bilateral talks with King Salman involved defense cooperation, hajj affairs, investment, and a request of clemency for 4 Indonesians on death row.[16][17]
13–14 September  United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
Dubai
Jokowi met with crown prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and discussed investment.[18] Later, he went to Dubai for a working visit.[19]
14–15 September  QatarDohaJokowi met with Qatari businessmen and urged them to invest in Indonesia.[20]
825–28 October  United StatesWashington, D.C.
San Francisco
Jokowi conducted bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama in the White House regarding investment and religious tolerance, issuing a joint statement on maritime, defense, economic and energy cooperation, before heading to meet business and academic leaders in San Francisco.[21][22]
915–16 November  TurkeyAntalyaJokowi participated in the 2015 G20 Antalya summit, holding talks with Xi Jinping and newly elected Justin Trudeau.[23]
1030 November–2 December  FranceParisJokowi attended the COP 21, where he gave a speech committing to reducing Indonesia's emission by 29 percent in 2030 (or 41 percent with international support), and increasing renewable energy shares to 23 percent by 2025.[24]

2016

DatesCountryLocationsDetails
1126 January  East TimorDiliJokowi met with East Timorese PM Rui Maria de Araujo and President Taur Matan Ruak.[25]
1215–17 February  United StatesCaliforniaJokowi attended the ASEAN-US Summit and visited tech companies in Silicon Valley.[26]
17–19 April  GermanyBerlinJokowi met German president Joachim Gauck and chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss investment and labor training, before speaking in the German-Indonesian business forum.[27]
19–21 April  United KingdomLondonJokowi met British PM David Cameron.[27]
21–22 April  BelgiumBrusselsJokowi visited the European Union office and met with its leaders Martin Schulz, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and trade affairs, before meeting CEOs from Nordic countries and attending a reception by King Philippe of Belgium.[27]
22–23 April  NetherlandsAmsterdam
Leiden
Rotterdam
Jokowi met with PM Mark Rutte and discussed water management, maritime affairs, trade and investment. He also visited the University of Leiden and Port of Rotterdam.[27]
1315–17 May  South KoreaSeoulJokowi fulfilled an invitation by president Park Geun-Hye and discussed about South Korea being a partner in accelerating Indonesian industrialization.[28]
18–20 May  RussiaSochiJokowi attended the ASEAN-Russia summit, in addition to meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin and several Russian businessman.[28]
1426–27 May  JapanShima, MieJokowi was invited as a guest to the 42nd G7 summit.[29]
152–6 September  ChinaHangzhouJokowi attended the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit, and met with Xi Jinping in addition to Alibaba CEO Jack Ma.[30]
6–8 September  LaosVientianeJokowi attended the ASEAN summit.[31]
1612–14 December  IndiaNew DelhiJokowi met with PM Narendra Modi to discuss economic cooperation and the Indian Ocean Rim Association.[32]
14–15 December  IranTehranJokowi met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to discuss cooperation, mainly in the energy sector.[33]

2017

Jokowi with Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney
Jokowi with Hassanal Bolkiah, Li Keqiang, Hun Sen and Narendra Modi during the 31st ASEAN Summit
Jokowi with US president Donald Trump and IMF chairman Christine Lagarde in the Hamburg G20 summit
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
1725–27 February  AustraliaSydneyJokowi met with PM Malcolm Turnbull and conducted bilateral talks on trade.[34]
1828–30 April  PhilippinesManila
Davao City
Jokowi attended the ASEAN Summit and conducted bilateral talks with Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte, in addition to inaugurating a new sea route between Davao-General Santos-Bitung.[35]
30 April–1 May  Hong KongJokowi visited Hong Kong and met with Indonesians workers there, before meeting executive Leung Chun-Ying and business leaders.[36]
1914–15 May  ChinaBeijingJokowi attended the first Belt and Road Forum and signed with Xi Jinping a five-year comprehensive Indonesia-China strategic partnership.[37]
2021 May  Saudi ArabiaRiyadhJokowi attended the Arab Islamic American Summit.[38]
215–6 July  TurkeyAnkaraJokowi met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and discussed economic, industrial and counter-terrorism cooperation.[39]
6–9 July  GermanyHamburgJokowi attended the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit, where he conducted talks with US president Donald Trump, among others.[40]
226–7 September  SingaporeJokowi visited Singapore to commemorate 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and met with Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Long.[41]
2310–12 November  VietnamĐà NẵngJokowi attended the APEC Vietnam 2017 summit.[42]
12–16 November  PhilippinesManilaJokowi attended the ASEAN summit.[43]
2422 November  MalaysiaKuchingJokowi attended an annual meeting with Malaysian PM Najib Razak.[44]
2513–14 December  TurkeyIstanbulJokowi attended the special OIC summit regarding American recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, and condemned Trump's decision.[45]

2018

Jokowi with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani
Jokowi with South Korean president Moon Jae-in
Jokowi with US Vice President Mike Pence
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
2624–25 January  Sri LankaColomboJokowi met with Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena and discussed trade and economic affairs.[46]
25–26 January  IndiaNew DelhiJokowi attended the ASEAN-India summit, then held bilateral talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi on trade. Jokowi left New Delhi after meeting Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.[47][48]
26–27 January  PakistanIslamabadJokowi visited the National Assembly of Pakistan, met with president Mamnoon Hussain and PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.[49]
27–29 January  BangladeshDhaka
Cox's Bazar
Jokowi met Bengali PM Sheikh Hasina for bilateral talks, and visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.[50][51]
29 January  AfghanistanKabulJokowi visited Afghanistan for six hours, meeting president Ashraf Ghani and conducted bilateral talks, stating that Indonesia will help in peacebulding and reconciliation in Afghanistan.[52][53]
2715–18 March  AustraliaSydneyJokowi attended the ASEAN-Australia forum and engaged in bilateral talks with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull.[54]
18–20 March  New ZealandWellingtonJokowi conducted bilateral talks and commemorated the 60 year anniversary of Indonesia-New Zealand relations.[55]
2827–28 April  SingaporeJokowi attended the 32nd ASEAN Summit and conducted bilateral talks with other leaders, such as Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Long and Burmese president Win Myint.[56][57]
299–11 September  South KoreaSeoulJokowi met South Korean business leaders and conducted bilateral talks with president Moon Jae-in.[58]
11–12 September  VietnamHanoiJokowi conducted bilateral talks with Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, before attending the World Economic Forum on ASEAN.[59]
3013–15 November  SingaporeJokowi attended the 33rd ASEAN Summit, and had bilateral meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.[60]
15–18 November  Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyJokowi attended the APEC Papua New Guinea 2018 summit.

2019

Jokowi with leaders eating Tic-tac candies given by Donald Trump at the G20 Osaka Summit
Jokowi with Mahathir Mohamad, accompanied by several government ministers from both countries
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
3114–15 April  Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
Mecca
Jokowi attended an invitation by King Salman, meeting him and crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman in Riyadh before going on an umrah at Mecca.[61]
3228–29 June  JapanOsakaJokowi attended the 2019 G20 Osaka summit.
338–9 August  MalaysiaKuala LumpurJokowi visited Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and held bilateral talks.[62]
9 August  SingaporeJokowi attended Singapore's national day celebrations.[62]
349 OctoberJokowi attended annual meetings with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[63]
352–4 November  ThailandBangkokJokowi attended the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit.[64] First international trip following his second inauguration.[65]

2020

Jokowi deliver an address in Australia Parliament .
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
3612–13 January  United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiJokowi attended an invitation by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and held bilateral talks.[66]
378–10 February  AustraliaCanberraJokowi met with Australian Governor-General David Hurley and PM Scott Morrison to hold bilateral talks. He also delivers a speech in the House of Representatives[67]

2021

Joko Widodo (between Hassanal Bolkiah and Mario Draghi) at the 2021 G20 Rome summit.
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
3830–31 October  ItalyRomeJokowi attended the 2021 G20 Rome summit.
1–2 November  United KingdomGlasgowJokowi attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[68]
3–4 November  United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
Dubai
Jokowi met Emirati business leaders and held bilateral talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He also visited the Indonesian Pavilion at the Expo 2020.[69][70]

2022

DatesCountryLocationsDetails
3910 May  NetherlandsAmsterdamJokowi made a transit in Amsterdam en route to Washington, D. C.[71]
10–14 May  United StatesWashington, D. C.
Boca Chica, Texas
Jokowi participated in a series of meetings of the ASEAN-US Special Summit (AUSS) and also met the CEO of Tesla, Inc., Elon Musk.[72][73]
15 May  United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiJokowi expressed condolences to the UAE government, people, and the family of the late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[74]
4027–28 June  GermanyMunich
Schloss Elmau
Jokowi attended the 48th G7 summit as Indonesia holds G20 Presidency 2022 and conducted bilateral talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, British PM Boris Johnson, India's PM Narendra Modi, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council Charles Michel.[75]
28 June  PolandRzeszow
Przemyśl
Jokowi made a transit in Rzeszow and Przemyśl en route to Kyiv by train.[76][77]
29 June  UkraineKyiv
Irpin
Jokowi conducted bilateral talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mariinskyi Palace and also toured several locations, including a destroyed apartment complex in Irpin and Kyiv's Center of Endocrinology. This is his second presidential trip to a war zone after his visit to Afghanistan in 2018.[78]
30 June  PolandRzeszow
Przemyśl
Jokowi returned to Poland after a 12-hour train journey from Kyiv.[79]
30 June  RussiaMoscowJokowi conducted bilateral talks with President Vladimir Putin.[80]
1 July  United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiJokowi traveled to UAE to discuss investment cooperation.[81]
4126 July  ChinaBeijingJokowi conducted bilateral talks with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping to extend the Global Maritime Fulcrum-Belt and Road Initiative (GMF-BRI) cooperation.[82]
27 July  JapanTokyoJokowi conducted bilateral talks with PM Fumio Kishida and met with Emperor Naruhito.[83]
28 July  South KoreaSeoulJokowi met South Korean business leaders and conducted bilateral talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol.[84]
4210–13 November  CambodiaPhnom PenhJokowi attended the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit.[85]
4318–19 November  ThailandBangkokJokowi attended the APEC Thailand 2022 summit.[86]
4413–14 December  BelgiumBrusselsJokowi attended the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit marks 45 years of diplomatic relations.[87] Jokowi also conducted bilateral talks with Czech PM Petr Fiala and met King Philippe of Belgium in Laeken Palace.[88]

2023

Jokowi with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio da Silva in Hiroshima.
Jokowi made his first visit in Africa to Kenya
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
4516 March  SingaporeJokowi attended annual Leaders’ Retreat with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[89]
4615–18 April  GermanyHanoverJokowi attended and opened the 2023 Hannover Messe along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, while meeting several European executives regarding investments in Indonesia.[90][91]
4719–21 May  JapanHiroshimaJokowi attended the 49th G7 summit as Indonesia holds ASEAN Presidency 2023 and conducted bilateral talks with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, British PM Rishi Sunak, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Cook Islander PM Mark Brown, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen.[92]
487 June  SingaporeJokowi attended Ecosperity Week 2023 to promote investments in Nusantara and met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[93]
7–8 June  MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
Putrajaya
Jokowi held bilateral talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, met with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah and visited Chow Kit Market.[94]
493–4 July  AustraliaSydneyJokowi met with Australian Governor-General David Hurley and PM Anthony Albanese to hold annual Leaders' Meeting.[95]
5 July  Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyJokowi met with Papua New Guinean Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae and PM James Marape to hold bilateral talks and attended the first Indonesia–Papua New Guinea business forum.[95]
5027–28 July  ChinaChengduJokowi held bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping, met with Chinese business leaders and attended the opening ceremony of 2021 Summer World University Games.[96]
5120–21 August  KenyaNairobiJokowi made his first presidential visit to Africa and held bilateral talks with President William Ruto.[97][98]
21–22 August  TanzaniaDar es SalaamJokowi held bilateral talks with President Samia Suluhu Hassan and meet Tanzanian business leaders.[99]
22–23 August  MozambiqueMaputoJokowi held bilateral talks with President Filipe Nyusi.[100]
23–24 August  South AfricaJohannesburgJokowi attended the 15th BRICS summit and conducted bilateral talks with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde.[97][98]
528–10 September  IndiaNew DelhiJokowi attended the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit, chaired the 1st MIKTA Leaders' Gathering, conducted bilateral talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte, Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.
5317–18 October  ChinaBeijingJokowi attended the 2023 Belt and Road Forum, conducted bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.[101]
18–20 October  Saudi ArabiaRiyadhJokowi conducted bilateral talks with Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and attended the ASEAN-GCC summit.[102]
5411–12 NovemberJokowi conducted bilateral talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and attended the OIC Extraordinary Meeting.[103]
12–17 November  United StatesWashington, D.C.
San Francisco
Jokowi held bilateral talks with President Joe Biden at the White House.[104] Before heading to the White House, Jokowi delivered a public lecture at Georgetown University.[105] In San Francisco, Jokowi conducted trilateral talks with Papuan New Guinean PM James Marape, and Fijian PM Sitiveni Rabuka, conducted bilateral talk with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, and Jokowi attended the APEC United States 2023 Summit.
17 November  JapanTokyoJokowi made transit in Tokyo Haneda Airport en route to Jakarta by airplane after a 12-hour journey from San Francisco
5516–19 DecemberJokowi attended the ASEAN-Japan summit.[106]

2024

Jokowi with Vietnam president Võ Văn Thưởng in Hà Nội.
Joko Widodo at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne.
DatesCountryLocationsDetails
569–11 January  PhilippinesManilaJokowi held bilateral talks with President Bongbong Marcos at the Malacañang Palace.[107]
11–13 January  VietnamHanoi
Hai Phong
Jokowi held bilateral talks with President Võ Văn Thưởng and then to the Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam ,Vương Đình Huệ.The president also conducted bilateral meeting with Phạm Minh Chính, PM of Vietnam.[108] The next day, Jokowi attended a High-Level Business Dialogue alongside PM of Vietnam. He invited Vietnamese entrepreneurs to invest in Indonesia's new capital city IKN Nusantara.[109] The president also visit VinFast EV manufacturing complex in Hai Phong and praised the company's plans to invest $1.2 billion in EV sector.[110]
13–14 January  BruneiBandar Seri BegawanJokowi held a meeting with a number of consortiums of investors of Brunei Darussalam.[111] The president also attend the wedding reception of Prince Mateen, son of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam.[112]
574–6 March  AustraliaMelbourneJokowi attend ASEAN-Australia Special Summit marks 50 years of diplomatic relations. Jokowi also conducted bilateral talks with Cambodia PM Hun Manet, Australia PM Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon[113]

Multilateral meetings

The following multilateral meetings were scheduled to take place during Jokowi's 2014–2019 term in office.

GroupYear
201420152016201720182019
APEC10–12 November
Beijing
18–19 November
Manila
19–20 November
Lima
10–11 November
Đà Nẵng
17–18 November
Port Moresby
EAS
(ASEAN)
12–13 November
Naypyidaw
21–22 November
Kuala Lumpur
6–8 September
Vientiane
13–14 November
Pasay
14–15 November
Central Area
G2015–16 November
Brisbane
15–16 November
Antalya
4–5 September
Hangzhou
7–8 July
Hamburg
30 November–1 December
Buenos Aires
28–29 June
Osaka
OthersNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
██ = Future event ██ = Did / will not attend ██ = Event cancelled

The following multilateral meetings are scheduled to take place during Jokowi's 2019–2024 term in office.

GroupYear
201920202021202220232024
APEC16–17 November
Santiago
20 November
(virtual)
Kuala Lumpur
12 November
(virtual)
Auckland
18–19 November
Bangkok
15–17 November
San Francisco
TBA
EAS
(ASEAN)
4 November
Bangkok
26 June & 11 November
(virtual)
Hanoi
26–27 October
(virtual)
Bandar Seri Begawan
12–13 November
Phnom Penh
6–7 September
Jakarta
TBA
G2021–22 November
(virtual)
Riyadh
30–31 October
Rome
15–16 November
Bali
9–10 September
New Delhi
OthersNoneNoneNoneNoneTBATBA
██ = Future event ██ = Did / will not attend ██ = Event cancelled

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