List of international trips made by Nayib Bukele

The following is a list of international trips conducted by Nayib Bukele, the mayor of San Salvador from May 2015 to April 2018 and the president of El Salvador since January 2019.

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Mayor of San Salvador
Image Country Cities visited Date(s) Notes
Nayib Bukele with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen  Taiwan Taipei 23 February 2017 Official visit[1]
 Israel Jerusalem February 2018 Official visit[2]

President of El Salvador
Image Country Cities visited Date(s) Notes
Nayib Bukele with United States President Donald Trump  United States New York City, Washington, D.C. 26 September 2019 State visit,[3] spoke at the United Nations General Assembly[4]
Nayib Bukele with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe  Japan Tokyo 29 November 2019 State visit[5]
Nayib Bukele with Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping  China Beijing 4 December 2019 State visit[6]
Nayib Bukele with Qatari Minister of Energy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi  Qatar Doha 12 December 2019 State visit[7]
 Guatemala Guatemala City 27 January 2020 State visit[8]
 United States Washington, D.C. February 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden refused to meet Bukele.[9]
Nayib Bukele with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  Turkey Ankara 28 January 2022 State visit[10]
Nayib Bukele visiting Google  United States Mountain View 29 August 2023 Signed a 7-year agreement with Google[11]
Nayib Bukele speaking at the United Nations  United States New York City 19 September 2023 Spoke at the United Nations General Assembly[12]

Planned visits
Country Date(s) Notes
 Belize 2023 State visit[13]
 China
 Dominican Republic
 Italy
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Spain

Canceled visits
Image Country Cities Date(s) Event Reason
Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco (top row, 4th from left) attended the summit in place of Bukele.  United States Los Angeles 6–10 June 2022 9th Summit of the Americas Bukele was one of multiple Latin American heads of state who did not attend the 9th Summit of the Americas. He did not attend due to frustration of the United States' criticism of his government regarding alleged corruption and human rights abuses.[14]

References
  1. "President Tsai Meets Mayor Nayib Bukele of San Salvador". Taiwanese Presidential Office. 23 February 2017.
  2. Ahren, Raphael (7 February 2019). "His Dad was an Imam, His Wife has Jewish Roots: Meet El Salvador's New Leader". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. Cohen, Luc (26 September 2019). "El Salvador President Calls on Trump to Keep Protected Status Program for Migrants". Reuters. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. Cohen, Luc (26 September 2019). Milliken, Mary; Oatis, Jonathan (eds.). ""Just a Second, Please": El Salvador President's U.N. Selfie Eclipses Speech". Reuters. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. "Japan Pressed El Salvador to Prevent Chinese Influence Over Port". Japan Times. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. Bermúdez, Ángel (4 December 2019). "Bukele Visita China: El Histórico Acercamiento de El Salvador a Pekín y la "Gigantesca Cooperación" que Recibe a Cambio" [Bukele Visits China: El Salvador's Historic Approach to Beijing and the "Gigantic Cooperation" He Receives in Return]. BBC (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. "President of El Salvador meets Minister of State for Energy". The Peninsula Qatar.com. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. "Guatemalan President Offers El Salvador the Chance to Build a Port in Guatemalan Waters". Reuters. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. "Biden Officials Turn Down Unannounced Visit with El Salvador Pres. Nayib Bukele". NBC News. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. "Turkey, El Salvador Sign 6 Agreements During Bukele Visit". Daily Sabah. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. Brewster, Freddie (30 August 2023). "El Salvador's President Inks Deal with Google for Central American Tech Hub". KTVU. San Francisco, California. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  12. "El Salvador's Leader, Criticized Internationally for Gang Crackdown, Tells UN It Was the Right Thing". Associated Press. New York City, United States. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  13. Magaña, Yolanda (22 February 2023). "Polémica por Aprobación Única de Viajes de Bukele" [Controversy Over the Sole Approval of Bukele's Trips]. El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  14. Megerian, Chris; Goodman, Joshua (9 June 2022). "Salvadoran Leader Rebuffs Blinken Effort to Bolster Summit". Associated Press. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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