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+ | |President McCain traveled to Mumbai, India, as part of a trip to Asia. The President commemorated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, visited the Mani Bhavan Museum, and hosted various business activities at the Oberoi Trident. The President later hosted a town hall meeting at St. Xavier's College. During his stay in Mumbai, the President stayed at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, which had previously been a terrorist target. The President proceeded to New Delhi, where he visited Humayun’s Tomb and met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He also addressed the joint session of the Indian Parliament. |
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|[[File:Flag of Indonesia.svg|25px|border|Indonesia]] Indonesia |
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− | |President McCain traveled to Seoul, South Korea, as part of a four-country tour of Asia. While there, the President attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison and had bilateral meetings with President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House. The President later attended G20 meetings at the COEX Convention |
+ | |President McCain traveled to Seoul, South Korea, as part of a four-country tour of Asia. While there, the President attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison and had bilateral meetings with President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House. The President later attended G20 meetings at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center. |
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|Nusa Dua on Bali |
|Nusa Dua on Bali |
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|November 17–19 |
|November 17–19 |
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− | |President McCain attended the annually ASEAN Summit and the sixth East Asia Summit on Bali. During his stay in Bali McCain participated in an event to announce a commercial deal with representatives of Boeing and Lion Air, participated in Embassy and U.S. Mission Meet |
+ | |President McCain attended the annually ASEAN Summit and the sixth East Asia Summit on Bali. During his stay in Bali McCain participated in an event to announce a commercial deal with representatives of Boeing and Lion Air, participated in Embassy and U.S. Mission Meet and Greet and hosted bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia as well as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand. On Bali President McCain also had an unscheduled meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. |
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|[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|border|25px|Czech Republic]] Czech Republic |
|[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|border|25px|Czech Republic]] Czech Republic |
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|Prague |
|Prague |
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|December 23 |
|December 23 |
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− | |President McCain attended the funeral of former Czech President and dissident Václav Havel in St |
+ | |President McCain attended the funeral of former Czech President and dissident Václav Havel in St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle. He attended the funeral along with Secretary of State Joe Lieberman, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (who was Czech by birth). |
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Revision as of 03:05, 30 June 2015
This is a list of trips made by John McCain during his term of office as President of the United States. This list excludes trips made within the Washington Metropolitan Area, as well as trips to Camp David, the country residence of the President of the United States, or to the home of the McCain family in Phoenix, Arizona. The official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States is the White House, in Washington, D.C.
Summary
President McCain has already visited more countries during his office than any other president. As of May 2010, McCain has visited a total of 28 countries on 4 continents. So far has he frequently visited countries such as France, Germany and Mexico. He has also frequently visited U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
McCain made his fifth trip to Europe in October to to attend the Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This makes him the first president in history to go to Europe five times in his first nine months in office. He has shown a pattern of combining a trip to Europe with another destination in the Middle East or Africa. The president flew to Copenhagen in order to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009. In April 2010, he went against recommendations and flew to Europe in order to attend the funeral of late President Lech Kaczyński in Kraków, who died in a plane crash outside of Smolensk, Russia on April 10, 2010
He is also the first U.S. official to visit Libya, marking the normalized relations between the United States and Libya.
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Israel West Bank |
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem | March 20–22 | President McCain will examine the Iron Dome missile defense system, meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after which they will hold a joint press conference and have dinner together. On Thursday, the President will visit the Israel Museum, where he will see the Dead Sea Scrolls and a technology exhibit put together by Israeli universities. He will then travel to the West Bank to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. He will then return to Jerusalem and give a speech to students at the International Convention Center, which will be followed by a state dinner with President Peres. On Friday, President McCain will lay wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin and then meet with an Israeli opposition leader at Yad Vashem, before concluding his trip with a visit to the Church of the Nativity. | |
Jordan | Amman | March 22–23 | President McCain will meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan to have bilateral talks on matters related to Democratic development, the Arab Spring and the situation in Syria. After this they will hold a joint press conference and have dinner together. He will also inspect a Jordanian air base which took part in the NATO-led operation which removed Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria. | |
Syria | Damascus | March 24–25 | President McCain will meet with Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto and interim President of Syria and the leader of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Moaz al-Khatib, for bilateral talks followed by a joint press conference. They will discuss matters related to Democratic development and human rights, the forthcoming People's Council election which will form a constituent assembly, the forthcoming trial of former President Bashar al-Assad as well as discuss trade, aid and economic development. | |
Turkey | Ankara | March 25 | President McCain will meet with Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss matters related to Syria, the War in Afghanistan and Iran. | |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | April 24–26 | Eighth East Asia Summit | |
United Kingdom | Lough Erne Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | June 13–14 | 39th G8 summit | |
Russia | Constantine Palace in St Petersburg | June 13–14 | 2013 G-20 Russia summit | |
Indonesia | Bali | October 5–7 | APEC Indonesia 2013 |