List of international

prime ministerial
trips made by Imran
Khan

The following is a list of international

prime ministerial trips made by Imran
Khan since he became the Prime Minister
of Pakistan following the 2018 Pakistani
general election.
Summary of international
trips
As of October 2019, Imran Khan has made
19 foreign trips to 9 countries since his
Prime Ministership began on 18 August
2018.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's visits by country

Number of visits Country

1 visit (4) Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Qatar, Turkey

2 visits (2) Iran, United States

3 visits (2) China, United Arab Emirates

4 visits (0)

5 visits (1) Saudi Arabia

2018
Khan at the first China International Import Expo in
November 2018.
 Areas
Country Date(s) Purpose(s) Details Ref
visited

Inaugural two-day visit to meet

King Salman of Saudi Arabia in
Jeddah, to discuss matters of
Madina, regional and bilateral
 Saudi 18–19
Makkah, State visit interest.[1] Khan also [2][3][4][5]
Arabia September
Jeddah performed the lesser
pilgrimage in Mecca and
visited the Prophet's Mosque
in Medina.

Khan met with Crown Prince

of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin
Zayed in Abu Dhabi, holding
 United
19 talks on regional and [7][8]
Arab Abu Dhabi State visit
September international issues of mutual
Emirates
interest as well as ways to
enhance Pakistan-UAE
relations.[6]

 Saudi Madina, 23–24

State visit
Arabia Riyadh October

Also to attend the inaugural

China International Import
Shanghai, 2–5
 China State visit Expo in Shanghai as Guest of
Beijing November
Honor, with a anticipated
keynote speech.

 United
Abu Dhabi 18
Arab State visit
Dubai November
Emirates

Kuala 20–21
 Malaysia State visit
Lumpur November

2019
Khan with Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani in April
2019

Khan at the White House in July 2019

 Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Details Ref

Met with President Recep

Ankara, 3–4 Tayyip Erdoğan.Also visited the [9]
 Turkey State visit
Konya January shrine of Jalāl ad-Dīn
Muhammad Rūmī in Konya.

21–22
 Qatar Doha State visit
January

 United Arab 10–11

Dubai Official visit
Emirates February

Met with President Hassan

Tehran, [10]
 Iran 21–22 April Official visit Rouhani and Supreme Leader
Mashad
of Iran Ali Khamenei.

Khan attended second Belt and

Road forum 2019.Khan met
 China Beijing 25–28 April Official visit
with Xi Jinping and Premier Li
Keqiang.

Mecca and 30 May–1 14th OIC Arrived for a three-day visit with
 Organisation of Medina June summit a high-profile delegation[11] to
Islamic attend the 14th summit of the
Cooperation Organisation of Islamic
 Saudi Cooperation (OIC). He visited
Arabia the Prophet's Mosque in
Medina to offer prayers,[12] and
performed Umrah at the Kaaba
with his wife in Mecca the
following day.[13] On the
sidelines of the summit, he met
King Salman and Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman of
Saudi Arabia,[14] and also held
talks with Egyptian president
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Afghan
president Ashraf Ghani.[15] At
the summit, he addressed the
issue of blasphemy, the
 importance of de-linking
terrorism from Islam and
Muslim-led political
movements, the progress of
science and technology in
Muslim nations, as well as
regional issues affecting South
Asia and the Middle East. Khan
called on all OIC leaders to
stand against acts of
oppression throughout the
world.[16]

Participated in the 2019

14–15 2019 SCO
 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek summit of the Shanghai
June summit
Cooperation Organisation.

 United Washington 21-23 July Working Met with U.S. president Donald
States DC Visit Trump, which was focused on
refreshing bilateral ties
between Pakistan and the
United States. Before the
bilateral meeting, the United
States declared Balochistan
Liberation Army (BLA) as a
terrorist organization. Khan
addressed a packed crowd of
30,000 Pakistani-Americans at
Capital One Arena in
Washington, D.C. in a
speech.[17][18] Khan arrived to
the U.S. via a commercial Qatar
Airways flight, as part of his
government's austerity pledge
to save taxpayers' money on
expensive state visits. He was
hosted by Qatar Airways CEO
 Akbar Al Baker while stopping
in Doha.[19]

Met with Saudi officials, Crown

Prince Mohammad bin Salman
Jeddah, and King Salman of Saudi
 Saudi 18-20
Mecca, State Visit Arabia. He also performed
Arabia September
Medina Umrah at the Kaaba in Mecca.
Khan also visited the Prophet
Mosque in Medina

 United New York 21-27 General Attended the Seventy-fourth

Nations City September debate of session of the United Nations
the United General Assembly and the
Nations 2019 UN Climate Action
General Summit. Prior to that, Khan
Assembly also attended and spoke at a
high-level side events co-
hosted by Pakistan and Turkey
on countering hate speech and
on environmental protection
and poverty alleviation, co-
hosted by Malaysia and
Pakistan. A trilateral summit
meeting of Pakistan, Malaysia
and Turkey was held on the
General Assembly sidelines. He
met with US President Donald
Trump, UK Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, Italian Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte, Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang Yi,
Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov, New
Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern, Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,
 Swiss President Ueli Maurer,
Indonesian Vice President
Jusuf Kalla, Ethiopian
President Sahle-Work Zewde,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan, Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamad,
founder of the Kashmir Study
Group Farooq Kathwari,
President of the Council on
Foreign Relations Richard N.
Haass, President of the
International Committee of the
Red Cross Peter Maurer,
President of the World Bank
Group David Malpass,
Secretary General of Amnesty
International Kumi Naidoo, CEO
of Uber Dara Khosrowshahi and
Microsoft technical adviser Bill
Gates. Prime Minister Khan
attended receptions hosted by
President Trump, First Lady
Melania Trump and UN
Secretary General António
Guterres.

Held talks with Chinese

President Xi Jinping, and
discussed issues of regional
 China Beijing 8-9 October Official Visit
and bilateral significance. Also
met Chinese Premier Li
Keqiang.

 Iran Tehran 13 October State Visit Visited with the aim to promote
peace and security in the
region. Met with President
 Hassan Rouhani and Supreme
Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei.

Visited with the aim to promote

peace and security in the
region. Met with crown prince
 Saudi Riyadh,
15 October State Visit Mohammad bin Salman and
Arabia Medina
King Salman of Saudi Arabia.
Khan also visited the Prophet
Mosque in Medina.

Scheduled future visits

Potential upcoming foreign visits for Imran
Khan:

2019
Ref
Areas to
Country Date(s) Purpose(s) Details
be visited

 Saudi 29-31
Riyadh Official visit
Arabia October

References
1. "PM Khan meets King Salman in
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2. "Imran reaches Saudi Arabia amid
reports Pakistan may seek aid" .
Dawn. September 19, 2018.
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2018). "Contrary to austerity claims,
PM Imran boards 'VVIP plane' to Saudi
Arabia" . The Express Tribune.
4. "Curtain Raiser - Prime Minister's visit
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September, 2018)" . Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Government of
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5. "Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan
arrives in Madinah during maiden visit
to Saudi Arabia" . Arab News. 18
September 2018. Retrieved 11 October
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6. "Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed
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 9. "PM Imran Khan embarks on two-day
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