List of international prime ministerial trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe

See also: List of international presidential trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe

This is a list of prime ministerial trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe, who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 9 January 2015 to 21 November 2019. In addition, Wickremesinghe was prime minister from 1993 to 1994, 2001 to 2004 and for a few months in 2022. This list only documents international trips made by Wickremesinghe during his term from 2015 to 2019, and does not include any trips made during his other terms as prime minister.

Summary of International Trips

During his term, Ranil Wickremesinghe made 21 foreign trips to 15 countries.

No. of visits	Country
3	India, Vietnam
2	China, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland
1	Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Maldives, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom, United States

2015

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
1	India	New Delhi	14–16 September	State visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–India relations The first overseas visit made by prime minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe on the invitation of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.^[1]
2	Japan	Osaka, Tokyo	4–8 October	State visit	Main article: Japan–Sri Lanka relations Visited on the invitation of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Wickremesinghe delivered a special lecture at the inaugural ceremony of Japan Science and Technology Association's annual sessions in Kyoto Addressed the Japanese Diet (Parliament), thus making Wickremesinghe the third world leader to addressed the Diet of Japan.

2016

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
3	Switzerland	Davos	19–23 January	Official visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–Switzerland relations Attended the World Economic Forum.^[2]
4	China	Beijing	6–9 April	State visit	Main article: China–Sri Lanka relations Visit made on the invitation of the Government of China.^[3]
5	Singapore	Singapore	17–19 July	State visit	The first state visit of Ranil Wickremesinghe to Singapore by the invitation of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
6	Indonesia	Jakarta	1–3 August	Official visit	Main article: Indonesia–Sri Lanka relations To attend the 12th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF).^[4]^[5]
7	New Zealand	Auckland	1–3 October	State visit	On the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.^[6]
8	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4–7 November	Official visit	Attended the fifteenth Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business 2016.^[7]

2017

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
9	Switzerland	Davos	16–21 January	Official visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–Switzerland relations Attended the World Economic Forum.^[8]
10	Australia	Melbourne Canberra	13–16 February	State visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–Australia relations On the invitation of Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull^[9] and to receive the honorary doctorate in law at the graduation ceremony of Deakin University.
11	Japan	Tokyo	10–16 April	State visit	Main article: Japan–Sri Lanka relations Visited on the invitation of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.^[10]
	Vietnam	Hanoi	16–19 April	State visit	Visited on the invitation of Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang.^[11] Wickremesinghe cut the visit short by one day to return to Sri Lanka after the 2017 Meethotamulla landslide left 32 dead in Colombo.^[12]
12	United States	New York City	5–6 May	The Ocean Conference	Wickremesinghe met United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at "The Ocean Conference" organized by the United Nations.^[13]
13	China	Beijing	13–16 May	Belt and Road Initiative	Main article: China–Sri Lanka relations The second official visit by prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on the invitation of Government of China.
14	Finland	Helsinki	9–11 October	State visit	On an invitation from the Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipilä.^[14]
15	India	New Delhi	21–23 November	State visit	Main article: India–Sri Lanka relations To meet Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and would call on Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.^[15]

2018

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
16	Singapore	Singapore	8–9 July	World Cities Summit^[16]
17	Vietnam	Hanoi	27–29 August	3rd Indian Ocean Conference^[17]
18	Vietnam	Hanoi	11–13 September	The World Economic Forum on ASEAN^[18]
19	Norway	Oslo	3–6 October	State visit	On an invitation from Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg.^[19]
	United Kingdom	London	7–9 October	State visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–United Kingdom relations On an invitation from British prime minister Theresa May.^[20]
20	India	New Delhi	20–22 October	State visit	Main article: Sri Lanka–India relations State visit on the invitation of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.^[21]

2019

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
21	Maldives	Malé	2–4 September	State visit	Main article: Maldives–Sri Lanka relations State visit on the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.^[22]^[23]

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