International presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte

According to the Official Gazette, international trips made by the President of the Philippines are an opportunity to "foster and maintain" relations with other governments and to meet other heads of state and/or government. The Department of Foreign Affairs classifies these trips as either a state visit, an official visit, or a working visit. As of March 2017, Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th and current President of the Philippines, has made seven presidential trips to eleven sovereign states internationally (with the exception of technical stopovers) since his inauguration on June 30, 2016.

In his first year in office, President Duterte made five international trips to nine different countries. The following were the international trips made by him as president in 2016:

In his first international trip as president, Duterte traveled to Vientiane, Laos to attend the 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and the Eleventh East Asia Summit. On September 5, after arriving in Vientiane, Duterte met with the Filipino community in Laos. In his remarks, he assured them of his administration's pursuit of a "clean government" that would address crime and corruption, and explained their campaign against illegal drugs. On the sidelines of the summits, Duterte held separate bilateral meetings with six heads of government: Shinzō Abe of Japan,John Key of New Zealand,Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore,Dmitry Medvedev of Russia,Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of Vietnam, and Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos. Duterte also paid a courtesy call on Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane.

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