So here we go & we still have 6 weeks of 2023 to go...

So here we go & we still have 6 weeks of 2023 to go

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details
1	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby Wewak	12–13 January	Albanese attended the Annual Leaders' Dialogue alongside PNG Prime Minister James Marape.[28] and visited the gravesite of Papua New Guinea's inaugural Prime Minister Michael Somare.[29] The trip was originally planned for December 2022 but was postponed due to Albanese contracting COVID-19.[30]
2	India	Ahmedabad Mumbai New Delhi	8—11 March	Albanese visited New Delhi to attend the Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit and met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the visit, he also led a trade delegation, which included Trade Minister Don Farrell and Resources Minister Madeleine King, after the implementation of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) between Australia and India on 29 December 2022. Albanese and Modi also attended the Fourth Test Match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad.[31]
3	United States	San Diego	11–14 March	Albanese visited the United States to reveal Australia's preferred nuclear submarine for AUKUS, alongside President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.[32] Albanese also held bilateral meetings with both leaders.[33][34]
4	Fiji	Nadi	15 March	Albanese visited Fiji to hold bilateral meetings with new Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.[35]
5	United Kingdom	Barrow-in-Furness London	3–6 May	Albanese attended the coronation of Charles III with Governor-General David Hurley.[36] Before the coronation, Albanese attended the AUKUS submarine facility in Barrow-in-Furness.[37]
6	Japan	Hiroshima	19–21 May	Albanese attended the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May. Japan invited Australia to be one of the countries attending even though it is not a member of the G7 (this invitation was hinted as far back as October last year). That year's Quad dialogue, originally due to be held in Australia, was instead held in Japan on 20 May after US President Biden had to cancel his Australian trip to return to the US early.
7	Singapore	Singapore	1–2 June	Albanese delivered the keynote address at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue and met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for annual bilateral discussions.[38]
8	Vietnam	Hanoi	3–4 June	Albanese travelled to Vietnam to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.[38]
9	Germany	Berlin	10 July	Albanese met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of the Vilnius NATO summit.[39]
10	Lithuania	Vilnius	11–12 July	Albanese travelled to Lithuania to attend the NATO 2023 Vilnius summit. It was the second time Australia has taken part in a NATO summit following the country's first invitation in 2022. Albanese also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
11	New Zealand	Wellington	26–27 July	Albanese travelled to Wellington to meet with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins for the annual Australia New Zealand Leaders' Meeting.[40] Albanese also met with New Zealand Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon. Albanese's visit occurred three months before the 2023 New Zealand general election.[41]
12	Indonesia	Jakarta	6–7 September	The Prime Minister made his third trip to Indonesia to attend the 3rd Annual ASEAN-Australia Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit.
13	Philippines	Manila	7–8 September	The Prime Minister travelled to Manila, the first Australian Prime Minister to undertake a bilateral visit to the Philippines since 2003. He met with President Bongbong Marcos to "discuss defence and security cooperation."[42] During his visit, the two leaders signed a strategic partnership agreement between Australia and the Philippines, agreeing to hold annual defence ministers' meetings.[43]
14	India	New Delhi	9–10 September	The Prime Minister attended the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.
15	United States	Washington, D.C.	23–26 October	Prime Minister Albanese attended a state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House. He also met Congressional leaders and visited Arlington National Cemetery.
16	China	Shanghai Beijing	4–7 November	Prime Minister Albanese met with Premier Li Qiang and attended the China International Import Expo. He also met with President Xi Jinping.[44]
17	Cook Islands	Rarotonga	7-9 November	Prime Minister Albanese joined Pacific leaders in the Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting.

Upcoming trips

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details
1	United States	San Francisco, California	11–17 November	Prime Minister Albanese is scheduled to attend the APEC Forum.