List of international prime ministerial trips made by Anwar Ibrahim

[1] The number of visits per nation where Prime Minister Anwar traveled are: In his first-ever official overseas visit as the Prime Minister of Malaysia, he met with President Joko Widodo in Bogor Palace, Jakarta to discuss issues relating to border demarcation, trade, manpower, palm oil, and the situation in Myanmar.

As soon as he touched down in Saudi Arabia, he performed umrah, and received a courtesy call from both the Secretaries-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha and of Muslim World League (MWL) Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa, broke fast with Malaysians residing in Saudi Arabia, held engagement sessions with the Chairmen of both the National Chamber of Commerce and Jeddah Chamber of Commerce as well as business communities to invite them to invest more in Malaysia, met with the Malaysian diaspora, held a press conference to state his openness on restarting talks on building the King Salman Centre for International Peace.

He also shared his thoughts at the conference themed "An Uncertain World: Solidarity and Cooperation for Development and Challenges", and held a meeting with the top leadership of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) in Hainan.

He paid courtesy call on and held bilateral meetings with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji in Beijing.

Afterward, he met with the Prime Minister of Laos, Sonexay Siphandone, attending a bilateral summit while also witnessing the signing of several MoUs related to transportation, energy, and port-related agreements.

He met with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính at the outset to discuss issues related to cooperation between the two countries, especially in the areas of investment and trade, agriculture, defense, and security as well as the halal industry.

On his second working visit this time, he met with the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for an afternoon tea to discuss the latest developments regarding both countries' bilateral issues.

He attended and spoke at the 20th China–Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Expo (CAExpo) 2023 and the China–ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS), officiated the Malaysian Pavilion at CAExpo, had a bilateral meeting and luncheon with the Premier of China Li Qiang to discuss the China–Malaysia relations and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern as well as holding an engagement session with the corporate giants of China.

In the evening of his first day, Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral summit with President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran that discussed issues concerning cooperation in the fields of economy, education, food security, science, and technology.

He also agreed to a conversation with the Council on Foreign Relations that was moderated by Mariko Silver with introductory remarks by then the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin.

In his general debate address, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reiterated the firmness of the country and the people of Malaysia regarding the challenges of the modern world.

The Prime Minister also addressed issues regarding the spirit of alliance and multilateral cooperation, the emergence of a new form of racism characterized by xenophobia, negative profiling and stereotyping of Muslims, Quran desecration, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Myanmar and Afghanistan.

He held several meetings with the likes of President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, senior ministers of the Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates as well as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

There, he reiterated the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is more than vital to be discussed in upholding the international principles and laws towards the human rights violations and genocidal intentions of the Palestinians.

Ending his visit, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with his close friend, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Republic of Türkiye for nearly two hours.

The Prime Minister began his one-day trip in Cairo by paying a courtesy visit to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Heliopolis Palace.

The Prime Minister applauded Egypt's efforts to facilitate the entry of humanitarian and medical aid through the Rafah Border Crossing while also agreeing that both nations should play an extra and decisive role in ensuring justice prevails.

The Prime Minister invited the Grand Imam to Malaysia in hopes of strengthening the flow of wasatiyyah in the curriculum of knowledge and preaching at the regional level.

He finished the visit by meeting with the CEO of Red Crescent, Dr Rami Al Nazer to listen to the current briefing on the humanitarian aid planned.

He reaffirmed their strong commitment to this annual engagement platform to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual concern.

Anwar and Indonesian President Joko Widodo at a press conference. 9 January 2023
Anwar with his wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail with US President Joe Biden with the first lady Jill Biden during APEC 2023
Anwar standing between Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit reception