List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin
Country Areas visited Date ( s ) Details
France Paris January 15 Met with President Jacques Chirac
Poland Warsaw , Poznań January 16-17 Official visit . Met with Prime Minister Leszek Miller and President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Kazakhstan Almaty February 28 - March 2 Attended the CIS summit
Ukraine Odessa March 17 Attended the trilateral summit meeting of Russia , Ukraine and Moldova
Turkmenistan Ashgabat April 23-24 Attended the Caspian Summit
Italy Rome May 28 Attended the Russia-NATO summit
Kazakhstan Almaty June 4 Attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia Summit
Canada Kananaskis June 26-28 Attended the G8 summit
Kazakhstan Aktau July 6 Attended the informal meeting of the heads of Central Asian states and Russia
Moldova Chisinau October 6-7 Attended the CIS summit
Ukraine Zaporozhye October 6 Marked the 70th Anniversary of Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant Construction
Belgium Brussels November 11 Attended the Russia-EU summit
Norway Oslo November 12 Official visit . Met with King Harald V
China Beijing November 27 - December 3 Official visit . Met with President Jiang Zemin
India New Delhi December 3-4 Met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Abdul Kalam
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek December 5 Met with President Askar Akayev
First presidency ( 2000–2008 ) -- 2002
The following are the international trips made by President Putin in 2002 :
This is a list of presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin. During his presidency, which began with his inauguration on May 7, 2000, he has traveled to 50 different countries internationally as of March 2008, in addition to many more trips made domestically within Russia.