Summary of visits
| Country | Guest | Title | Date | Significance |
 • Republic of Iraq (2003–present) |
 United Nations |
António Guterres |
Secretary-General |
May 17, 2025 |
34th Arab League summit |
 Arab League |
Ahmed Aboul Gheit |
 Spain |
Pedro Sanchez |
Prime Minister |
 Lebanon |
Nawaf Salam |
 Jordan |
Jafar Hassan |
 Yemen |
Rashad al-Alimi |
Chairman |
 Qatar |
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
Emir |
 Palestine |
Mahmoud Abbas |
President |
 Egypt |
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
 Somalia |
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Qatar |
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani[1] |
Prime Minister |
March 24, 2025 |
|
 Iran |
Masoud Pezeshkian |
President |
September 11–13, 2024 |
Official visit |
| Lebanon |
Najib Mikati[2] |
July 21, 2024 |
 Turkey |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
April 22–23, 2024 |
| Spain |
Pedro Sánchez |
Prime Minister |
December 28, 2023 |
| Jordan |
Bisher al-Khasawneh |
July 24, 2023 |
| United Nations |
António Guterres |
Secretary-General |
February 28, 2023 |
|
 Italy |
Giorgia Meloni |
Prime Minister |
December 23, 2022 |
| Lebanon |
Najib Mikati[3] |
October 25, 2021 |
Official visit |
 France | Emmanuel Macron | President | August 28–29, 2021 | Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership[4] |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | August 28, 2021 |
| Jordan | Abdullah II of Jordan | King |
| Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir |
 United Arab Emirates | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Prime Minister |
 Kuwait | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President | June 28, 2021 | Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit[5] |
| Jordan | Abdullah II of Jordan | King |
.svg.png) Vatican City | Pope Francis | Pope | March 5–8, 2021 | |
| France | Emmanuel Macron | President | September 2, 2020 | Official visit |
.svg.png) Australia |
David Hurley | Governor-General |
December 20, 2019 |
 Norway | Erna Solberg | Prime Minister | October 21, 2019 |
| Kuwait | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Emir | June 19, 2019 |
| Iran | Hassan Rouhani[6] | President | March 11–14, 2019 | |
| Palestine |
Mahmoud Abbas |
March 3–4, 2019 |
| Spain |
Felipe VI of Spain |
King |
January 30, 2019 |
Official visit |
.svg.png) Canada |
Julie Payette |
Governor-General |
January 20–21, 2019 |
|
| Jordan | Abdullah II of Jordan | King | January 13, 2019 |
 United States | Donald Trump | President | December 26, 2018 |
| Australia |
Scott Morrison |
Prime Minister |
December 20, 2018 | Secret visit |
| Peter Cosgrove |
Governor-General |
November 7, 2018 |
| February 26, 2018 |
|
| Lebanon | Michel Aoun |
President | February 20–21, 2018 | Official visit |
.svg.png) United Kingdom | Theresa May | Prime Minister | November 29, 2017 | |
 Czech Republic | Bohuslav Sobotka | August 26–27, 2017 | Official visit |
| Australia |
Malcolm Turnbull |
April 24, 2017 |
|
| United Nations |
António Guterres |
Secretary-General |
March 30–31, 2017 |
| Turkey |
Binali Yıldırım |
Prime Minister |
January 7–8, 2017 |
Official visit |
| France |
François Hollande |
President |
January 2, 2017 |
 Sweden |
Stefan Löfven |
Prime Minister |
October 24–25, 2016 |
|
 Netherlands | Mark Rutte | August 9, 2016 | Secret visit |
| United Nations |
Ban Ki-moon |
Secretary-General |
March 26, 2016 |
|
 New Zealand |
John Key |
Prime Minister |
October 6–8, 2015 |
Secret visit |
| Australia |
Peter Cosgrove |
Governor-General |
August 9, 2015 |
|
| Canada |
Stephen Harper |
Prime Minister |
May 2, 2015 |
| United Nations |
Ban Ki-moon |
Secretary-General |
March 30, 2015 |
| Australia |
Tony Abbott[7] |
Prime Minister |
January 4, 2015 |
| Turkey |
Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Prime Minister |
November 20–21, 2014 |
| France |
François Hollande |
President |
September 12, 2014 |
| Italy |
Matteo Renzi | Prime Minister |
August 20, 2014 |
| Iran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | President | July 18–19, 2013 | Official visit |
| United Nations |
Ban Ki-moon |
Secretary-General |
December 6, 2012 |
|
| Ban Ki-moon | March 27–29, 2012 | 23rd Arab League summit |
| Arab League | Nabil Elaraby |
| Kuwait | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Emir |
| Lebanon | Michel Suleiman | President |
| Palestine | Mahmoud Abbas |
 Tunisia | Moncef Marzouki |
 Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz |
 Sudan | Omar al-Bashir |
 Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
| Somalia | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed |
 Comoros | Ikililou Dhoinine |
 Libya | Mustafa Abdul Jalil | Chairman |
| Turkey |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Prime Minister |
March 28–29, 2011 |
|
| Australia |
Julia Gillard[8] |
June 28, 2009 |
| United States | Barack Obama | President | April 7–8, 2009 |
| Palestine |
Mahmoud Abbas |
April 5, 2009 |
| France | Nicolas Sarkozy[9] | February 10, 2009 |
| United Nations |
Ban Ki-moon |
Secretary-General |
February 6, 2009 |
| United Kingdom |
Gordon Brown[10] |
Prime Minister |
December 17, 2008 |
| United States |
George W. Bush |
President | December 14, 2008 |
| Lebanon |
Fouad Siniora |
Prime Minister |
August 20, 2008 |
| Jordan | Abdullah II of Jordan[11] |
King | August 12, 2008 |
| United Kingdom |
Gordon Brown[12] |
Prime Minister |
July 19, 2008 |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | July 10, 2008 |
| Iran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | President | March 1–2, 2008 | Official visit |
| Australia |
Kevin Rudd[13] |
Prime Minister |
December 21, 2007 |
|
 Poland | Donald Tusk[14] | December 19, 2007 |
| United Kingdom | Gordon Brown[15][16] | December 9, 2007 |
| October 3, 2007 |
| United States | George W. Bush | President | September 3, 2007 |
| United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Prime Minister | May 19, 2007 |
| Poland | Jarosław Kaczyński | May 16, 2007 |
| United Nations |
Ban Ki-moon |
Secretary-General |
March 22, 2007 |
Secret visit |
| Poland |
Jarosław Kaczyński |
Prime Minister |
December 20, 2006 |
|
 Romania |
Traian Băsescu |
President | August 9, 2006 |
| United States | George W. Bush | June 13, 2006 |
 Denmark |
Anders Fogh Rasmussen[17] |
Prime Minister |
May 23, 2006 |
| United Kingdom | Tony Blair | December 22, 2005 |
| United Nations |
Kofi Annan |
Secretary-General |
November 12, 2005 |
| Australia |
John Howard[18] |
Prime Minister |
July 26, 2005 | Secret visit |
| United Kingdom |
Tony Blair |
December 21, 2004 |
|
 Ukraine |
Viktor Yanukovych[19] |
September 2–3, 2004 |
| Australia |
John Howard[20] |
April 25, 2004 |
| Italy |
Silvio Berlusconi[21] |
April 20, 2004 |
| Netherlands | Jan Peter Balkenende | January 7, 2004 | Secret visit |
| United Kingdom |
Tony Blair |
January 4, 2004 |
|
| Spain | José María Aznar | December 20, 2003 | Secret visit |
| United States | George W. Bush | President | November 27, 2003 |
| United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Prime Minister | May 29, 2003 | |
.svg.png) • Ba'athist Iraq (1968-2003) |
 Venezuela | Hugo Chavez[22] | President | August 10, 2000 |
Official visit |
| United Nations |
Kofi Annan |
Secretary-General |
February 20–22, 1998 |
|
| Palestine | Yasser Arafat | Chairman | February 3–4, 1993 |
| January 1992 |
 Algeria |
Chadli Bendjedid |
President |
December 1990 |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
Chairman |
October 13–14, 1990 |
| August, 1990 |
 Austria |
Kurt Waldheim |
President |
August 25, 1990 |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
August 14, 1990 |
| August 3, 1990 |
| Egypt |
Hosni Mubarak |
President |
July 24, 1990 |
Diplomatic visit |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
July 17, 1990 |
| Arab League | Chedli Klibi | Secretary-General | May 28–30, 1990 | 1990 Arab League summit |
| Kuwait |
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah |
Emir |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
 Saudi Arabia |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
King & Prime Minister |
| Egypt | Hosni Mubarak | President |
.svg.png) Libya | Muammar Gaddafi |
| Yemen | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Tunisia |
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Somalia |
Siad Barre |
| Palestine | Yasser Arafat | Chairman |
| Saudi Arabia | Fahd of Saudi Arabia | King & Prime Minister | Late May–June 1, 1989 |
Official visit |
 Bahrain |
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
Prime Minister |
1989 |
|
| Egypt | Hosni Mubarak | President | October 24, 1988 | Arafat-Hussein-Mubarak summit |
| Palestine | Yasser Arafat | Chairman |
| Egypt |
Hosni Mubarak[23] |
President |
September 7, 1988 |
|
| Jordan | Hussein of Jordan[24] | King | September 6, 1987 |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
Chairman |
1987 |
| Egypt |
Hosni Mubarak |
President |
March 18, 1985 |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
| Romania |
Nicolae Ceaușescu |
President | June 13, 1982 |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
Chairman |
September 25, 1980 |
 Mali |
Moussa Traoré |
President |
February 11, 1980 |
Official visit |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
Chairman |
March 29, 1979 |
|
.svg.png) Syria | Hafez al-Assad | President | November 2–5, 1978 | 9th Arab League summit |
| Lebanon |
Élias Sarkis |
| Selim Hoss | Prime Minister |
 South Yemen |
Ali Nasir Muhammad |
| Kuwait |
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah |
Emir |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
| Libya |
Muammar Gaddafi |
Chairman |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
| Syria | Hafez al-Assad | President | October 24, 1978 |
Official visit |
| Spain |
Juan Carlos I |
King |
1978 |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
|
| Austria |
Bruno Kreisky |
Chancellor |
March 16, 1976 |
Official visit |
| France |
Jacques Chirac |
Prime Minister |
February 17–18, 1975 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
President |
| United Nations |
Kurt Waldheim |
Secretary-General |
February 20, 1975 |
|
 India | Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister | January 18–21, 1975 |
Official visit |
 Cuba | Fidel Castro | President | September 10, 1973 |
| Syria |
Hafez al-Assad |
1973 |
|
.svg.png) • Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) |
 Indonesia |
Sukarno |
President |
2-5 April 1960[25] |
Official visit |
.svg.png) • Kingdom of Iraq (1924–1958) |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
King |
1958 |
|
.svg.png) Iran |
Mohammad Reza Shah |
Shah |
March 11–12, 1955 |
Official visit |
| Transjordan |
Abdullah I of Jordan |
King |
November 27, 1941 |
Most visited Official
- As of 3 September 2025
| Country |
Official |
Visit |
Last Visit |
| Palestine |
Yasser Arafat |
10 |
February 4, 1993 |
| Jordan |
Hussein of Jordan |
9* |
August 14, 1990 |
| Egypt |
Hosni Mubarak |
5 |
24 July 1990 |
| United Kingdom |
Tony Blair |
5 |
May 19, 2007 |
| Jordan |
Abdullah II of Jordan |
4 |
August 28, 2021 |
| United Kingdom |
Gordon Brown |
4 |
December 17, 2008 |
| United States |
George W. Bush |
4 |
December 14, 2008 |
| Palestine |
Mahmoud Abbas |
4 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Egypt |
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
3 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Turkey |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
3 |
April 23, 2024 |
| Australia |
Peter Cosgrove |
3 |
November 7, 2018 |
| Syria |
Hafez al-Assad |
3 |
November 5, 1978 |
| Spain |
Pedro Sánchez |
2 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Qatar |
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
2 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Lebanon |
Najib Mikati |
2 |
July 21, 2024 |
| France |
Emmanuel Macron |
2 |
August 29, 2021 |
| Kuwait |
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
2 |
June 19, 2019 |
| Kuwait |
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah |
2 |
May 30, 1990 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
2 |
May 30, 1990 |
| Iran |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
2 |
July 19, 2013 |
| Libya |
Muammar Gaddafi |
2 |
May 30, 1990 |
| France |
François Hollande |
2 |
January 2, 2017 |
| Poland |
Jarosław Kaczyński |
2 |
May 16, 2007 |
| Australia |
John Howard |
2 |
July 26, 2005 |
| *Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990.[26] |
Most visit by Country
- As of 3 September 2025
| Country |
Visit |
Last Visit |
| Jordan |
16* |
May 17, 2025 |
| Palestine |
14 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Australia |
11 |
December 20, 2019 |
| United Kingdom |
10 |
November 29, 2017 |
| Egypt |
8 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Lebanon |
8 |
May 17, 2025 |
| United States |
6 |
December 26, 2018 |
| France |
6 |
August 29, 2021 |
| Spain |
5 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Iran |
5 |
September 13, 2024 |
| Turkey |
5 |
April 23, 2024 |
| Kuwait |
5 |
August 28, 2021 |
| Italy |
3 |
December 23, 2022 |
| Libya |
3 |
March 29, 2012 |
| Poland |
3 |
December 19, 2007 |
| Syria |
3 |
November 5, 1978 |
| Somalia |
3 |
May 17, 2025 |
| Qatar |
3 |
May 17, 2025 |
| *Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990. |
References
- ↑ "Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Region". mofa.gov.qa. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
- ↑ "Mikati meets with Iraqi prime minister, president on official visit to the country". L'Orient Today. 2024-07-21. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ↑ "Najib Mikati - Latest News - Mikati holds talks with Iraqi counterpart, stresses need to bolster relations". najib-mikati.net. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ↑ "Baghdad conference to establish cooperation, partnership in region - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Ismail, Amina (2021-06-27). "'Arab Alliance' meets in Iraq in first visit in decades for an Egyptian leader". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Iraqi TV: Iran's president arrives in Baghdad on 3-day visit". Insider. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Press, Associated (2015-01-04). "Tony Abbott makes surprise visit to Iraq to discuss fight against Isis". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Gillard visits diggers in Iraq". ABC News. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Sarkozy visits Iraq to raise France's profile in region". the Guardian. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "British PM Brown in Iraq on surprise visit: TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Jordan's Abdullah first Arab leader to visit Iraq". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Brown arrives in Baghdad". The New York Times. 2008-07-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Australia's Rudd makes unannounced visit to Baghdad". Reuters. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Polish PM visits troops in Iraq for Christmas". Reuters. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Tories attack Brown over Iraq 'photo opportunity'". the Guardian. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Brown on unannounced visit to troops in Iraq". Reuters. 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Team, Editorial (2006-05-23). "Danish prime minister visits Danish troops in Iraq". PravdaReport. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ "Howard makes surprise visit to Iraq". The Age. 2005-07-26. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Interns (2004-09-08). "High hopes for Iraq - Sep. 09, 2004". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ "Howard makes flying visit to Baghdad". The Age. 2004-04-25. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Italian PM Berlusconi visits troops in Iraq". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Chavez Visits Iraq". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1988-09-08). "Mubarak on Iraq Visit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1987-09-07). "Jordan King Visits Iraq". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ British Pathe, British Pathe. "INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SOEKARNO IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ. (1960)". britishpathe.com. British Pathe. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ↑ Shlaim, Avi (2009). Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Vintage Books. pp. 425–438. ISBN 978-1400078288.
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