title: List of international trips made by Kim Jong Il
text: # List of international trips made by Kim Jong Il
  
  The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong Il during his tenure as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission, capacities which he served in from 1994 to 2011.
  
  The number of visits per country where he traveled are:
  
  * Three visits to Russia
  * Seven visits to China
  
  ## Summary of official trips
  
  | Date(s) | Country | Locations | Leaders met |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 29-31 May 2000 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin |
  | 15-20 January 2001 | China | Beijing Shanghai | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin |
  | 26 July-18 August 2001 | Russia | Moscow | President of Russia Vladimir Putin |
  | 20-24 August 2002 | Russia | Khabarovsk Vladivostok | President of Russia Vladimir Putin |
  | 19-21 April 2004 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao |
  | 10-18 January 2006 | China | Beijing Hubei Guangdong | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao |
  | 3-5 May 2010 | China | Dalian | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao |
  | August 2010 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao |
  | May 2011 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao |
  | 20-25 August 2011 | Russia | Sosnovy Bor military garrison, Ulan Ude | President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev |
  