Vice President Mike Pence will be traveling overseas shortly after presiding over the congressional session, wherein Joe Biden will be declared the winner of the recently concluded presidential election. This will be the Vice President's first time traveling overseas during the coronavirus pandemic.

Departing the U.S. on Jan. 6, the Indiana Republican will be stopping by in Poland, Israel, and Bahrain, according to a government document acquired by NBC News. He will remain abroad through Jan. 11. The travel schedule has dual benefits for the Vice President, but an administration official the plan is subject to change.

Pence is expected to talk about the Trump administration’s foreign policy achievements during his last trip. He is expected to tout policy achievements such as the normalization of relations between several Gulf States, including Bahrain and Israel. Moreover, it will give Pence an opportunity to get out of Washington after performing the awkward task of announcing his and the president's defeat to the Democrat and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

The trip is scheduled on the same day that Congress will be meeting for a joint session, where it would formally count the electoral votes for president and vice president. The president of the Senate, which is a role held by the vice president, is assigned the job of presenting the electoral votes and announcing the winner, under the federal law.

This is a politically uncomfortable job for Pence, considering that Trump has repeatedly refused to concede defeat. With 306 electoral votes, Biden received 36 more than the 270 required for victory. Trump, on the other hand, won 232 electoral votes. The Electoral College voted formally on Monday, CNBC reported.

With Pence announcing Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, he will be subject to the wrath of the Republicans and the GOP voters who believe Trump's dubious claims that the election was teeming with voter fraud. To dodge their ire, Pence needs to leave Washington for Europe and the Middle East.

Three U.S. officials familiar with the planning said Pence is eyeing a foreign trip that will enable him to stay overseas for nearly a week, starting on Jan. 6. While the outgoing vice president's aides remained mum about his tentative plan, a U.S. government document spotted by POLITICO suggests that Pence is planning to travel to Poland, Israel, and Bahrain, and more stops are likely to be added.

Aside from Pence, a slew of other members of the Trump administration including, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, have made similar plans to travel abroad during Trump's concluding days in office, Bloomberg reported.

Although Pence has been a loyal ally for Trump, he has largely remained in the background as the president attempted to overturn the election results. Moreover, he has supported Trump's dubious claims of election fraud and hasn't publicly acknowledged Biden's victory or congratulated him.