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List of international presidential trips made by Hafez al-Assad

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Hafez al-Assad, president of Syria, during his presidency between 1971 and 2000.

1970s

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1971

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  Libya Benghazi 17 April 1971 Signing of the agreement to establish the Federation of Arab Republics between Egypt, Libya and Syria. [1]

1972

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  Kuwait Kuwait City 22 April 1972
  Egypt Mersa Matruh 19 June 1972 Attended a meeting of the Federation of Arab Republics [2]
  Soviet Union Moscow July 1972
  Egypt Cairo 9 July 1972 [3]

1973

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  Egypt Cairo 7 February 1973 Meeting with president Anwar Sadat and Colonel Muammar Gaddafi [4]
  Egypt April 1973 [5]
  Soviet Union Moscow 7 May 1973 [6]

1974

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  Lebanon Beirut 18 January 1974 Meeting with president Suleiman Frangieh [7]
  Pakistan Lahore 22–24 February 1974 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit
  Yugoslavia Belgrade 15 August 1974 Meeting with President Josip Broz Tito [8]
  Romania Bucharest 9 September 1974 Meeting with president Nicolae Ceaușescu
  Korea DPR Pyongyang September 1974
  Morocco Rabat 30 October 1974 Attended the 7th Arab Summit Conference [9]

1975

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  Lebanon Beirut 7 January 1975 Meeting with president Suleiman Frangieh [10]
  Saudi Arabia Riyad 24 April 1975 Attended the Arab Summit Conference
  Jordan Amman 10 June 1975 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal
  Czechoslovakia Prague, Karlovy Vary 8–11 September 1975 Meeting with Gustáv Husák [11]
  Soviet Union Moscow 10 October 1975 [12]
  Iran Tehran December 1975
  Jordan Amman 9–10 December 1975 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal

1976

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  France Paris 17–18 June 1976 Meeting with president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [13]
  Yugoslavia Belgrade June 1976
  Romania Bucharest 27 June 1976 [14]
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 16–18 October 1976 Attended a six-party summit, which included the leaders of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Kuwait to discuss the situation in Lebanon [15]
  Jordan Amman 6–7 December 1976 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal [16]

1977

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  Sudan Khartoum 27 February 1977 Attended trilateral summit with Sudanese president Gaafar Nimeiry and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat [17]
  Soviet Union Moscow 19 April 1977 Meeting with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev [18]
   Switzerland Geneva 9 May 1977 Meeting with U.S. president Jimmy Carter [19]
  Libya Tripoli 2 December 1977 Attended a summit with the participation of the leaders of Algeria, Iraq, Libya, the PLO and South Yemen to discuss Sadat's initiative [20]
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 9 December 1977 Meeting with Crown Prince Fahd [21]
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 12 December 1977 Meeting with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan [22]

1978

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  Soviet Union Moscow 20–22 February 1978
  India New Delhi 18 April 1978 Meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi [23]
  West Germany Bonn 12 September 1978
  East Germany 1 October 1978
  Iraq Baghdad 25–27 October 1978 Working visit [24]
  Iraq Baghdad 2 November 1978 Attended the Arab Summit Conference [25]
  Soviet Union Moscow 6 October 1978
  Hungary Budapest 29 November 1978

1979

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  Iraq Baghdad 16–17 June 1979 Meeting with president Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr [26]
  Algeria Algiers 3 July 1979 Meeting with president Chadli Benjedid [27]
  Soviet Union Moscow 15–18 October 1979

1980s

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1980

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  Yugoslavia Belgrade 4 May 1980 Attended the state funeral of Josip Broz Tito
  Libya Tripoli Held unification talks with Muammar Gaddafi
  Soviet Union Moscow 8–10 October 1980 Meeting with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev [28]

1981

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  Saudi Arabia Mecca & Taif 25–29 January 1981 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit

1982

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  Saudi Arabia Taif 5 July 1982 Meeting with King Fahd [29]

1983

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  India New Delhi 1983
  Saudi Arabia Jeddah 9 May 1983 Meeting with King Fahd [30]

1985

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  Soviet Union Moscow 19 June 1985 Meeting with Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev [31]

1986

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  Jordan Amman 5 May 1986 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal [32]
  Greece Athens 26–28 May 1986 State visit [33]

1987

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  Kuwait Kuwait City 26–29 January 1987 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit [34]
  Soviet Union Moscow 27–29 April 1987 Meeting with Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev [35]
  Bulgaria Sofia October 1987 Meeting with Todor Zhivkov [36]

1990s

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1990

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  Egypt Cairo 14–16 July 1990 Meeting with president Hosni Mubarak [37]
  Egypt Cairo 9 August 1990 Attended the Arab Summit Conference on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti crisis

1992

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  Kuwait Kuwait City 20 April 1992 Meeting with Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah [38]

1994

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  Egypt Cairo 4–5 April 1994 Meeting with president Hosni Mubarak [39]

1997

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Meeting of Al-Assad with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hashemi Rafsanjani, 1997
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  Iran Tehran 1 August 1997 State visit
  Iran Tehran 9–11 December 1997 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit [40]

1998

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  France Paris 18 July 1998 Meeting with president Jacques Chirac [41]

1999

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  Jordan Amman February Attended the funeral of Hussein bin Talal [42]
  Russia Moscow 7 July 1999 Meeting with president Boris Yeltsin [43]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Egypt: President Sadat Greets President Assad of Syria Prior to Mini Arab Summit".
  3. ^ "Egypt: President Sadat Talks with President Assad of Syria on Soviet Policy in Middle East".
  4. ^ "Egypt: Presidents Sadat of Egypt, Assad of Syria & Gaddafi of Libya End Arab Talks on".
  5. ^ مذكرات المشير الجمسي. Nahdet Misr Publishing House. October 2023. ISBN 978-977-14-6229-3.
  6. ^ "Syrian Leader Said to Visit Moscow for Secret Talks". The New York Times. 7 May 1973.
  7. ^ لبنان من دويلات فينيقيا إلى فيدرالية الطوائف. Al Manhal. January 2013. ISBN 979-6-500-11729-4.
  8. ^ "Yugoslavia: President Assad of Syria Arrives in Yugoslavia for Talks on Cyprus and the Middle East with President Tito".
  9. ^ "Morocco: Arab Leaders Arrive for Summit Meeting in Rabat".
  10. ^ "العلاقات اللبنانية السورية، 1943-1985: وقائع بيبليوغرافيا وثائق،". 1986.
  11. ^ Adamec, Jan (2013). "Czechoslovakia and Arms Deliveries to Syria 1955-1989". Les Cahiers Irice. 10: 69. doi:10.3917/lci.010.0069.
  12. ^ A Calendar of Soviet Treaties: 1974-1980. BRILL. 3 November 1987. ISBN 978-90-247-3628-7.
  13. ^ "Assad, in Paris, Vows to Continue Lebanon Action". The New York Times. 18 June 1976.
  14. ^ "Assad Visiting Rumania". The New York Times. 27 June 1976.
  15. ^ "Al Moqatel - سورية من الاستقلال إلى حافظ الأسد".
  16. ^ "Jordan: President Assad of Syria Arrives in Jordan for Talks with King Hussein".
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  19. ^ "Carter, at Meeting with Syrian, Calls for Palestinian 'Homeland'". The New York Times. 10 May 1977.
  20. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/12/02/anti-sadat-arabs-meet-in-tripoli/9095c7ec-b90e-404d-b689-71b620e6af1c/ [bare URL]
  21. ^ "Syrian President Flies to Riyadh to Seek Saudis' Aid Against Sadat". The New York Times. 9 December 1977.
  22. ^ "United Arab Emirates: Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad Arrives for Talks".
  23. ^ "India: Syrian President Assad Lays Wreath at Gandhi Memorial and Has Talks with Premier Desai".
  24. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/10/25/iraqi-president-gives-assad-warm-welcome-as-baghdad-talks-begin/ab890b3a-926e-4973-b38f-d47ac4ddfef2/ [bare URL]
  25. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/10/25/iraqi-president-gives-assad-warm-welcome-as-baghdad-talks-begin/ab890b3a-926e-4973-b38f-d47ac4ddfef2/ [bare URL]
  26. ^ "Iraq: Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad and Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr Continue Talks Aimed at Uniting Their Two Countries".
  27. ^ "Algeria: President Assad of Syria Pays Visit to President Chadli to Discuss Middle East Peace Treaty".
  28. ^ A Calendar of Soviet Treaties: 1974-1980. BRILL. 3 November 1987. ISBN 978-90-247-3628-7.
  29. ^ "Syrian President Meets with the Saudis' King". The New York Times. 5 July 1982.
  30. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/05/09/lebanon-seen-as-focus-of-assad-fahd-talks/80ceb881-49d5-4206-9ccc-92a77496ec0c/ [bare URL]
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  36. ^ Bulgaria to Host Syrian President for 1st Time since 1987
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  39. ^ "Assad winds up peace talks, leaves Cairo - UPI Archives".
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  43. ^ Recknagel, Charles (9 April 2008). "Russia: President Assad's Visit Shows Strength of Ties with Syria". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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