This is a list of international trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his prime ministership of India.
List
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sri Lanka | Colombo | 28–31 July 1998 | 10th SAARC Summit | [1] |
Oman | Salalah | 29–30 August 1998 | State visit | [1] |
Namibia | Windhoek | 30–31 August 1998 | State visit | [1] |
South Africa | Durban | 1–2 September 1998 | NAM Summit | [1] |
Mauritius | Port Louis | 3–4 September 1998 | State visit | [1] |
United States | New York City | 22–28 September 1998 | UN General Assembly | [1] |
France | Paris | 29–30 September 1998 | State visit | [1] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 8–9 February 1999 | State visit | [1] |
Jamaica | Montego Bay | 9–12 February 1999 | 9th G-15 Summit | [1] |
Morocco | 13–14 February 1999 | State visit | [1] | |
Pakistan | Lahore | 20–21 February 1999 | State visit | Vajpayee traveled on the inaugural run of the Delhi-Lahore bus service.[1][2] |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | 19–20 June 1999 | State visit | Inauguration of the Kolkata-Dhaka bus service.[2] |
South Africa | Durban | 12–15 November 1999 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1999 | [2] |
Mauritius | 10–13 March 2000 | State visit | [3] | |
Turkey | March–April 2000 | [3] | ||
Italy | 25–27 June 2000 | State visit | [3] | |
Vatican City | 26 June 2000 | State visit | [3] | |
Portugal | 28–29 June 2000 | State visit | [3] | |
United States | New York City Washington, D.C. |
5–13 September 13–17 September 2000 | Millennium Summit State visit |
Vajpayee was the only foreign leader to have addressed the Joint Sitting of the 106th Congress.[4][3] |
Germany | 18–19 September 2000 | State visit | [3] | |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 7–10 January 2001 | State visit | [3] |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 10–14 January 2001 | State visit | [3] |
Iran | 10–13 April 2001 | State visit | [5] | |
Malaysia | 13–16 May 2001 | State visit | [5] | |
Russia | Moscow | 4–7 November 2001 | State visit | [5] |
United States | Washington, D.C. New York City |
7–11 November 2001 | State visit and UN General Assembly | Official working visit from 7-9 Nov. UNGA from 10 Nov.[4][5] |
United Kingdom | 12–13 November 2001 | State visit | [5] | |
Japan | Tokyo | 7–11 December 2001 | State visit | [5] |
Nepal | 3–6 January 2002 | SAARC Summit | [5] | |
Cambodia | 9-11 April 2002 | State visit | [6] | |
United States | New York City | 12 September 2002 | UN General Assembly | Met with President George W. Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City.[4] |
Cambodia | 4-6 November 2002 | India-ASEAN Summit | [7] | |
Laos | 6-8 November 2002 | State visit | [8] | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 22–25 February 2003 | 13th NAM summit | [8] |
Germany | 27–28 May 2003 | State visit | [8] | |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 29 May–1 June 2003 | Tercentenary Celebrations of the city | [8] |
France | Évian-les-Bains | 1–3 June 2003 | G-8 summit | [8] |
China | Beijing Luoyang |
22–27 June 2003 | State visit | [8] |
Turkey | Ankara Istanbul |
16–19 September 2003 | State visit | [8] |
United States | New York City | 20–28 September 2003 | UN General Assembly | Met with President George W. Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City on 24 September.[4][8] |
Indonesia | Bali | 5–8 October 2003 | 2nd India-ASEAN Summit | [8] |
Thailand | 8–12 October 2003 | State visit | [8] | |
Sri Lanka | 19–22 October 2003 | State visit | [8] | |
Russia | Moscow | 11–13 November 2003 | State visit | [8] |
Tajikistan | 13–14 November 2003 | State visit | [8] | |
Syria | 14–16 November 2003 | State visit | [8] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | 4–7 December 2003 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2003 | [8] |
Pakistan | Islamabad | 3–6 January 2004 | SAARC Summit | [8] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1998-1999".
- ^ a b c "Indiaís Neighbours".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Introduction and Synopsis".
- ^ a b c d "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "India's Neighbours".
- ^ "Annual Report 2004–2005".
- ^ "Bilateral Brief - India-Cambodia". www.indembassyphnompenh.org. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Annual Report (1 january 2003 - 31 march 2004)".