List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin

World map highlighting countries visited by Boris Yeltsin during his presidency.

  One visit

  Two visits

  Three visits

  Four visits

  Russia

Yeltsin with George Bush at the White House, Washington, DC in 1992

This is a list of Boris Yeltsin's presidential trips during his presidency, which began with his appointment on 10 July 1991. He traveled to 50 countries internationally, in addition to many more trips made domestically.

First term as president

Bill Clinton with Yeltsin during a meeting at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt on 23 October 1995

1991–1996

Date(s)	Country	Locations	Description
1991	Germany [1]	Bonn
	Kazakhstan [2]	Alma-Ata	State visit.
	Vatican City	Vatican City
	France	Paris
	Germany	Bonn
1992	United States [3]	Washington DC
	United Kingdom [4]	London
	Uzbekistan	Samarkand	State visit.
	South Korea [5]	Seoul
	France	Paris
	Canada [6]	Ottawa, Montreal [7]
	Bulgaria	Sofia [8]
	China	Beijing
1993	Greece	Athens
	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	State visit.
	Belgium [9]	Brussels
	India	Delhi	State visit.
	Belarus	Minsk	CIS Summit
	Poland [10]	Warsaw
	Czech Republic [11]	Prague
	Slovakia	Bratislava
	Japan	Tokyo
1994	Spain	Barcelona
	Greece	Corfu
	United Kingdom	London
	Spain	Madrid
	Georgia [12] [13] [14]	Tbilisi	State visit.
	Germany	Stuttgart	Participation in the parting ceremony of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
	United States	Washington D.C.
30 September 1994	Ireland (Shannon incident)	Dublin	Yeltsin was scheduled for an official state visit to Ireland but failed to get off his plane when it landed at Shannon Airport. The incident embarrassed the Irish government, in particular Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, who was left standing at the foot of the stairs to Yeltsin's plane, and raised questions about Yeltsin's health and fitness to serve. [15]
1995	Belarus [16]	Minsk
	Kazakhstan	Alma-Ata	CIS Summit
	Belarus	Minsk
	United States	Washington D.C.	Participation in the 50th session of the UN General Assembly.

Second term as president

1996–1999

Date(s)	Country	Locations
1996	Belarus	Brest	Participation in the 55th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War .
	China	Beijing
	Norway	Oslo
1997	Germany	Baden-Baden
	China [17]	Beijing
	Ukraine [18]	Kyiv
	United States	Denver	G8 Summit
	Moldova	Chișinău	CIS Summit
	Sweden [19]	Stockholm
1998	Italy	Rome
	Vatican City [20]	Vatican City
	Japan	Kanagawa
	United Kingdom	Birmingham	G8 Summit
	Germany	Bonn
	Uzbekistan [21] [22]	Tashkent	State visit.
1999	Germany	Cologne	G8 Summit
	Turkey	Istanbul	OSCE Summit
	China	Beijing	State visit.

See also

• List of international presidential trips made by Dmitry Medvedev
• List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin
• List of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev

References

1. JONES, TAMARA (22 November 1991). "Bonn Pledges Broad Help to Yeltsin : Germany: Kohl treats the Russian leader as a chief of state. The two vow industrial, economic and cultural cooperation" – via Los Angeles Times.
2. Clines, Francis X. (23 December 1991). "THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION; Yeltsin Roots: Firmly in Soil". The New York Times.
3. Rosenthal, Andrew (18 June 1992). "Summit in Washington; Yeltsin Cheered at Capitol as He Pledges Era of Trust and Asks for Action on Aid". The New York Times.
4. Schmidt, William E. (10 November 1992). "Yeltsin, in London, Seeks Aid on Debt". The New York Times.
5. "Yeltsin Gives South Korea Flight Recorders". The New York Times. Associated Press. 19 November 1992.
6. "Boris Yeltsin visits Canada". CBC.
7. Leo Teatero (20 June 1992). "Yeltsin arrives in Montreal". United Press International .
8. Vladimit Zhelyazkov (3 August 1992). "Yeltsin to discuss new Russia-Bulgaria relations". United Press International .
9. "Yeltsin invited to Brussels Dec. 9". United Press International. 11 November 1993.
10. Perlez, Jane (26 August 1993). "Yeltsin 'Understands' Polish Bid for a Role in NATO". The New York Times.
11. Perlez, Jane (27 August 1993). "YELTSIN AND HAVEL TRY TO BURY PAST". The New York Times.
12. Bohlen, Celestine (4 February 1994). "Russia and Georgia Sign Military Cooperation Treaty". The New York Times.
13. "Yeltsin, Shevardnadze sign Russian-Georgian accords". United Press International. 3 February 1994.
14. "Yeltsin signs Georgia treaty". The Independent.
15. Miller, Arthur H; Reisinger, William M; Hesli, Vicki L (1998). "The Russian 1996 presidential election: referendum on democracy or a personality contest?". Electoral Studies. 17 (2): 175–196. doi:10.1016/s0261-3794(98)00017-1.
16. "Yeltsin visits Belarus". United Press International. 21 February 1995.
17. "Yeltsin in China To Put an End To Border Issue". New York Times. Reuters. 10 November 1997.
18. "Yeltsin to Press Kiev Ties". New York Times. Reuters. 30 March 1997.
19. "Yeltsin, in Sweden, Speaks of Nuclear Cuts". The New York Times. Reuters. 3 December 1997.
20. New York Times News Service (11 February 1998). "POPE, YELTSIN HOLD WARM, LONG MEETING". Chicago Tribune.
21. Melvin, Neil J. (2 August 2004). Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781135287511 – via Google Books.
22. Fazendeiro, Bernardo Teles (25 August 2017). Uzbekistan's Foreign Policy: The Struggle for Recognition and Self-Reliance under Karimov. Routledge. ISBN   9781351967877 – via Google Books.

External links

• Travels of the Yeltsin Presidency in Yeltsin Center official website.