List of international prime ministerial trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

This is a list of international trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his prime ministership of India. ^[1]

List

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
Sri Lanka	Colombo	28–31 July 1998	10th SAARC Summit	[2]
Oman	Salalah	29–30 August 1998	State visit	[2]
Namibia	Windhoek	30–31 August 1998	State visit	[2]
South Africa	Durban	1–2 September 1998	NAM Summit	[2]
Mauritius	Port Louis	3–4 September 1998	State visit	[2]
United States	New York City	22–28 September 1998	UN General Assembly	[2]
France	Paris	29–30 September 1998	State visit	[2]
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	8–9 February 1999	State visit	[2]
Jamaica	Montego Bay	9–12 February 1999	9th G-15 Summit	[2]
Morocco		13–14 February 1999	State visit	[2]
Pakistan	Lahore	20–21 February 1999	State visit	Vajpayee traveled on the inaugural run of the Delhi-Lahore bus service. [2] [3]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	19–20 June 1999	State visit	Inauguration of the Kolkata-Dhaka bus service. [3]
South Africa	Durban	12–15 November 1999	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1999	[3]
Mauritius		10–13 March 2000	State visit	[4]
Turkey		March–April 2000		[4]
Italy		25–27 June 2000	State visit	[4]
Vatican City		26 June 2000	State visit	[4]
Portugal		28–29 June 2000	State visit	[4]
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 session of the 106th United States Congress. [5] [4]
Germany		18–19 September 2000	State visit	[4]
Vietnam	Hanoi	7–10 January 2001	State visit	[4]
Indonesia	Jakarta	10–14 January 2001	State visit	[4]
Iran		10–13 April 2001	State visit	[6]
Malaysia		13–16 May 2001	State visit	[6]
Russia	Moscow	4–7 November 2001	State visit	[6]
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. [5] [6]
United Kingdom		12–13 November 2001	State visit	[6]
Japan	Tokyo	7–11 December 2001	State visit	[6]
Nepal		3–6 January 2002	SAARC Summit	[6]
Cambodia		9-11 April 2002	State visit	[7]
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. [5]
Cambodia		4-6 November 2002	India-ASEAN Summit	[8]
Laos		6-8 November 2002	State visit	[9]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	22–25 February 2003	13th NAM summit	[9]
Germany		27–28 May 2003	State visit	[9]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	29 May–1 June 2003	Tercentenary Celebrations of the city	[9]
France	Évian-les-Bains	1–3 June 2003	G-8 summit	[9]
China	Beijing Luoyang	22–27 June 2003	State visit	[9]
Turkey	Ankara Istanbul	16–19 September 2003	State visit	[9]
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. [5] [9]
Indonesia	Bali	5–8 October 2003	2nd India-ASEAN Summit	[9]
Thailand		8–12 October 2003	State visit	[9]
Sri Lanka		19–22 October 2003	State visit	[9]
Russia	Moscow	11–13 November 2003	State visit	[9]
Tajikistan		13–14 November 2003	State visit	[9]
Syria		14–16 November 2003	State visit	[9]
Nigeria	Abuja	4–7 December 2003	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2003	[9]
Pakistan	Islamabad	3–6 January 2004	SAARC Summit	[9]

References

1. Narayanan Kutty, Sumitha; Ladwig III, Walter C. (March 2025). "Nonresident Prime Ministers? Measuring India's Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel". International Studies Quarterly. 69 (1).
2. "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1998-1999".
3. "Indiaís Neighbours".
4. "Introduction and Synopsis".
5. "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
6. "India's Neighbours".
7. "Annual Report 2004–2005".
8. "Bilateral Brief - India-Cambodia". www.indembassyphnompenh.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
9. "Annual Report (1 january 2003 - 31 march 2004)".

See also

• Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of India
• History of Indian foreign relations

External links

• Outgoing Visits – by Ministry of External Affairs
• Nonresident Prime Ministers? Measuring India’s Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel by Sumitha Narayanan Kutty and Walter C. Ladwig III