List of international prime ministerial trips made by Morarji Desai

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Morarji Desai during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from March 1977 and July 1979. The first overseas visit was to Iran in June 1977.

Summary of international trips

Further information: Foreign relations of India

In his two-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Morarji Desai made 9 international trips, visiting 15 countries, including visits to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Prime Minister Morarji Desai's visits by country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit (12)	Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Poland, Sri Lanka, West Germany, Yugoslavia
2 visits (3)	Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States

1977

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
1	Iran	Tehran	7 June		[1]
	United Kingdom	London	8–15 June	4th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting	[1]
	France	Paris	June		[1]
2	Soviet Union	Moscow	October		[1]
3	Nepal	Kathmandu	November–December		[1]

1978

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
4	Australia	Sydney	February	Regional Commonwealth Conference	[1]
5	Iran	Tehran	June	Stop-over	[2]
	Belgium	Brussels	June		[2]
	United Kingdom	London	June		[2]
	United States	New York City, San Francisco, Omaha	12–15 June	United Nations General Assembly	[3] [4]
6	Kenya	Nairobi	August	State funeral of Jomo Kenyatta	[2]

1979

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
7	Sri Lanka	Colombo	February 1979	Chief guest on the Sri Lankan Independence Day celebration	[2]
8	Bangladesh	Dhaka	16–18 April 1979		[5]
9	West Germany	Frankfurt	June 1979		[6]
	Soviet Union	Moscow	10–14 June 1979		[6]
	Poland	Warsaw	14–16 June 1979		[6]
	Czechoslovakia	Prague	16–18 June 1979		[6]
	Yugoslavia	Belgrade	18–21 June 1979		[6]

See also

• Premiership of Morarji Desai
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of India
• History of Indian foreign relations

References

1. "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1977-78". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1978-79".
3. "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
5. "Bilateral Visits". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
6. "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1979-80". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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