List of international presidential trips made by Hafez al-Assad

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

1971[edit]

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

1972[edit]

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

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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 [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[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 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]
 Iran Tehran December 1975
 Jordan Amman 9–10 December 1975 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal

1976[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 France Paris 17–18 June 1976 Meeting with president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [12]
 Yugoslavia Belgrade June 1976
 Romania Bucharest 27 June 1976 [13]
 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 [14]
 Jordan Amman 6–7 December 1976 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal [15]

1977[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Sudan Khartoum 27 February 1977 Attended trilateral summit with Sudanese president Gaafar Nimeiry and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat [16]
 Soviet Union Moscow 19 April 1977 Meeting with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev [17]
  Switzerland Geneva 9 May 1977 Meeting with U.S. president Jimmy Carter [18]
 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 [19]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 9 December 1977 Meeting with Crown Prince Fahd [20]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 12 December 1977 Meeting with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan [21]

1978[edit]

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

1979[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Iraq Baghdad 16–17 June 1979 Meeting with president Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr [25]
 Algeria Algiers 3 July 1979 Meeting with president Chadli Benjedid [26]
 Soviet Union Moscow 15 October 1979

1980[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Yugoslavia Belgrade 4 May 1980 Attended the state funeral of Josip Broz Tito
 Libya Tripoli Held unification talks
 Soviet Union Moscow 8 October 1980 Meeting with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev

1981[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Saudi Arabia Mecca & Taif 25–29 January 1981 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit

1982[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Saudi Arabia Taif 5 July 1982 Meeting with King Fahd [27]

1983[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 India New Delhi 1983
 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 9 May 1983 Meeting with King Fahd [28]

1985[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Soviet Union Moscow 19 June 1985 Meeting with Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev [29]

1986[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Jordan Amman 5 May 1986 Meeting with Hussein bin Talal [30]
 Greece Athens 26–28 May 1986 State visit [31]

1987[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Kuwait Kuwait City 26–29 January 1987 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit [32]
 Soviet Union Moscow 27–29 April 1987 Meeting with Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev [33]
 Bulgaria Sofia October 1987 [34]

1990[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Egypt Cairo 14–16 July 1990 Meeting with president Hosni Mubarak [35]
 Egypt Cairo 9 August 1990 Attended the Arab Summit Conference on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti crisis

1992[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Kuwait Kuwait City 20 April 1992 Meeting with Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah [36]

1994[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Egypt Cairo 4–5 April 1994 Meeting with president Hosni Mubarak [37]

1997[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Iran Tehran 1 August 1997 State visit
 Iran Tehran 9–11 December 1997 Attended the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Summit [38]

1998[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 France Paris 18 July 1998 Meeting with president Jacques Chirac [39]

1999[edit]

Country Location Date Purpose Ref.
 Jordan Amman February Attended the funeral of Hussein bin Talal [40]
 Russia Moscow 7 July 1999 Meeting with president Boris Yeltsin [41]

References[edit]

  1. ^ قاموس التواريخ. المجلد الثاني: كشاف هجائي بالأحداث والقضايا والأشخاص. Al Manhal. January 2014. ISBN 979-6-500-15088-8.
  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. ^ https://www.cairn.info/revue-les-cahiers-irice-2013-1-page-69.htm#no245
  12. ^ "Assad, in Paris, Vows to Continue Lebanon Action". The New York Times. 18 June 1976.
  13. ^ "Assad Visiting Rumania". The New York Times. 27 June 1976.
  14. ^ "Al Moqatel - سورية من الاستقلال إلى حافظ الأسد".
  15. ^ "Jordan: President Assad of Syria Arrives in Jordan for Talks with King Hussein".
  16. ^ قاموس التواريخ. المجلد الثاني: كشاف هجائي بالأحداث والقضايا والأشخاص. Al Manhal. January 2014. ISBN 979-6-500-15088-8.
  17. ^ "Syrian President Hafez al-Assad".
  18. ^ "Carter, at Meeting with Syrian, Calls for Palestinian 'Homeland'". The New York Times. 10 May 1977.
  19. ^ [1]
  20. ^ "Syrian President Flies to Riyadh to Seek Saudis' Aid Against Sadat". The New York Times. 9 December 1977.
  21. ^ "United Arab Emirates: Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad Arrives for Talks".
  22. ^ "India: Syrian President Assad Lays Wreath at Gandhi Memorial and Has Talks with Premier Desai".
  23. ^ [2]
  24. ^ [3]
  25. ^ "Iraq: Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad and Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr Continue Talks Aimed at Uniting Their Two Countries".
  26. ^ "Algeria: President Assad of Syria Pays Visit to President Chadli to Discuss Middle East Peace Treaty".
  27. ^ "Syrian President Meets with the Saudis' King". The New York Times. 5 July 1982.
  28. ^ [4]
  29. ^ "Syria's Assad meets with Gorbachev - UPI Archives".
  30. ^ "Syria's Assad Visiting Jordan". Los Angeles Times. 5 May 1986.
  31. ^ "Syrian President Hafez Assad, on an official visit to... - UPI Archives".
  32. ^ "Syrian History - President Hafez al-Assad at the Islamic Summit in Kuwait in 1987".
  33. ^ Hijazi, Ihsan A. (30 April 1987). "New Soviet Aid to Syria Reported". The New York Times.
  34. ^ [5]
  35. ^ [6]
  36. ^ "Syrian President Hafez Assad visits Kuwait".
  37. ^ "Assad winds up peace talks, leaves Cairo - UPI Archives".
  38. ^ "Syrian History - President Hafez al-Assad at the Islamic Conference in Iran - Tehran 1997".
  39. ^ Whitney, Craig R. (18 July 1998). "Assad Finishes Paris Visit with No Sign of Progress Toward Peace". The New York Times.
  40. ^ شرف, أيمن (2 January 2017). هيكل كاهن يبحث عن فرعون: رؤية نقدية. Sama For Publishing & Distributiom. ISBN 978-977-6451-48-3.
  41. ^ 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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