List of international presidential trips made by Ronald Reagan explained

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. Ronald Reagan made 25 international trips to 26 different countries during his presidency, which began on January 20, 1981 and ended on January 20, 1989.^[1]

Reagan visited four continents: Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. He made seven trips to continental Europe, three to Asia and one to South America. He is perhaps best remembered for his speeches at the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, for his impassioned speech at the Berlin Wall, his summit meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev, and riding horses with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Park.

The number of visits per country where President Reagan travelled are:

One visit to Barbados, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Portugal, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland
Two visits to Belgium, Italy, Japan, Vatican City
Three visits to United Kingdom
Four visits to France
Five visits to Canada
Six visits to Mexico, West Germany

First term

1981

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1	Mexico	Ciudad Juarez		Met with President José López Portillo. (Visit made as President-elect.)
2	Canada	Ottawa		State visit. Met with Governor General Edward Schreyer and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Addressed parliament.
3		Ottawa, Montebello		Attended the 7th G7 summit.
4	Mexico	Cancun		Attended the North–South Summit on International Cooperation and Development. Met with the heads of state and government of Algeria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, Guyana, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.

1982

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5		Kingston		Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Edward Seaga.
5	Barbados	Bridgetown		Official visit. Met with the prime ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Christopher and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
6	France	Paris		State visit. Met with President François Mitterrand and Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.
	France	Versailles		Attended the 8th G7 summit.
	Italy	Rome		Met with President Sandro Pertini and Premier Giovanni Spadolini.
				Audience with Pope John Paul II.
	United Kingdom	London, Windsor Castle		State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Addressed Parliament.
		Bonn		State visit. Met with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and President Karl Carstens. Addressed the Bundestag and attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.
		West Berlin		Met with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
7	Mexico	Tijuana		Exchange of visits with President-elect Miguel de la Madrid.
8	Brazil			Official working visit. Met with President João Figueiredo.
		Bogota		Official working visit. Met with President Belisario Betancur.
	Costa Rica	San José		Official working visit. Met with President Luis Alberto Monge and President Álvaro Magaña of El Salvador.
	Honduras	San Pedro Sula		Official working visit. Met with President Roberto Suazo Córdova and with Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt.

1983

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9	Mexico	La Paz		Informal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid.
10	Japan	Tokyo		State visit. Met with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and addressed the Diet.
10				State visit. Met with President Chun Doo-hwan. Addressed the National Assembly and visited U.S. troops.

1984

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11				State visit. Met with President Li Xiannian and Premier Zhao Ziyang.
12	Ireland			Met with President Patrick Hillery and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. Visited ancestral home. Addressed Parliament.
	United Kingdom	London		Attended the 10th G7 summit.
				Attended commemorative ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. Also present were Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin I of Belgium, French President François Mitterrand, Queen Elizabeth II and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

1985

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13	Canada	Quebec City		Met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
14		Bonn		Attended the 11th G7 summit.
				State visit. Attended ceremonies commemorating 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
	Spain	Madrid		State visit. Met with King Juan Carlos I and President Felipe González.
	France	Strasbourg		Addressed the European Parliament.
	Portugal	Lisbon		State visit. Met with President António Ramalho Eanes and Prime Minister Mário Soares. Addressed the National Assembly.
15	Switzerland	Geneva		Attended the Summit Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Met also with Swiss President Kurt Furgler.
15	Belgium	Brussels		Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Portugal, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1986

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16	Mexico	Mexicali		Informal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid.
17				Met with Governor General Paul Scoon and Prime Minister Herbert Blaize, and with the Prime Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago. Dedicated a memorial to U.S. servicemen.
18	Indonesia	Bali		Attended the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Met with Indonesian President Suharto and Philippine Vice President Salvador Laurel.
18	Japan	Tokyo		Attended the 12th G7 summit.
19	Iceland	Reykjavík		Pre-Summit Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Met with President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.

1987

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20	Canada	Ottawa		State visit. Met with Governor General Jeanne Sauvé and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Addressed parliament.
21	Italy	Venice, Rome		Attended the 13th G7 summit. Met with President Francesco Cossiga and Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani in Rome.
		Apostolic Palace		Audience with Pope John Paul II.
		West Berlin		Attended celebration's commemorating the 750th Anniversary of the founding of Berlin. Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Reagan gave his "Tear down this wall!" speech during this visit.
		Bonn		Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

1988

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22	Mexico	Mazatlan		Informal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid. Signed textile agreement.
23	Belgium	Brussels		Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
24	Finland	Helsinki		Met with President Mauno Koivisto and Prime Minister Harri Holkeri.
		Moscow		Summit meeting with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Exchanged ratifications of the INF Treaty.
	United Kingdom	London		Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.
25	Canada	Toronto		Attended the 14th G7 summit.

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Reagan's term in office (1981–1989).

Group	Year
Group	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
G7	July 20–21 Montebello							July 20–21 Toronto
NATO	none	June 10 Bonn	none	none	November 21 Brussels	none	none

External links

Travels of President Ronald Reagan. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.

Notes and References

Web site: Travels of President Ronald Reagan. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.