List of international prime ministerial trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee explained

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

List

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
	Colombo	28–31 July 1998	10th SAARC Summit	^[1]
	Salalah	29–30 August 1998	State visit
	Windhoek	30–31 August 1998	State visit
	Durban	1–2 September 1998	NAM Summit
	Port Louis	3–4 September 1998	State visit
	New York City	22–28 September 1998	UN General Assembly
	Paris	29–30 September 1998	State visit
	Port of Spain	8–9 February 1999	State visit
	Montego Bay	9–12 February 1999	9th G-15 Summit
		13–14 February 1999	State visit
	Lahore	20–21 February 1999	State visit	Vajpayee traveled on the inaugural run of the Delhi-Lahore bus service.^[2]
	Dhaka	19–20 June 1999	State visit	Inauguration of the Kolkata-Dhaka bus service.
	Durban	12–15 November 1999	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1999
		10–13 March 2000	State visit	^[3]
		March–April 2000
		25–27 June 2000	State visit
		26 June 2000	State visit
		28–29 June 2000	State visit
	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 Sitting of the 106th Congress.^[4]
		18–19 September 2000	State visit
	Hanoi	7–10 January 2001	State visit
	Jakarta	10–14 January 2001	State visit
		10–13 April 2001	State visit	^[5]
		13–16 May 2001	State visit
	Moscow	4–7 November 2001	State visit
	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.
		12–13 November 2001	State visit
	Tokyo	7–11 December 2001	State visit
		3–6 January 2002	SAARC Summit
		9-11 April 2002	State visit	^[6]
	New York City	12 September 2002	UN General Assembly	Met with President George W. Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
		4-6 November 2002	India-ASEAN Summit	^[7]
		6-8 November 2002	State visit
	Kuala Lumpur	22–25 February 2003	13th NAM summit	^[8]
		27–28 May 2003	State visit
	Saint Petersburg	29 May–1 June 2003	Tercentenary Celebrations of the city
France	Évian-les-Bains	1–3 June 2003	G-8 summit
	Beijing Luoyang	22–27 June 2003	State visit
	Ankara Istanbul	16–19 September 2003	State visit
	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.
	Bali	5–8 October 2003	2nd India-ASEAN Summit
		8–12 October 2003	State visit
		19–22 October 2003	State visit
	Moscow	11–13 November 2003	State visit
		13–14 November 2003	State visit
		14–16 November 2003	State visit
	Abuja	4–7 December 2003	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2003
	Islamabad	3–6 January 2004	SAARC Summit

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1998-1999.
2. Web site: Indiaís Neighbours.
3. Web site: Introduction and Synopsis.
4. Web site: India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov. 2015-12-15.
5. Web site: India's Neighbours.
6. Web site: Annual Report 2004–2005.
7. Web site: Bilateral Brief - India-Cambodia. www.indembassyphnompenh.org. en. 2018-08-20.
8. Web site: Annual Report (1 january 2003 - 31 march 2004).