1999 - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department
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Visits By Foreign Leaders in 1999
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers | Netherlands | Official working visit. | January 4, 1999 |
| King Hussein | Jordan | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Had earlier received medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic. Arrived in the U.S. July 14, 1998. | January 5, 1999 |
| President Carlos Menem | Argentina | State Visit. | January 11–12, 1999 |
| President-elect Hugo Chavez | Venezuela | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | January 28, 1999 |
| President Jamil Mahuad | Ecuador | Discussed implementation of Ecuador-Peru border agreement. | February 3–6, 1999 |
| President Alberto Fujimori | Peru | Discussed implementation of Ecuador-Peru border agreement. | February 4–5, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Pandeli Majdo | Albania | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | February 4, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski | Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | February 4, 1999 |
| Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder | Germany | Working visit. | February 11–12, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Jenny Shipley | New Zealand | Private visit; attended Global Forum on Reinventing Government. | February 13–15, 1999 |
| President Jacques Chirac | France | Official working visit. | February 18–19, 1999 |
| President Jerry Rawlings | Ghana | State Visit. | February 23–26, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema | Italy | Official working visit; arrived in Boston March 3. | March 4–5, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | Ireland | Private visit; also discussed Northern Ireland Peace process with President Clinton and Northern Irish political leaders. | March 15–18, 1999 |
| President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Arrived in New York March 29. | March 30, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Zhu Rongji | China, People’s Republic of | Official visit. Arrived in Los Angeles April 6. Later Visited Denver (Colorado), Chicago, Libertyville (Illinois), New York City, and Boston. Departed the U.S. April 14. | April 7–10, 1999 |
| President Jose Maria Aznar | Spain | Working visit. | April 12–13, 1999 |
| President Jacques Chirac | France | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Suleyman Demiral | Turkey | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. Arrived April 21. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Costas Simitis | Greece | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Jean Chretien | Canada | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder | Germany | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Vaclav Havel | Czech Republic | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Massimo d’Alema | Italy | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Wim Kok | Netherlands | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene | Belgium | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Denmark | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Viktor Orban | Hungary | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker | Luxembourg | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik | Norway | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister David Oddson | Iceland | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Alexander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek | Poland | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Jose Aznar | Spain | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Rexhep Meidani | Albania | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Viktor Klima | Austria | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Peter Stoyanov | Bulgaria | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda | Slovak Republic | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Kiro Gligorov | Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Emil Constantinescu | Romania | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek | Slovenia | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Goran Persson | Sweden | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Lennart Meri | Estonia | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. Arrived April 22. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Guntis Ulmanis | Latvia | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. Arrived April 22. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. Arrived April 22. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Robert Kochariyan | Armenia | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit and discussed the Caucasus situation. | April 23–26, 1999 |
| President Heydar Aliyev | Azerbaijan | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit and discussed the Caucasus situation. | April 23–26, 1999 |
| President Eduard Shevardnadze | Georgia | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit and discussed the Caucasus situation. | April 23–26, 1999 |
| President Petru Lucinschi | Moldova | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Emomali Rakhmonov | Tajikistan | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Leonid Kuchma | Ukraine | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| President Islam Karimov | Uzbekistan | Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. | April 23–25, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi | Japan | Official visit. Arrived in the U.S. April 29; visited Los Angeles and Chicago. | May 2–4, 1999 |
| President Fernando Cardoso | Brazil | Private visit. | May 8–10, 1999 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. Also visited New York City. Departed the U.S. May 24. | May 17–19, 1999 |
| President Arpad Goncz | Hungary | State visit. Afterwards visited Chicago. | June 6–9, 1999 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Official working visit. | June 26–July 1, 1999 |
| President Kim Dae Jung | Korea | Official working visit. | July 2–3, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan | Discussed the Kashmir crisis with President Clinton during a private visit. | July 4–5, 1999 |
| Prime Minister John Howard | Australia | Working visit. | July 9–13, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Israel | Official working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton in Washington and Camp David (Maryland). Also visited New York City. | July 14–20, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin | Russia | Working visit. Attended meeting of U.S.-Russia Joint Commission and met with President Clinton. Also visited Seattle (Washington) July 25. | July 26–27, 1999 |
| President Ismail Guellah | Djibouti | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda | Slovak Republic | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Carlos Menem | Argentina | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Andres Pastrana | Colombia | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Benjamin Mkapa | Tanzania | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Hugo Chavez | Venezuela | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 1999 |
| President Eduard Shevardnadze | Georgia | Private visit. | September 22–23, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit | Turkey | Official working visit. | September 26–29, 1999 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Met with President Clinton October 12 during a private visit. Also visited Boston. | October 7–14, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik | Norway | Working visit. | October 14–15, 1999 |
| President Mireya Moscoso | Panama | Working visit. | October 18–20, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Romano Prodi | Italy | Met with President Clinton as President of the European Commission. | October 27, 1999 |
| President Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria | Official working visit. | October 27–30, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Milos Zeman | Czech Republic | Working visit. | November 7–9, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda | Slovak Republic | Private visit. | November 7–9, 1999 |
| President Abdurrachman Wahid | Indonesia | Met with President Clinton November 12 during a private visit. Afterwards went to Salt Lake City for medical treatment. | November 12, 1999 |
| President Leonid Kuchma | Ukraine | Working visit. | December 7–8, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Israel | Private visit. Peace negotiations with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa. | December 14–17, 1999 |
| President Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | Working visit. | December 16–17, 1999 |
| President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan | Met with President Clinton and attended a meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Joint Commission. | December 20–21, 1999 |