2002 - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department
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Visits By Foreign Leaders in 2002
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister Konstandions Simitis | Greece | Working visit. | January 9–11, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Leszek Miller | Poland | Working visit. | January 10–11, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit | Turkey | Working visit. | January 14–18, 2002 |
| Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | Working visit. | January 16–18, 2002 |
| Chairman Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan (Interim Authority) | Working visit. Arrived in the U.S. January 27. Attended President Bush’s State of the Union speech January 29. Addressed the UN and visited Ground Zero in New York on January 30. | January 27–30, 2002 |
| Premier Mikhail Kasyanov | Russia | Working visit. | January 30–February 4, 2002 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Met with President Bush February 1 during a private visit. | January 30–February 1, 2002 |
| Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder | Germany | Working visit. Also attended World Economic Forum in New York City. | January 30–31, 2002 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. | February 1, 2002 |
| President Vairi Vike-Freiburga | Latvia | Working visit. | February 4–6, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Israel | Met with President Bush February 7 during a private visit. | February 6–8, 2002 |
| President Jorge Batlle | Uruguay | Working visit. | February 11–16, 2002 |
| President Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | Official Working Visit. | February 12–14, 2002 |
| President Joaquim Alberto Chissano | Mozambique | Working visit. | February 22–27, 2002 |
| President Jose Eduardo dos Santos | Angola | Working visit. | February 25–26, 2002 |
| President Festus Mogae | Botswana | Working visit. | February 25–26, 2002 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Working visit. | March 2–6, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker | Luxembourg | Working visit. | March 4–6, 2002 |
| President Islam Karimov | Uzbekistan | Met with President Bush March 12 during a private visit. Also visited New York City. | March 11–13, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | Ireland | Working visit. | March 12–14, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Jean Chretien | Canada | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | March 14, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Anders Rasmussen | Denmark | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | March 25, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Helen Clark | New Zealand | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | March 26, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Private visit. Met with President Bush at Crawford, Texas. | April 5–7, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri | Lebanon | Working visit. | April 15–18, 2002 |
| President Tarja Halonen | Finland | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | April 16, 2002 |
| President Andres Pastrana | Colombia | Working visit. | April 16–19, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha | Bulgaria | Working visit. | April 20–25, 2002 |
| King Mohamed VI | Morocco | Working visit. | April 21–26, 2002 |
| President Jose Maria Aznar | Spain | Working visit. Attended U.S.-EU Summit meeting. Also visited Camp David, MD. | May 1–4, 2002 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. | May 3–13, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Israel | Working visit. | May 5–7, 2002 |
| President Yoweri Museveni | Uganda | Working visit. | May 5–7, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepal | Met with President Bush May 7 during a private visit. | May 6–8, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed | Malaysia | Working visit. | May 13–15, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek | Slovenia | Working visit. | May 13–17, 2002 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Met with President Bush in Washington and Camp David, MD. | June 5–8, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ivica Racan | Croatia | Official working visit. | June 6, 2002 |
| President Rudolf Schuster | Slovakia | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | June 7, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Israel | Working visit. | June 10–11, 2002 |
| Prime Minister John Howard | Australia | Addressed a Joint Session of Congress. | June 11–13, 2002 |
| President Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | June 18, 2002 |
| President-elect Alvaro Uribe | Colombia | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | June 20, 2002 |
| President Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | June 20, 2002 |
| President Aleksander Kwasniewski | Poland | State Visit. Also visited Troy, Michigan. | July 17–18, 2002 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. | July 19–August 1, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe | Sri Lanka | Working visit. | July 20–25, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Siim Kallas | Estonia | September 4, 2002 | |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Discussed the Iraq crisis with President Bush at Camp David, Maryland. | September 7, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Jean Chretien | Canada | Working visit. Discussed the Iraq crisis with President Bush in Detroit, Michigan. | September 9, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao | Portugal | Working visit. | September 10, 2002 |
| President Alejandro Toledo | Peru | Private visit. Addressed OAS Meeting. | September 10–16, 2002 |
| President Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 12, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee | India | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 12, 2002 |
| President Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 12, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi | Japan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 12, 2002 |
| President Joseph Kabila | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 13, 2002 |
| President Paul Kagame | Rwanda | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 13, 2002 |
| President Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 13, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi | Italy | Met with President Bush at Camp David, Maryland. | September 14, 2002 |
| President Vaclav Havel | Czech Republic | Working visit. Also dedicated a monument to President Thomas Masaryk. | September 17–19, 2002 |
| President Askar Akaev | Kyrgyzstan | Working visit. | September 20–24, 2002 |
| President Alvaro Uribe | Colombia | Working visit. | September 23–26, 2002 |
| President Jose Alexander (Xanana) Gusmao | East Timor | Working visit. | October 2, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Israel | Working visit. | October 15–17, 2002 |
| President Jiang Zemin | China, People’s Republic of | Official Working visit. Met with President Bush at Crawford, Texas. Arrived in the U.S. October 22; also visited Chicago and Houston. | October 22–25, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy | Hungary | Working visit. | November 7–9, 2002 |
| President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada | Bolivia | Working visit. | November 9–14, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri | Lebanon | Working visit. | November 17–19, 2002 |
| President Daniel T. arap Moi | Kenya | Working visit. | December 4–6, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Meles Zenawi | Ethiopia | Working visit. | December 4–5, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen | Finland | Working visit. | December 7–9, 2002 |
| President Emomali Rahmon | Tajikistan | Working visit. | December 8–10, 2002 |
| President-elect Luiz Lula da Silva | Brazil | Working visit. | December 9–10, 2002 |
| Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | Working visit. | December 15–17, 2002 |
| President Vladimir Voronin | Moldova | Working visit. | December 16–20, 2002 |
| President Jose Maria Aznar | Spain | Working visit. | December 17–18, 2002 |