This is a list of international presidential trips made by Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States. Bill Clinton made 55 international trips to 72 different countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank and Gaza) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 1993 and ended on January 20, 2001.
Clinton visited six continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. He took an active role in the Balkans, where he worked to promote peace and stability in and around the former Yugoslavia, and in the Middle East peace process, where he worked to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as with the governments of neighboring nations.
Summary The number of visits per country where President Clinton travelled are: One visit to Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, China (Hong Kong), Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Latvia, Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority (West Bank and Gaza), Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yugoslavia (Kosovo) Two visits to Belgium, Jordan, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, and Spain Three visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, South Korea, and Ukraine Four visits to Egypt and Israel Five visits to Canada, France, Japan, Russia, and Switzerland Six visits to Germany Seven visits to the United Kingdom Eight visits to Italy
First term (1993–1997)
1993
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image1VancouverAttended Summit Meeting with Russian president Boris Yeltsin. Also met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.2TokyoAttended the 19th G7 summit. Met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.SeoulMet with President Kim Young-sam. Addressed the South Korean National Assembly. Visited U.S. military personnel.
1994
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image3BrusselsAttended the NATO Summit Meeting. Met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene.PragueMet with the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.KyivMet with President Leonid Kravchuk.MoscowMet with President Boris Yeltsin and senior Russian officials. Signed nuclear disarmament agreement with Ukraine.MinskMet with Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich.GenevaMet with Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.4Rome,NettunoMet with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. Visited U.S. Military Cemetery.Apostolic PalaceAudience with Pope John Paul II.Cambridge,London,PortsmouthVisited U.S. Military Cemetery. Met with Prime Minister John Major. Attended state dinner with Queen Elizabeth II and heads of state and government of Canada, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Belgium. Attended the 50th anniversary of D-Day commemorative ceremonies.Colleville,ParisAttended the 50th anniversary of D-Day memorial ceremonies. Met with President François Mitterrand and senior French officials. Addressed the French National Assembly.OxfordReceived honorary degree from Oxford University.5RigaMet with the Presidents of the Baltic states.WarsawAddressed the Polish Parliament. Attended ceremonies commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.NaplesAttended the 20th G7 summit. Met with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien and Russian president Boris Yeltsin.Bonn,Ludwigshafen,BerlinMet with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and German political leaders. Delivered a public address at the Brandenburg Gate. Attended deactivation ceremony for the Berlin Brigade.6CairoMet with President Hosni Mubarak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.Aqaba,Wadi Arava,AmmanAttended the signing of the Israel-Jordan peace agreement. Addressed the Jordanian Parliament.DamascusMet with President Hafez al-Assad.JerusalemMet with senior Israeli officials. Addressed the Knesset.Kuwait CityMet with Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Addressed U.S. military personnel.King Khalid Military CityMet with King Fahd.7Manila,Corregidor IslandState visit. Met with President Fidel V. Ramos. Visited World War II battlegrounds of Corregidor Island.Jakarta,BogorState visit. Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.8BudapestAttended CSCE Summit Meeting.
1995
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image9OttawaState visit. Met with Governor General Roméo LeBlanc and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Addressed Parliament.10Port-au-PrinceAttended transition ceremony for United Nations Mission in Haiti.11MoscowSummit meeting. Attended the 50th anniversary of VE Day ceremonies.KyivState visit. Met with President Leonid Kuchma.12HalifaxAttended the 21st G7 summit. Met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.13JerusalemAttended the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.14London,Belfast,DerryMet with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister John Major. Addressed Parliament. Delivered several public addresses in Northern Ireland.DublinMet with President Mary Robinson and Taoiseach John Bruton.BaumholderAddressed U.S. military personnel. Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl.MadridAttended the European Union Summit Meeting.15ParisAttended the signing of the Bosnian peace treaty.
1996
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image16Aviano Air BaseMet with U.S. military personnel.TaszárMet with U.S. military personnel.TuzlaMet with President Alija Izetbegovic. Addressed U.S. military personnel.ZagrebMet with President Franjo Tudjman.17Sharm el-SheikhAttended the Summit of the Peacemakers.Jerusalem,Tel AvivDiscussed cooperation against terrorism with senior Israeli officials.18Cheju IslandMet with President Kim Young-sam. Proposed four-nation peace talks.TokyoState visit. Issued joint statement on U.S.-Japanese security relations. Addressed the Diet and U.S. Navy personnel.Saint Petersburg,MoscowAttended the G-7 summit on nuclear safety. Summit Meeting with President Boris Yeltsin.19Lyon,Pérouges,ParisAttended the 22nd G7 summit. Met with Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali.20Sydney,Canberra,Port DouglasState visit. Addressed joint meeting of Parliament. Visited the Great Barrier Reef.Manila,SubicAttended the APEC Summit Meeting. The President stayed in the MacArthur Suite at the Manila Hotel during his visit.BangkokState visit.
Second term (1997–2001)
1997
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image21HelsinkiSummit meeting with Russian president Boris Yeltsin. Also met with President Martti Ahtisaari.22Mexico City,TlaxcalaState visit. Met with President Ernesto Zedillo.San JoséAttended the Summit Meeting of Presidents of the Central American Republics. Met President José María Figueres and travelled to Braulio Carrillo National Park.BridgetownAttended the U.S.-Caribbean Community summit meeting. Signed the Partnership for Prosperity and Security in the Caribbean pact.23ParisAttended the NATO Summit Meeting and the signing of the NATO-Russia Founding Act.The Hague,RotterdamAttended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Attended the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.LondonMet with Prime Minister Tony Blair. Attended a Cabinet meeting.24Palma de Majorca,Madrid,GranadaVacationed with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia. Attended the NATO Summit Meeting in Madrid.WarsawMet with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and former president Lech Wałęsa.BucharestMet with President Emil Constantinescu and Romanian political leaders.CopenhagenMet with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.25CaracasMet with President Rafael Caldera.Brasília,São Paulo,Rio de JaneiroMet with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Delivered several public addresses.Buenos Aires,San Carlos de BarilocheMet with President Carlos Menem. Delivered several public addresses.26VancouverAttended the APEC Summit Meeting.27Aviano Air BaseStopped en route to Bosnia-Herzegovina.Sarajevo,TuzlaMet with the Bosnian Collective Presidency and Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavšić. Visited U.S. military personnel.Aviano Air BaseStopped during return to Washington D.C..
1998
Country Areas visited Dates Details Image28AccraMet with President Jerry Rawlings. Visited a Peace Corps project.Kampala,Kisowera,Mukono Town,Wanyange,EntebbeMet with President Yoweri Museveni and the Presidents of Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and the Congo.KigaliMet with President Pasteur Bizimungu. Delivered a public address.Cape Town,JohannesburgMet with President Nelson Mandela. Addressed joint session of Parliament.Gaborone, KasameMet with President Quett Masire. Visited Chobe National Park.Dakar,Thiès,Gorée IslandMet with President Abdou Diouf. Visited Senegalese peacekeeping troops. Delivered several public addresses.29SantiagoState visit. Attended the 2nd Summit of the Americas.30Berlin,Potsdam,Frankfurt,EisenachMet with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Attended 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.Birmingham,Weston-under-Lizard,LondonAttended the 24th G8 summit and the US-EU summit meetings.GenevaAttended the WTO meeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of GATT.31Xi'an,Beijing,Shanghai,Guilin,Hong KongState visit. Met with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin. Visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China. Delivered a speech at Peking University.32MoscowSummit meeting with President Boris Yeltsin.Belfast,Armagh, OmaghMet with Prime Minister Tony Blair and Northern Irish political leaders. Addressed the Northern Ireland Assembly.Dublin,Adare,Limerick,BallybunionMet with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Delivered several public addresses and played golf.33TokyoMet with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi. Addressed American Chamber of Commerce.Seoul,OsanMet with President Kim Dae-jung. Addressed U.S. military personnel. Visited Guam during his return to attend a World War II wreath-laying ceremony.34Jerusalem,MasadaMet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli officials.Gaza,Bethlehem,ErezAddressed Palestine National Council. Attended a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman Yasser Arafat.
1999