List of United States presidential visits to South Asia

Eight presidents of the United States have made presidential visits to South Asia. The first trip by a sitting president to South Asia was by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. Of the eight countries in the region, only 4 of them have been visited by a sitting American president: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The other four countries, Bhutan (which has no formal diplomatic relations with the US), the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, have never been visited by a sitting American president.

Table of visits + Total Number of Visits in each country in South AsiaCountriesTotal Number of visits98510000

PresidentDatesCountriesLocationsKey detailsDwight D. EisenhowerTravels of President Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian KarachiInformal visit. Met with President Ayub Khan. Witnessed Australia VS Pakistan cricket match. Became only US President ever to watch international cricket match in stadium.KabulInformal visit. Met with King Mohammed Zahir Shah.New Delhi, AgraMet with President Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed Parliament.Lyndon B. JohnsonTravels of President Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian WebCitation archiveKarachi1 hour stopover visit. Met with President Ayub Khan.Richard NixonNew DelhiState visit. Met with Acting President Mohammad Hidayatullah. Prime Minister is Indira GandhiLahoreState visit. Met with President Yahya Khan.Jimmy Carter New Delhi, Daulatpur Nasirabad Met with President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Addressed Parliament of India.Bill ClintonNew Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Hyderabad, MumbaiMet with President Kocheril Raman Narayanan. Signed Joint Statement on Energy and the Environment. Addressed the Indian Parliament.DhakaMet with President Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Islamabad6 hours visit. Met with President Rafiq Tarar and General Pervez Musharraf. Delivered radio address.George W. Bush Bagram, KabulMet with President Hamid Karzai. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy. Addressed U.S. military personnel. New Delhi, Hyderabad Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Signed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement.IslamabadMet with President Pervez Musharraf.KabulMet with President Hamid Karzai. Visited U.S. military personnel.Barack ObamaBagram, KabulMet with President Hamid Karzai. Addressed U.S. military personnel.Mumbai, New DelhiParticipated in the US-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit in Mumbai. Held a town hall meeting with Mumbai students. Met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressed the Indian Parliament. Visited the Humayun's Tomb and the Raj Ghat. BagramMet with the leaders of the U.S. military and diplomatic missions and visited U.S. military personnel.KabulMet with President Karzai and addressed U.S. military personnel. Signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and United States. Addressed the nation from there regarding the responsible end of the Afghanistan war.BagramVisited with U.S. troops.New DelhiMet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participated in the Indian Republic Day celebration, becoming the first US President to do so. Addressed an event organized by the US-India Business CouncilDonald TrumpBagramVisited with U.S military personnel serving in Eastern Afghanistan.February 24–25, 2020Ahmedabad, Agra, New DelhiMet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attended Namaste Trump Event at Sardar Patel Stadium. Visited Taj Mahal at Agra.Joe BidenSeptember 8–10, 2023New DelhiAttended 2023 G20 summit.

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See also Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Foreign policy of the United States South Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration

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