List of international trips made by Yasser Arafat
This is a list of international trips made by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat was permanently based in Kuwait until the end of 1964. He traveled extensively to garner international support for the Palestinian cause.
1960s
Date | Country | Purpose | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | ![]() | ||
July 1968 | ![]() |
1970s
Date | Country | Purpose | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1 October 1970 | ![]() | Attended the funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser | |
1971 | ![]() | ||
11 November 1974 | ![]() | [1] | |
1 November 1976 | ![]() | ||
17 February 1979 | ![]() | [2] | |
28 March 1979 | ![]() | He attended an Arab League meeting to discuss the peace treaty between Cairo and Tel Aviv | |
8 July 1979 | ![]() | Met with Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and German Chancellor Willy Brandt | [3] |
September 1979 | ![]() | [4] |
1980s
Date | Country | Purpose | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
28–29 March 1980 | ![]() | [5] | |
8 May 1980 | ![]() | Attended the funeral of Josip Broz Tito | |
7–10 October 1981 | ![]() | [6] | |
11–12 October 1981 | ![]() | [7] | |
13 October 1981 | ![]() | [8] | |
15–18 December 1981 | ![]() | [9] | |
May 1982 | ![]() | ||
24 May 1982 | ![]() | [10] | |
2 September 1982 | ![]() | [11] | |
16 September 1982 | ![]() | Met President Sandro Pertini | [12] |
28 December 1982 | ![]() | Met Chancellor Bruno Kreisky | [13] |
19 February 1983 | ![]() | ||
14 April 1983 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister Olof Palme | [14] |
1983 | ![]() | ||
1983 | ![]() | ||
1983 | ![]() | ||
21 April 1983 | ![]() | Met President Nicolae Ceaușescu | [15] |
26 June 1983 | ![]() | [16] | |
1 September 1983 | ![]() | Addressed the U.N. conference on Palestine | [17] |
23 December 1983 | ![]() | Held talks with President Hosni Mubarak in the wake of the Battle of Tripoli | [18] |
December 1983 | ![]() | ||
31 December 1983 | ![]() | Convene the Palestinian National Council | |
6 May 1984 | ![]() | Held talks with high-ranking officials | [19] |
7 May 1984 | ![]() | [20] | |
29 July 1984 | ![]() | [21] | |
14 July 1986 | ![]() | [22] | |
20 January 1988 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou | [23] |
26 April 1988 | ![]() | Met President Hafez al-Assad | [24] |
1 September 1988 | ![]() | Attend celebrations marking the 19th anniversary of the coup | |
13 September 1988 | ![]() | Addressed the European Parliament | [25] |
17 September 1988 | ![]() | ||
6 December 1988 | ![]() | [26] | |
10 April 1989 | ![]() | Held talks with senior officials | [27] |
3–4 May 1989 | ![]() | Met President François Mitterrand | [28] |
25–26 June 1989 | ![]() | ||
28 June 1989 | ![]() | [29] | |
1–4 October 1989 | ![]() | [30] | |
4–5 October 1989 | ![]() | [31] |
1990s
Date | Location | Purpose | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
28–30 May 1990 | ![]() | Emergency Arab Summit Conference | |
5 August 1990 | ![]() | Emergency Arab Summit Conference in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait | [32] |
10 August 1990 | ![]() | Emergency Arab Summit Conference in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait | |
December 1991 | ![]() | ||
8 April 1992 | ![]() | [33] | |
June 1993 | ![]() | ||
7 December 1993 | ![]() | Met Chancellor Helmut Kohl | [34] |
13 September 1993 | ![]() | Oslo Accord signing ceremony | [35] |
16 December 1993 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister John Major | [36] |
22 January 1994 | ![]() | Offered condolences on the death of Bassel al-Assad | |
9 February 1994 | ![]() | ||
2 May 1994 | ![]() | ||
23 February 1995 | ![]() | Met King Fahd | [37] |
28 May 1995 | ![]() | Met Foreign Minister Shimon Peres | [38] |
November 1995 | ![]() | ||
25–27 December 1995 | ![]() | [39] | |
14 January 1996 | ![]() | [40] | |
2–3 May 1996 | ![]() | Met President Bill Clinton | [41] |
23 May 1996 | ![]() | [42] | |
3–4 June 1996 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister John Major | [43] |
19 June 1996 | ![]() | [44] | |
10–13 September 1996 | ![]() | [45] | |
1–2 October 1996 | ![]() | Attended emergency White House summit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | [46] |
30–31 October 1996 | ![]() | [47] | |
20–22 November 1997 | ![]() | ||
1998 | ![]() | ||
12 August 1998 | ![]() | Met with senior officials and delivered a speech in Parliament | [48] |
15–23 October 1998 | ![]() | Negotiating the Wye River Memorandum | [49] |
April 1999 | ![]() | ||
April 1999 | ![]() | ||
April 1999 | ![]() | [50] | |
3 May 1999 | ![]() | ||
9 September 1999 | ![]() | ||
October 1999 | ![]() | [51] | |
15 October 1999 | ![]() | [52] | |
November 1999 | ![]() |
2000s
Date | Country | Purpose | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
13 June 2000 | ![]() | Attended the funeral of Hafez al-Assad | |
11–24 July 2000 | ![]() | Camp David Summit | |
August 2000 | ![]() | ||
5 August 2000 | ![]() | Working visit | [53] |
11 August 2000 | ![]() | Met President Vladimir Putin | [54] |
17–18 August 2000 | ![]() | Held talks on the outcome of Camp David | [55] |
10 November 2000 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister Jean Chrétien | [56] |
2 January 2001 | ![]() | Met President Bill Clinton | [57] |
29 May 2001 | ![]() | Met President Vladimir Putin | [58] |
22 July 2001 | ![]() | Met King Fahd | [59] |
July 2001 | ![]() | Offered condolences on the death of Prince Fahd bin Salman Al Saud | |
23 August 2001 | ![]() | [60] | |
24 ِ August 2001 | ![]() | Working visit | [61] |
25 August 2001 | ![]() | Working visit | [62] |
2 September 2001 | ![]() | Met King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah | [63] |
9 October 2001 | ![]() | Met Emir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | [64] |
14 October 2001 | ![]() | Met Prime Minister Tony Blair | [65] |
15 October 2001 | ![]() | Met with the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern | [66] |
5 November 2001 | ![]() | Met Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres | [67] |
25 November 2001 | ![]() | Met Hosni Mubarak | [68] |
October 2004 | ![]() | To receive treatment | [69] |
Statistics
Number of trips by country
- 14: China[70]
- 3: Japan[71]
References
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