| John Foster Dulles |
Damascus |
Met with President Shishakli. |
May 15-16, 1953 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad to discuss the Middle East peace process. |
December 15, 1973 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Briefed President Assad on the Egyptian-Israeli disengagement
agreement. |
January 20, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad. |
February 26, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Presented an Israeli proposal for military disengagement to President
Assad. |
March 1-2, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Shuttle negotiations leading to an Israeli-Syrian disengagement agreement.
Kissinger was in Damascus May 3-4, 12, 14, 16-17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27,
28, and 29. |
May 3-29, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
June 15-16, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
October 11, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
October 14, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
November 7, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Briefed President Assad on the Middle East peace process. |
February 13, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Reviewed Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
March 9, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Briefed President Assad on the Egyptian-Israeli peace process. |
March 15, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Briefed President Assad on the Middle East peace process. |
August 23, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Damascus |
Briefed President Assad on the Middle East peace process. |
September 3, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad; reviewed the Middle East peace process. |
February 20-21, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Damascus |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. Revisited Syria
August 11. |
August 3-5, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Damascus |
Reviewed the Middle Eastpeace process. |
December 13-14, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Damascus |
Reviewed the Camp David Accords with President Assad. |
September 24, 1978 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Discussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement with President Assad. |
May 6, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Discussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon. |
July 5-6, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad and Foreign Minister Khaddam regarding a Middle East
peace initiative. |
February 27, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace initiative. |
March 4, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace initiative. |
April 5, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace initiative. |
June 6, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad and Foreign Minister Sharaa. |
September 13-14, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Assad and Foreign Minister
Sharaa. |
January 12, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad and Foreign
Minister Sharaa. |
March 13-14, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad, Foreign Minister
Sharaa, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Ben Yahya. |
April 11-12, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with Foreign Minister Sharaa. |
April 22-24, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
May 11-12, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with President Assad. |
July 18-19, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with President Assad and Foreign
Minister Sharaa. |
September 18-19, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with President Assad. |
September 20, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with President Assad. |
October 15-16, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with President
Assad. |
July 21-22, 1992 |
| James Addison Baker |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with President
Assad. |
July 22-23, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
February 20-21, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process. |
August 4, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process. |
August 5, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process. |
August 6, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with senior Syrian officials. |
December 5-6, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with senior Syrian officials. |
December 9, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus, Palmyra |
Discussed the status of the Golan Heights with President Assad and Foreign
Minister Sharaa. |
April 30-May 1, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the future status of the Golan Heights with President Assad. |
May 15-16, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the future status of the Golan Heights with President Assad. |
May 18, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad and Foreign Minster
Sharaa. |
July 19-20, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
July 22, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad and Foreign
Minister Sharaa. |
August 7-8, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with senior Syrian officials. |
October 11, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with senior Syrian officials. |
October 13-14, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with President Assad. |
October 27, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
December 6, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
March 12-13, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. |
March 14-15, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israel-Syrian peace process with President Assad. |
June 10, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israel-Syrian peace process with President Assad. |
October 30, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israel-Syrian peace process. |
December 14-15, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israel-Syrian peace process with President Assad. |
January 11-13, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israel-Syrian peace process with President Assad. |
February 6, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
April 20-21, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
April 21-22, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
April 23, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
April 24, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Also met with Lebanese Prime
Minister Hariri and Speaker Berri. |
April 25, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Damascus |
Attempted to resolve the Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
April 26, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad. |
September 12, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Damascus |
Discussed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with President Assad and Foreign
Minister Sharaa. |
September 4, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad and Foreign Minister Sharaa. |
December 7, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Damascus |
Attended the funeral of President Assad. |
June 13, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Damascus |
Met with President Bashar Assad and senior Syrian officials. |
February 26, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad and Foreign Minister Sharaa. |
April 15, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Damascus |
Met with President Assad and Foreign Minister Sharaa. |
May 2-3, 2003 |
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