2004 - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department
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Visits By Foreign Leaders in 2004
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Jose Maria Aznar | Spain | Working visit. | January 12–14, 2004 |
| Interim President Adnan Pachachi | Iraq | Working visit. | January 20, 2004 |
| President Aleksander Kwasniewski | Poland | Working visit. | January 26–27, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Recep Erdogan | Turkey | Working visit. Also visited New York City. | January 27–28, 2004 |
| President Jose Maria Aznar | Spain | Addressed a joint session of Congress. | February 4, 2004 |
| Chairman Gyude Bryant | Liberia | Working visit. | February 9–12, 2004 |
| President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali | Tunisia | Working visit. | February 15–21, 2004 |
| President Mikheil Saakashvili | Georgia | Working visit. | February 22–26, 2004 |
| Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder | Germany | Working visit. | February 26–27, 2004 |
| President Vicente Fox | Mexico | Official select visit. Met with President Bush at Crawford, Texas. | March 5–6, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Jan Balkenende | Netherlands | Working visit. | March 15–16, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | Ireland | Working visit. | March 16–18, 2004 |
| President Alvaro Uribe | Colombia | Working visit. | March 22–25, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha | Bulgaria | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 27–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Indulis Emsis | Latvia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 27–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas | Lithuania | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 27–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda | Slovakia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 27–29, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Fatos Nano | Albania | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 27–April 1, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Juhan Parts | Estonia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 28–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Adrian Nastase | Romania | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 28–29, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Anton Rop | Slovenia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 28–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Ivo Sanader | Croatia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 28–30, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski | Macedonia | Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. | March 28–29, 2004 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Official select visit. Met with President Bush April 12 at Crawford, Texas. | April 9–15, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Israel | Working visit. | April 13–15, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Working visit. | April 16, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Goran Persson | Sweden | Working visit. | April 27–28, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Paul Martin | Canada | Working visit. | April 28–30, 2004 |
| President Oscar Berger | Guatemala | Working visit. | April 28–May 4, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong | Singapore | Working visit. | May 3–7, 2004 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. | May 5–7, 2004 |
| President Jose Eduardo dos Santos | Angola | Working visit. | May 11–14, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi | Italy | Working visit. | May 18–19, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis | Greece | Working visit. | May 19–21, 2004 |
| President Francisco Flores Perez | El Salvador | Working visit. | May 25–27, 2004 |
| President El Hadj Omar Bongo | Gabon | Working visit. | May 26, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Denmark | Working visit. | May 27–28, 2004 |
| Prime Minister John Howard | Australia | Working visit. | June 2–4, 2004 |
| President Ali Abdallah Salih | Yemen | Working visit. Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 7–11, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Paul Martin | Canada | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 8–10, 2004 |
| President Jacques Chirac | France | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 8–10, 2004 |
| Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder | Germany | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 8–11, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi | Italy | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 8–10, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi | Japan | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 8–10, 2004 |
| President Vladimir Putin | Russia | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 8–10, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 8–11, 2004 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 8–16, 2004 |
| President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria | Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 9–10, 2004 |
| President John Agyokum Kufuor | Ghana | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. | June 9–10, 2004 |
| President Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 9–10, 2004 |
| President Yoweri Museveni | Uganda | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. | June 9–10, 2004 |
| Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer | Iraq | Working visit. Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Met with members of Congress and attended the funeral of Former President Reagan, June 10–11. | June 9–11, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Recep Erdogan | Turkey | Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 9–11, 2004 |
| President Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan | Working visit. Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. Addressed a joint session of Congress June 15. | June 9–16, 2004 |
| President Olesegun Obsanjo | Nigeria | Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 10–11, 2004 |
| President Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 10–11, 2004 |
| President Vaclav Klaus | Czech Republic | Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 11, 2004 |
| President Mary McAleese | Ireland | Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 11, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Keith Mitchell | Grenada | Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. | June 11, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy | Hungary | Working visit. | June 21–23, 2004 |
| Prime Minister David Oddsson | Iceland | Working visit. | July 5–7, 2004 |
| King Mohamed VI | Morocco | Working visit. | July 7–8, 2004 |
| President Elias Antonio Saca | El Salvador | Working visit. | July 12–13, 2004 |
| President Natsagiyn Bagabandi | Mongolia | Working visit. | July 14–21, 2004 |
| President Ricardo Lagos | Chile | Working visit. | July 18–19, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi | Malaysia | Working visit. | July 18–20, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Adrian Nastase | Romania | Working visit. | July 18–21, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Marek Belka | Poland | Working visit. | August 7–9, 2004 |
| Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi | Iraq | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. Addressed a joint session of Congress September 23. Returned to the UN afterward. | September 21–24, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi | Japan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 2004 |
| President Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 21–22, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh | India | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 2004 |
| President Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 22, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair | United Kingdom | Working visit. | November 12–13, 2004 |
| King Juan Carlos I | Spain | Official select visit. Met with President Bush in Crawford, Texas. | November 24, 2004 |
| King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Salman al-Khalifa | Bahrain | Working visit. | November 29, 2004 |
| President Olusegun Obsanjo | Nigeria | Working visit. | December 2–3, 2004 |
| President Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | Working visit. | December 3–4, 2004 |
| President Ghazi al-Yawer | Iraq | Working visit. | December 3–9, 2004 |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | Working visit. | December 5–9, 2004 |
| President Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | Working visit. | December 5–7, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi | Italy | Working visit. | December 15, 2004 |