List of international presidential trips made by Gamal Abdel Nasser

President Nasser, President of Sudan Jaafar al-Nimeiri, and Chairman of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Libya.

The following list details the international visits undertaken during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser, spanning from 1954 until his death in 1970.

1955

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
1 Pakistan Karachi April 1955 Transit & bilateral talks Bilateral visit before Bandung Mohammad Ali Bogra Asia
Burma Rangoon April 1955 Goodwill stopover Thingyan New Year Celebration U Nu, Jawaharlal Nehru Asia [1]
Indonesia Bandung 18–24 April 1955 Attend summit Bandung Conference Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai, Sukarno Asia [2]

1956

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
2 Saudi Arabia Jeddah April 1956 Trilateral summit Signing of Arab defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Yemen King Saud and Imam Ahmad bin Yahya Arab world [3]
3 Yugoslavia Belgrade, Brijuni 13–19 July 1956 State visit & summit Brioni Meeting Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru Europe [4]
4 Saudi Arabia Dhahran 22 September 1965 State visit Arab world [5]

1958

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
5 Syria Damascus 22 February 1958 Union declaration Formation of UAR Shukri al-Quwatli Arab world [6]
6 Soviet Union Moscow Apr–May 1958 State visit May Day & diplomatic talks Nikita Khrushchev Europe [7]
7 Yugoslavia Belgrade July 1958 Diplomatic talks Consultation Josip Broz Tito Europe

1960

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
8 India New Delhi, Yola Mar–Apr 1960 State visit Diplomatic talks Nehru, Rajendra Prasad Asia [8]
9 Greece Athens 7–9 June 1960 State visit Diplomatic meetings King Paul I Europe [9]
10 United States New York September 1960 UNGA participation 15th UN General Assembly Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Josip Broz Tito, and Fidel Castro North America [10]

1961

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
11 Yugoslavia Belgrade 1–6 September 1961 Attend summit 1st Non-Aligned Movement Summit Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru Europe

1963

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
12 Algeria Algiers 6 May 1963 State visit Ahmed Ben Bella Arab world [11]
13 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 24 May 1963 Attend summit OAU Founding Summit Haile Selassie Africa [12]
14 Yugoslavia Belgrade July 1963 Diplomatic talks Bilateral discussions Josip Broz Tito Europe
15 Tunisia Bizerte December 1963 Attend independence event French withdrawal from Bizerte Habib Bourguiba Arab world

1964

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
16 North Yemen Sanaa March 1964 State visit Support for Republican government Abdullah al-Sallal Arab world [13]

1965

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
17 Morocco Casablanca September 1965 Attend summit 3rd Arab League Summit King Hassan II Arab world [14]
18 Ghana Accra October 1965 Attend summit 2nd OAU Summit Kwame Nkrumah Africa
19 Nigeria Kano November 1965 State visit Strengthen ties with Africa Regional officials Africa

1966

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
20 Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar September 1966 State visit Afro-Arab cooperation tour Julius Nyerere Africa [15]
21 Ethiopia Addis Ababa November 1966 Attend summit 4th OAU Summit Haile Selassie Africa

1967

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
22 Sudan Khartoum Aug–Sep 1967 Attend summit Arab Summit King Faisal, Arab leaders Arab world [16]

1968

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
24 Algeria Algiers 13–16 September 1968 Attend summit 5th OAU Summit Houari Boumédiène Arab world

1969

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
25 Morocco Rabat December 1969 Attend summit 5th Arab League Summit King Hassan II, King Faisal Arab world [17]
Libya Tripoli December 1969 Diplomatic visit Consultation with new government Muammar Gaddafi Arab world [18]

1970

# Country Cities Visited Date(s) Purpose Event/Occasion Notable Figures Met Region Ref
26 Sudan Khartoum January 1970 State visit and political rally Sudan Independence Day celebrations Jaafar Nimeiry Arab world [19]
27 Soviet Union Moscow Jun–Jul 1970 State visit Military talks and arms deal Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin Europe
28 Zambia Lusaka September 1970 Attend summit 3rd NAM Summit Kenneth Kaunda, Josip Broz Tito Africa

References

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  2. ^ Haddad-Fonda, Kyle (August 9, 2017). "The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction".
  3. ^ "EGYPT CONCLUDES PACT WITH YEMEN AND SAUDI ARABIA; Unified Command of Armies and Mutual Defense Plan Set Up by Arab Powers (Published 1956)". April 22, 1956.
  4. ^ "Nasser Arrives in Yugoslavia; Will Discuss Middle East with Tito, Nehru".
  5. ^ الشبابية, حركة ناصر (September 22, 2022). "زيارة عبدالناصر للمملكة العربية السعودية عام ١٩٥٦م". حركة ناصر الشبابية.
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  7. ^ "RUSSIA: Our Dear Guest". TIME. May 12, 1958.
  8. ^ "INDIA WELCOMES NASSER WARMLY; Cordial New Delhi-Cairo Tie Acclaimed by Leaders as 13-Day Visit Begins (Published 1960)". March 30, 1960.
  9. ^ "Image of king Paul 1st of Greece with President Nasser of Egypt,". www.bridgemanimages.com.
  10. ^ "NASSER IN NEW YORK VISITS KHRUSCHEV, CASTRO & TITO". British Pathé.
  11. ^ "NASSER TO SHORTEN HIS VISIT TO ALGERIA (Published 1963)". May 7, 1963.
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ "NASSER'S CONCERN GROWING OVER YEMEN; U.A.R. Leader's Visit Indicates the Importance Of the Area to His Arab World Ambitions (Published 1964)". May 3, 1964.
  14. ^ Movement, Nasser Youth (October 26, 2024). "President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Visit to the Kingdom of Morocco in 1965". Nasser Youth Movement.
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  16. ^ [2]
  17. ^ "Arabs: Summit in Rabat". December 26, 1969 – via Time.
  18. ^ [3]
  19. ^ "Nasser Declares He'll Arm A Million Men to Win War (Published 1970)". January 2, 1970.