| Date |
Visitor |
Country |
Description |
| January 14-18, 1998 |
President Lennart Meri |
Estonia |
Working visit. Signed U.S.-Baltic Charter of Partnership. |
| January 14-18, 1998 |
President Guntis Ulmanis |
Latvia |
Working visit. Signed U.S.-Baltic Charter of Partnership. |
| January 14-18, 1998 |
President Algirdas Brazauskas |
Lithuania |
Working visit. Signed U.S.-Baltic Charter of Partnership. |
| January 19-21, 1998 |
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton. |
| February 3-5, 1998 |
President Rexhep Medjani |
Albania |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| February 4-7, 1998 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Official visit. |
| February 9-13, 1998 |
President Petar Stoyanov |
Bulgaria |
Working visit. Afterwards visited Norfolk (Virginia). |
| March 9-12, 1998 |
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin |
Russia |
Working visit. |
| March 12-14, 1998 |
Prime Minister Chuan Likphai |
Thailand |
Official working visit. |
| March 17, 1998 |
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern |
Ireland |
Private visit. Discussed the peace process in Northern Ireland. |
| March 17-18 1998 |
President Arpad Goncz |
Hungary |
Private visit. |
| March 16-20, 1998 |
King Hussein |
Jordan |
Private visit. Arrived in the U.S. March 12. |
| April 8-10, 1998 |
President Fidel Ramos |
Philippines |
Working visit. |
| April 21-23, 1998 |
President Saparmurat Niyazov |
Turkmenistan |
Working visit. Arrived in the U.S. April 20. Also visited New York City and Chicago. Departed the U.S. April 24. |
| April 25-May 3, 1998 |
President Isaias Afwerki |
Eritrea |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| May 5-7, 1998 |
Prime Minister Romano Prodi |
Italy |
Official visit. |
| May 31- June 3, 1998 |
Emir Isa bin Sulman al-Khalifa |
Bahrain |
Working visit. |
| June 6-8, 1998 |
President Fernando Cardoso |
Brazil |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 8-11, 1998 |
President Kim Dae-jung |
Korea |
State visit. Arrived in New York City June 6. Addressed joint Meeting of Congress June 10. Afterward visited San Francisco and Los Angeles. Departed the U.S. June 13. |
| June 8, 1998 |
President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon |
Mexico |
Met with President Clinton during a UN General Assembly Special Session on the Drug Problem in New York City. |
| June 10, 1998 |
President Leonel Fernandez |
Dominican Republic |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 15-18, 1998 |
Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri |
Lebanon |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 15-16, 1998 |
King Hussein |
Jordan |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 17-19, 1998 |
Prime Minister Lionel Jospin |
France |
Working visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| June 22-26, 1998 |
President Mary McAleese |
Ireland |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 29-30, 1998 |
Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski |
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of |
Met with Vice President Gore. |
| July 8-10, 1998 |
Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek |
Poland |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| July 14-17, 1998 September 21-23, 1998 |
President Nelson Mandela |
South Africa |
Working visit. |
| September 23-25, 1998 |
President Pierre Buyoya |
Burundi |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit after the meeting of the UN General Assembly. |
| September 28-29, 1998 |
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat. |
| October 5-8, 1998 |
Prime Minister Viktor Orban |
Hungary |
Working visit. |
| October 8-9, 1998 |
Chancellor-elect Gerhard Schroeder |
Germany |
Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| October 9, 1998 |
President Jamil Mahuad |
Ecuador |
Discussed the Ecuador-Peru border dispute with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| October 9, 1998 |
President Alberto K. Fujimori |
Peru |
Discussed the Ecuador-Peru border dispute with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| October 15-23, 1998 |
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat in Washington and at Wye Plantation (Maryland). Signed Wye River Memorandum at the White House on October 23. Private visit. |
| October 20-23, 1998 |
King Hussein |
Jordan |
Took part in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at Wye Plantation (Maryland). |
| October 27-28, 1998 |
President Andres Pastrana |
Colombia |
State visit. |
| November 2-5, 1998 |
Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek |
Slovenia |
Working visit. Afterwards visited Cleveland, Ohio. |
| November 23, 1998 |
President Kuniwo Nakamura |
Palau |
Met with President Clinton at Agana, Guam. |
| November 23, 1998 |
President Imata Kabua |
Marshall Islands |
Met with President Clinton at Agana, Guam. |
| November 23, 1998 |
President Jacob Nena |
Micronesia |
Met with President Clinton at Agana, Guam. |
| November 29-December 1, 1998 |
President Joaquim Chissano |
Mozambique |
Working visit. |
| December 1, 1998 |
Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif |
Pakistan |
Official working visit. |
| December 9-11, 1998 |
President Miguel Angel Rodriguez |
Costa Rica |
Attended conference on Central American reconstruction at the Inter-American Development Bank. Private visit with President Clinton December 11. |
| December 9-11, 1998 |
President Armando Calderon Sol |
El Salvador |
Attended conference on Central American reconstruction at the Inter-American Development Bank. Private visit with President Clinton December 11. |
| December 9-11, 1998 |
President Luis Alberto Flores |
Guatemala |
Attended conference on Central American reconstruction at the Inter-American Development Bank. Private visit with President Clinton December 11. |
| December 9-11, 1998 |
President Carlos Flores |
Honduras |
Attended conference on Central American reconstruction at the Inter-American Development Bank. Private visit with President Clinton December 11. |
| December 9-11, 1998 |
President Arnoldo Aleman |
Nicaragua |
Attended conference on Central American reconstruction at the Inter-American Development Bank. Private visit with President Clinton December 11. |
| December 18, 1998 |
Chancellor Viktor Klima |
Austria |
Attended U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Private visit with President Clinton. |
