Date |
Visitor |
Country |
Description |
January 12-14, 2003 |
President Aleksander Kwasniewski |
Poland |
Working visit. |
January 19-24, 2003 |
President Ismail Guelleh |
Djibouti |
Working visit. |
January 30, 2003 |
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
January 31, 2003 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Working visit at Camp David, Maryland. |
February 3-4, 2003 |
King Hamad Bin Essa al-Khalifa |
Bahrain |
Working visit. |
February 4-7, 2003 |
Prime Minister Leszek Miller |
Poland |
Working visit. |
February 8-10, 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard |
Australia |
Working visit. |
February 9-12, 2003 |
President Lucio Gutierrez |
Ecuador |
Working visit. |
February 15-19, 2003 |
President Vairi Vike-Freiberga |
Latvia |
Working visit. |
February 21-22, 2003 |
President Jose Maria Aznar |
Spain |
Official select visit in Crawford, Texas. |
February 24-25, 2003 |
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
Bulgaria |
Working visit. |
February 23-27, 2003 |
President Heydar Aliyev |
Azerbaijan |
Working visit. |
February 25-28, 2003 |
President Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
Working visit. |
March 3-6, 2003 |
President Paul Kagame |
Rwanda |
Working visit. |
March 13-14, 2003 |
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern |
Ireland |
Working visit. |
March 20-21, 2003 |
President Paul Biya |
Cameroon |
Working visit. |
March 26-27, 2003 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Official select visit. Discussed the war with Iraq at Camp David, Maryland. Also met with UN Secretary-General Annan in New York City, March 27. |
April 8-9, 2003 |
President Rudolf Schuster |
Slovakia |
Working visit |
April 10, 2003 |
President Alfonso Portillo |
Guatemala |
Working visit. Discussed negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement. |
April 10, 2003 |
President Francisco Flores |
El Salvador |
Working visit. Discussed negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement. |
April 10, 2003 |
President Ricardo Maduro |
Honduras |
Working visit. Discussed negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement. |
April 10, 2003 |
President Enrique Bolonas |
Nicaragua |
Working visit. Discussed negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement. |
April 10, 2003 |
President Abel Pacheco |
Costa Rica |
Working visit. Discussed negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement. |
April 23, 2003 |
President Jorge Batlle |
Uruguay |
Working visit. |
April 29-May 5, 2003 |
President Alvaro Uribe |
Colombia |
Working visit. |
May 1-3, 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard |
Australia |
Official select visit at Crawford, Texas. |
May 6, 2003 |
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong |
Singapore |
Working visit. Signed free-trade agreement. |
May 7-8, 2003 |
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar |
Spain |
Working visit. |
May 8-9, 2003 |
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani |
Qatar |
Working visit. |
May 12, 2003 |
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
Denmark |
Working visit. |
May 12-16, 2003 |
President Roh Moo-Hyun |
South Korea |
Working visit. Visited New York City May 12 and San Francisco May 15. |
May 16, 2003 |
Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik |
Norway |
Working visit. |
May 17-21, 2003 |
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Philippines |
State Visit. Arrived in Los Angeles, May 17. |
May 20, 2003 |
President Hipolito Mejia |
Dominican Republic |
Working visit. |
May 22-23, 2003 |
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
Japan |
Working visit at Crawford, TX. |
June 5-6, 2003 |
Prime Minister Jose Durao |
Portugal |
Working visit. |
June 9-11, 2003 |
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra |
Thailand |
Working visit. |
June 9-14, 2003 |
President Yoweri Museveni |
Uganda |
Working visit. |
June 19-20, 2003 |
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva |
Brazil |
Working visit. |
June 23-27, 2003 |
President Pervez Musharraf |
Pakistan |
Working visit. Met with President Bush in Washington, DC and Camp David, MD. Arrived in Boston June 20; later visited Los Angeles. |
June 24-26, 2003 |
Prime Minister Konstandinos Simitis |
Greece |
Working visit. Met with President Bush at the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. |
June 24-27, 2003 |
President Mireya Moscoso |
Panama |
Working visit. |
June 23-27, 2003 |
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth |
Mauritius |
Working visit. Also attended United States-Africa Business Summit. |
June 21-26, 2003 |
King Mswati III |
Swaziland |
Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
June 21-29, 2003 |
President Yahya Jammeh |
The Gambia |
Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
June 22-29, 2003 |
Prime Minister Peter Musonge |
Cameroon |
Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
June 23-27, 2003 |
Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi |
Uganda |
Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
June 24-27, 2003 |
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso |
Congo, Republic of |
Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
July 14-17, 2003 |
Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla |
Czech Republic |
Working visit. |
July 17, 2003 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Working visit; addressed a Joint Session of Congress. |
July 20-21, 2003 |
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Official select visit at Crawford, TX. |
July 22-23, 2003 |
President Nestor Kirchner |
Argentina |
Working visit. |
July 27-30, 2003 |
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon |
Israel |
Working visit. |
September 3, 2003 |
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende |
Netherlands |
Working visit. |
September 9-12, 2003 |
Prime Minister Sabah al-Sabah |
Kuwait |
Working visit. |
September 15-19, 2003 |
King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Met with President Bush at Camp David Sept. 18-19. |
September 23, 2003 |
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar |
Spain |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2003 |
President Jacques Chirac |
France |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2003 |
President Megawati Sukarnoputri |
Indonesia |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2003 |
King Mohamed VI |
Morocco |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2003 |
President Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder |
Germany |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
Prime Minister Perry Christie |
Bahamas |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
Prime Minister Keith Mitchell |
Grenada |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
President Bharrat Jagdeo |
Guyana |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
Prime Minister Kenny Davis Anthony |
Saint Lucia |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
President John Agyekum Kufuor |
Ghana |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
President Pervez Musharraf |
Pakistan |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
President Joaquim Chissano |
Mozambique |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 24, 2003 |
Prime Minister Altal Vajpayee |
India |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 26, 2003 |
President Nicanor Duarte Frutos |
Paraguay |
Working visit. |
September 26-27, 2003 |
President Vladimir Putin |
Russia |
Official select visit at Camp David, Maryland. |
September 30-October 1 2003 |
President Alvaro Uribe |
Colombia |
Working visit. |
September 30-October 4, 2003 |
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
Pakistan |
Working visit. |
October 5-7, 2003 |
President Mwai Kibaki |
Kenya |
State Visit. |
October 27-29, 2003 |
President Ion Iliescu |
Romania |
Working visit. |
November 2-5, 2003 |
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Sri Lanka |
Working visit. |
November 2-6, 2003 |
President Joseph Kabila |
Congo, Democratic Republic of |
Working visit. |
November 12-16, 2003 |
President Carlo Ciampi |
Italy |
Working visit. |
December 3-7, 2003 |
King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Working visit. |
December 8, 2003 |
President Rolandas Paksas |
Lithuania |
Working visit. |
December 9, 2003 |
Premier Wen Jiabao |
China, People's Republic of |
Official visit. |
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