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Foreign visits by Saddam Hussein

This is a list of international trips made by Saddam Hussein, the former vice president and president of Iraq, from 1968 until his overthrow in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. As vice president, he made state visits to numerous countries and represented Iraq at several events. Following his accession to the seat of presidency and coinciding the Iran–Iraq War, Saddam attended various Arab League summits and global conferences. After the Gulf War, Saddam reduced his foreign visits, due to security reasons and post-war impact.[1][2][3]

Summary

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The number of visits per country where Saddam Hussein traveled are:

  • One visit to Bulgaria, East Germany, Egypt, Hungary, Lebanon, North Yemen, Romania, Spain, Sudan and Yugoslavia
  • Two visits to Algeria, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iran and Tunisia
  • Three visits to Cuba
  • Four visits to France and Saudi Arabia
  • Six visits to Morocco
  • Eight visits to the Soviet Union

1960s

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1969

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
1  Soviet Union Moscow First meeting with Yevgeny Primakov
2 Yemen Libya Benghazi First visit to Libya after the Al-Fateh Revolution that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power
3 21–23 December 1969  Morocco Rabat Attended the Arab League Summit in Rabat after the Al-Aqsa mosque fire in Jerusalem

1970s

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1970

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4 21 March 1971  Lebanon Beirut Attended a secret meeting along with his wife Sajida Talfah, of the Ba'ath Party leadership including Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Dignitaries were Assistant General Secretary Shibli al-Ayssami, Iraqi president Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr and others[4]
28 September – 1 October  United Arab Republic Cairo Attended funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser

1971

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5 21 March 1971  Syria Damascus Met with Hafez al-Assad on King Hussein's plan of Arab Federation. Dignitaries were Hafez al-Assad, Mahmoud al-Ayyubi, Mustafa Tlass, Murtada al-Hadithi, and Saadoun Ghaidan,[5][6][7]
6 November 1971  Soviet Union Moscow First visit to the Soviet Union, met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. Delegation included Alexei Kosygin, Abdul Khaliq al-Samarra'i, Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly, and Muhammad Fadhil[8]

1972

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7 24 February 1972  Soviet Union Moscow Diplomatic visit, significantly visited the grave of Joseph Stalin[9][10]
8 27 March 1972  Egypt Cairo Proposal for Union of Arab Republics instead of King Hussein's plan of King Hussein's federation plan and discussed about Iraqi support for Syria and Egypt in the Yom Kippur War against Israel[11]
9 19–21 June 1972  France Paris First visit to France[12][13][14]

1973

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10 24 March 1973  Soviet Union Moscow Visited Moscow at the invitation of the CC CPSU and the Soviet government.[15]
13–15 May 1973  Afghanistan Kabul Attended Non-Aligned Standing Committee Conference.[16]

1974

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10 14 March 1974  Soviet Union Moscow Visited Moscow at the invitation of the CC CPSU and the Soviet government.[15]
11 25–28 Mar 1974 India India New Delhi First diplomatic visit to India[17]
12 June 1974  Algeria Algiers State visit[18][19][20]
13 27 October 1974  Morocco Rabat Attended Arab League summit, that recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the "sole representative of the Palestinians"[21]
14 October 1974  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai Diplomatic visit[22]
15 November 1974  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Held talks with King Faisal and Crown Prince Fahd and reached on agreement for a neutral zone between the countries[23]
16 10–12 December 1974  Spain Granada, Córdoba, Madrid, Toledo Caudillo of Spain, Francisco Franco, invited Saddam to Madrid and visited Granada, Córdoba and Toledo.[24]

1975

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17 11 February 1975  Kuwait Kuwait City Diplomatic visit[25]
18 3–5 March 1975  France Paris Notably had a lunch at Hotel Matignon during his meeting with the French Prime minister Jacques Chirac.[9][10]
19 6 March 1975  Algeria Algiers Attended OPEC summit and signed peace agreement with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[26]
 Mauritania Nouakchott [27]
20 11 March 1975  Tunisia Tunis Diplomatic visit[28]
26 March 1975  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Attending funeral of King Faisal[29]
21 14-15 April 1975  Soviet Union Moscow Diplomatic visit[30]
22 29 April 1975  Iran Tehran First diplomatic visit to Iran[17]
23  Libya Tripoli Diplomatic visit[26]
24 5 May 1975  Bulgaria Sofia Diplomatic visit[26]
25 5—7 May 1975  Romania Bucharest Three-day Diplomatic visit[26][31]
26 7–9 May 1975 Hungary Budapest Two-day diplomatic visit[32][33][34]
27 12 May 1975  East Germany Bonn Diplomatic visit[26][35]
28 6–8 September 1975  France Paris Visit to nuclear sites and signed agreement with France on building nuclear sites in Iraq[24][36]
20–23 November 1975  Spain Madrid Attended funeral of Francisco Franco

1976

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29 03 January 1976  Iran Mashhad Visited and prayed at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad[37][38]
Saddam praying at the Imam Reza Shrine – 1976
Saddam praying at the Imam Reza Shrine – 1976
30 19 April 1975  Kuwait Kuwait City Diplomatic visit[39]
25 October 1975  Egypt Cairo Attended Arab League summit
31 13 December 1976  Soviet Union Moscow Diplomatic visit, held talks with Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and other Soviet officials[40]
32 16 December 1976  Algeria Algiers Diplomatic visit[41]
Saddam praying at the Imam Reza Shrine – 1976
Saddam praying at the Imam Reza Shrine – 1976
 France Diplomatic visit[42]


1977

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33 1–15 February 1977  Soviet Union Moscow Fifth visit to the Soviet Union, held talks with Alexei Kosygin on bilateral relations[43][37][38]
34 13 August 1977  Kuwait Kuwait City Diplomatic visit[44]
2 December 1977  Libya Tripoli Attended a summit with the participation of the leaders of Algeria, Iraq, Libya, the PLO and South Yemen to discuss Sadat's initiative
35 13 December 1977  France Paris Signed agreement under which Iraq purchased approximately 80 French Mirage aircraft[45]

1978

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36 October 1978  Cuba Havana Diplomatic visit, included tours of cement and textile factories, and the signing of bilateral agreements[46][47]
37 11–13 December 1978  Soviet Union Moscow Diplomatic visit, held talks with Alexei Kosygin[48][49]
29 December 1978  Algeria Algiers Attended funeral of Houari Boumédiène

1979

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38 30 January 1979  Syria Damascus Unification talks between Syria and Iraq[50]
 Jordan [51]
39 23 November 1979  Algeria Algiers Diplomatic visit and visiting the grave of Houari Boumédiène[52]
40 3–9 September 1979  Cuba Havana Attended and briefly addressed the 6th Non-aligned Summit Meeting in Havana[53][54][55]
41 20 November 1979  Tunisia Tunis Attended the Arab League summit[56]

1980s

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1980

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42 8 May 1980  Yugoslavia Belgrade Attended the state funeral of Josip Broz Tito along with Sa'dun Hammadi, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Ola Ullsten, Patrick Hillery and Bruno Kreisky
43 5 August 1980  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Secured Saudi support for the Iraqi invasion of Iran and first presidential diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia[57][58]
44 25-27 November 1980  Jordan Amman Attended Arab League summit in Amman, mainly focused on the Iran–Iraq War[53][54][55]

1981

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
45 7–9 August 1985  Saudi Arabia Taif, Mecca Attended Islamic conference at Taif and Mecca, focusing on the Iran–Iraq War and the Saddam briefly addressed the summit[59][60]
46 25 November 1981  Morocco Fez Convened on 25 November 1981, but was suspended and later resumed in 1981[61]

1982

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13 June 1982  Saudi Arabia Mecca Attended the funeral of King Khalid
47 6–9 September 1982  Morocco Fez Attended the Arab League summit in Fez, focusing on King Fahd's peace plan between Israel and Palestine and the prolonging Iran–Iraq War[62][63]

1983

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
48 7–12 March 1983  India New Delhi Attended the 7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement and survived an assassination attempt by the Islamic Dawa Party as per local sources. Dignitaries included Indira Gandhi, Zia-ul-Haq, and Yasser Arafat.[64]

1984

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49 7–9 August 1984  Oman Muscat Diplomatic visit and held talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Muscat on Iran–Iraq War.[65]

1985

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
13 March 1985  Soviet Union Moscow Attended funeral of Konstantin Chernenko
50 7–9 August 1985  Morocco Casablanca Attended the Arab League Extraordinary summit on Jordanian-Palestinian peace initiative.[66][65][67][68]
51 15–17 December 1985  Soviet Union Moscow Diplomatic visit[69]

1986

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
52  Oman Muscat Diplomatic visit[65]
53 15 November 1986  Soviet Union Moscow Held negotiations with Eduard Shevardnadze.[70][71]
54 Unknown  Saudi Arabia Medina [72]
55  France Diplomatic visit[73]

1987

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56 Unknown  Saudi Arabia Diplomatic visit.[74]
4 May  Jordan Al-Jafr Held talks with Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, to mediate Iraq-Syria conflict.[75][76]
57 8–11 November 1987  Jordan Amman Attended the 16th Arab League Summit in Amman, Jordan[77][78]
Saddam at the Arab League Summit in Amman, Jordan on 11 November 1987
Saddam at the Arab League Summit in Amman, Jordan on 11 November 1987

1988

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58 23-26 May 1988  Saudi Arabia Mecca, Medina Performed Umrah and pilgrimage (Hajj) in Mecca and Medina[79]
59 7–9 June 1988  Algeria Algiers Attended the Arab League summit focused on the First Intifada in Israel and Palestine and the Iran–Iraq War[80]
24 July 1988  Saudi Arabia Riyadh [81]
60 28 November 1988  Egypt Cairo First visit to Egypt since assuming the presidency.[70]

1989

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59 23-26 May 1989  Morocco Casablanca Attended the Extraordinary Arab League summit in Casablanca.[82]
60 25 September 1989  North Yemen Sanaa Arab Cooperation Council meeting[23]
9 November 1989  Vietnam [83]
 Jordan
61 December 1989  Egypt Alexandria 2nd round of Arab Cooperation Council meeting in Alexandria[84]

1990s

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1990

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62 27 March 1990  Saudi Arabia Hafar al-Batin, Riyadh Diplomatic visit, held with talks with King Fahd[85]
63 April 1990  Jordan Amman Diplomatic visit, held talks with King Hussein bin Talal.[86]
64 17 June 1990  Yemen Sanaa Diplomatic visit, met with Ali Abdullah Saleh[87]
65 04 October 1990 Ba'athist Iraq Kuwait Iraqi-occupied Kuwait Observed his troops in the country following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.[88]
Saddam addresses Iraqi soldiers in April 1990
Saddam addresses Iraqi soldiers in April 1990

2000s

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2000

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
66 September 2000  Venezuela Caracas Talks with Iranian government, to reaffirm the 1975 agreement.[89]

2001

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Dates Country Areas visited Details
67 2001  Cuba Havana Visit to Cuban doctor Dr. Alvarez Cambra[90]

See also

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