This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Morarji Desai during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from March 1977 and July 1979. The first overseas visit was to Iran in June 1977.
Summary of international trips
In his two-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Morarji Desai made 9 international trips, visiting 15 countries, including visits to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
+Prime Minister Morarji Desai's visits by countryNumber of visitsCountry1 visit (12)Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Kenya, Nepal, Poland, Sri Lanka, United States, West Germany, Yugoslavia2 visits (2)Iran, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
1977 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)PurposeNotes1Tehran7 JuneLondon8–15 June4th Commonwealth Heads of Government MeetingParisJune2MoscowOctober3KathmanduNovember–December
1978 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)PurposeNotes4SydneyFebruaryRegional Commonwealth Conference5TehranJuneStop-overBrusselsJuneLondonJuneNew York City, San Francisco, Omaha12–15 JuneUnited Nations General Assembly6NairobiAugustState funeral of Jomo Kenyatta
1979 CountryAreas visitedDate(s)PurposeNotes7ColomboFebruaryChief guest on the Sri Lankan Independence Day celebration 8Dhaka16–18 April9FrankfurtJuneMoscow10–14 JuneWarsaw14–16 JunePrague16–18 JuneBelgrade18–21 June
See also Premiership of Morarji Desai List of international trips made by prime ministers of India History of Indian foreign relations
References
External links Outgoing Visits – by Ministry of External Affairs Nonresident Prime Ministers? Measuring India's Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel by Sumitha Narayanan Kutty and Walter C. Ladwig III