List of state visits made by Levi Eshkol

Levi Eshkol served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from June 1963 and until his death in February 1969. During this time he made 13 official, state and working visits to a total of 11 foreign countries. Eshkol was the first head of government in Israel to be invited formally to the White House. In 1966 he was also the first Israeli prime minister to conduct state visits to Africa.

Foreign visits made by Levi Eshkol

Date Country City/Cities visited Note
May-June 1964 United States of AmericaFirst official invitation of an Israeli head of state or government to the White House. Meeting with President Lyndon Johnson.
July-August 1964 FranceParisOfficial State Visit and meeting with President Charles de Gaulle.[1]
May 1965 United KingdomLondonOfficial State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson.[2]
May-June 1966 KenyaNairobiOfficial State Visit and meeting with President Jomo Kenyatta
May-June 1966 UgandaEntebbeOfficial State Visit and meeting with President Milton Obote
May-June 1966 CongoKinshasaOfficial State Visit
May-June 1966 SenegalDakarOfficial State Visit
May-June 1966 Ivory CoastAbidjanOfficial State Visit and meeting with President Félix Houphouët-Boigny
May-June 1966 LiberiaMonroviaOfficial State Visit and meeting with President William Tubman
May-June 1966 MadagascarAntananarivoOfficial State Visit
January 1968 United States of AmericaOfficial State Visit and meeting with President Lyndon Johnson
January 1968 CanadaToronto
June 1968 United KingdomLondonOfficial State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson

State visits hosted in Israel by Levi Eshkol

Country Name Title Date
   NepalMahendra of NepalKing of NepalSeptember 1963[3]
 MexicoMiguel Alemán ValdésFormer President of MexicoNovember 1963
 CongoJoseph KasavubuPresident of CongoDecember 1963[4]
  VaticanPaul VIPopeJanuary 1964
 BelgiumBaudouin of BelgiumKing of BelgiumFebruary 1964[5]
 TogoNicolas GrunitzkyPresident of TogoApril 1964[6]
 IcelandBjarni BenediktssonPrime Minister of IcelandNovember 1964[7]
 DenmarkJens Otto KragPrime Minister of DenmarkJanuary 1965
 FrancePierre Mendès FranceFormer Prime Minister of FranceAugust 1965
 ChadFrançois TombalbayePresident of ChadSeptember 1965
 IcelandÁsgeir ÁsgeirssonPresident of IcelandMarch 1966
 GambiaDawda JawaraPresident of GambiaOctober 1966
 United KingdomAlec Douglas-HomeFormer Prime Minister of Great BritainMarch 1967
 MadagascarCalvin TsieboVice President of the Malagasy RepublicMay 1967[8]
 BotswanaQuett MasireVice President of BotswanaJuly 1968
 MalawiHastings BandaPresident of MalawiMay 1968[9]
 LesothoLeabua JonathanPrime Minister of LesothoNovember 1968
 CanadaLester PearsonFormer Prime Minister of CanadaDecember 1968

References

  1. ↑ "'France Won't Sacrifice Israel For Arabs'". The Sentinel. 9 July 1964.
  2. ↑ "Eshkol Meets With Wilson Of Britain". The Sentinel. 2 April 1965.
  3. ↑ "Warm reception for Nepal King on Israel trip". Bnai Brith Messenger. 20 September 1963.
  4. ↑ "Kasavubu is Hadassah Godfather". Bnai Brith Messenger. 27 December 1963.
  5. ↑ "Queen Fabiola Plants JNF Tree". The Sentinel. 5 March 1964.
  6. ↑ "LE President de la Repunlique du Togo en Visite Officielle" (in French). Information Juive. 15 April 1964.
  7. ↑ "Le Premier Islandais en Israel" (in French). Information Juive. 15 November 1964.
  8. ↑ "Malagasy Vice President says Israel achieved wonders". Bnai Brith Messenger. 16 June 1967.
  9. ↑ "Israel loans Malawi". The Sentinel. 6 June 1968.
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