United States presidential visits to South Asia

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There have been twenty United States presidential visits to South Asia by seven United States presidents. The first presidential trip to South Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent), made by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959, occurred as the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union deepened. Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama made multiple trips to region while in office. To date, seven visits have been made to both Afghanistan and India, five have been made to Pakistan, and one to Bangladesh. No incumbent president has yet visited Bhutan (which has no formal diplomatic relations with the U.S.), the Maldives, Nepal, or Sri Lanka.

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Table of visits

Maps United States presidential visits to South Asia

See also

• Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
• Foreign policy of the United States
• South Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration

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