# List of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev

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This is a list of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev as the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. In this role he was General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 as well as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989 and President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991.

## Summary of visits
### 1985

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1985:
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
| France | Paris | 2–5 October | Met with President François Mitterrand. |
| Netherlands | The Hague | 2 November | |
| Switzerland | Geneva | 19–21 November | See Geneva Summit (1985) |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 8 December | Warsaw Pact summit |

### 1986

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1986:
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
| East Germany | East Berlin | 17–21 April | 11th Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
| Hungary | Budapest | 8-12 June | State visit and Warsaw Pact summit. |
| Poland | Warsaw | 29 June – 3 July | State visit |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 11–12 October | See Reykjavík Summit |
| Austria | Vienna | October | Working visit |
| India | New Delhi | 25–28 November | |

### 1987

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1987:
| Country | Cities visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Czechoslovakia | Prague Bratislava | 9–12 April | State visit. It was postponed for four days due to Gorbachev having a "cold". This also caused him to end his trip a day early so he could get a some rest before meeting with Secretary James Baker of the US the following week. |
| France | Paris | May | State visit |
| Romania | Bucharest | 25–28 May | |
| United Kingdom | RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire | 7 December | En route to Washington, D.C. |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | 7–10 December | Signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. See Washington Summit (1987). |

### 1988

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1988:
| Country | Locations visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Yugoslavia | Belgrade Dubrovnik Brdo pri Kranju | 14-19 March | State visit. |
| Poland | Warsaw Kraków Szczecin | 11–17 July | State visit and Warsaw Pact summit |
| India | New Delhi | 17–21 November | |
| United States | New York City | 7–8 December | Gorbachev left the Warsaw Pact Summit early due to the 1988 Spitak earthquake which struck the Armenian S.S.R. that same day. See Governors Island Summit. |

### 1989

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1989:
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Ireland | Shannon, County Clare | 2 April | Stopover visit en route to Cuba. Met with Taoiseach Charles Haughey and Tánaiste Brian Lenihan Snr at Shannon Airport. |
| Cuba | Havana | 2–5 April | State visit |
| United Kingdom | London | 6–8 April | He was also received at Heathrow Airport by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with full military honors provided by the Queen's Colour Squadron. He was also received with full military honors from the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth II. |
| China | Beijing | 15–18 May | See 1989 Sino-Soviet Summit |
| West Germany | Bonn | 12–16 June | |
| France | Paris Strasbourg | 4–6 July | |
| East Germany | East Berlin | 6–7 October | Attended the GDR's ruby jubilee military parade and celebrations. |
| Finland | Helsinki Oulu | 25–27 October | State visit. Met with President Mauno Koivisto and Prime Minister Harri Holkeri |
| Vatican | Vatican City | 29 November | Met with Pope John Paul II. |
| Italy | Rome | 29 November – 1 December | State Visit |
| Malta | Birżebbuġa (Maksim Gorkiy) | 1–3 December | See Malta Summit |

### 1990

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1990:
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Canada | Ottawa | 29–30 May | He visited on a 36-hour stopover to Washington, in which he was received by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn, with the latter welcoming him with full honors at the airport by the RCMP. |
| United States | Washington Camp David | 30 May–3 June | Signed the 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord. See Washington Summit |
| United States | Twin Cities, Minnesota | 3 June | State visit where he met with Governor Rudy Perpich at the Minnesota Governor's Residence, then toured the Twin Cities including the Minnesota State Capitol, culminating in a meeting with various Minnesotan companies at the Minneapolis Radisson Hotel and visiting the Control Data Corporation in Bloomington. |
| Finland | Helsinki | 9 September | Discussed the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait with U.S. President George H.W. Bush. See Helsinki Summit |
| France | Paris | 19 November | Signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. |

### 1991

The following are the international trips made by Gorbachev in 1991:
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Japan | Tokyo | 15–19 April | |
| South Korea | Seoul | 19 April | |
| Norway | Oslo | 4–5 June | Nobel Peace Prize acceptance |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 6 June | Working visit. met with Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson and Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello. |
| United Kingdom | London | 17 July | He attended the 17th G7 summit at the invitation of Prime Minister John Major. |
| Spain | Madrid | 29–30 October | See Madrid Conference of 1991 |

## Cancelled visits

| Country | Areas to be visited | Date(s) | Details |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 1987 | |
| Greece | Athens | 1987 | |
| Cuba | Havana | 1988 | |
| Norway | Oslo | 10 December 1990 | Was supposed to accept the Nobel Peace Prize |