state visit

American  

noun

1. an official visit of the chief of state of one country to that of another.

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Example Sentences

Fifty years later, her son will find himself carrying a similar message on his first state visit to the US as King.

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But while the formal announcement of the state visit might have been delayed, planning seems to have quietly continued in the background, with no signs of the visit being stopped.

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Details of the itinerary in the US have still to be released, but it will include Washington DC, in what will be the first UK state visit to the US since Queen Elizabeth II's visit in 2007.

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A YouGov survey last week suggested that 49% of the British public were against the state visit to the US while 33% wanted it to go ahead.

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The decision to hold a state visit is made by the government, with the King travelling on behalf of the Foreign Office.

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