November 2005 On his way to a presidential summit via train he says: "I ask Argentines to understand that we are heading for dignity, to defend what is ours.

These internationally worrying circumstances have been ultimately resolved through the use of official diplomatic channels and bilateral presidential summits (in the first two cases).

June 13 - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung visits North Korea to participate in the first North-South presidential summit.

There was even talk about a major breakthrough in relations, with a Latvian-Russian presidential summit apparently in the works.

Azerbaijan and Armenia held a presidential summit on Sunday amid warnings that a full blown war is brewing over a festering territorial dispute.

Last week, the El Paso city council passed a resolution to condemn the gang violence in Juárez, calling for a presidential summit on the drug war.

And their computer systems seem to crash every few days, especially when the department faces a crush of work to complete a treaty or prepare for a presidential summit.

A presidential summit, claimed Kim, "should be an encounter that produces good results; if there is no outcome it will disappoint the people".

The prospect of the presidential summit had raised hopes that a formula was at hand to satisfy the demands of both sides.

On January 28, 1979, Deng Xiaoping touched down in America for the first presidential summit since Jimmy Carter finalized relations with the People's Republic.