summitry
noun
sum·mit·ry
ˈsə-mə-trē 
: the use of a summit conference for international negotiation
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President Biden and leaders of NATO allies agreed to double the organization’s troop presence in Eastern Europe during a flurry of wartime summitry Thursday in Brussels, an effort to keep the alliance united in its effort to isolate and punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
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Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
The whirlwind summitry comes immediately after Mr. Xi broke with recent precedent and secured a third term in power last month—and ahead of meetings with leaders of the Group of 20 major economies and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation later this month.
—Austin Ramzy, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
Kim has repeatedly vowed to bolster his nuclear forces since his summitry with then-President Donald Trump derailed in 2019 with the Americans rejecting North Korea’s demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
While Kim was traveling to Singapore, Vietnam, Russia and China for his summitry, the country was becoming more and more ruthless in its crackdowns on North Koreans trying to escape overland into China or anyone accessing information about the outside world.
—Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
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Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
The whirlwind summitry comes immediately after Mr. Xi broke with recent precedent and secured a third term in power last month—and ahead of meetings with leaders of the Group of 20 major economies and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation later this month.
—Austin Ramzy, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
Kim has repeatedly vowed to bolster his nuclear forces since his summitry with then-President Donald Trump derailed in 2019 with the Americans rejecting North Korea’s demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
While Kim was traveling to Singapore, Vietnam, Russia and China for his summitry, the country was becoming more and more ruthless in its crackdowns on North Koreans trying to escape overland into China or anyone accessing information about the outside world.
—Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
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