Sentence examples for start of a summit from inspiring English sources

This week saw the start of a summit in The Hague to discuss all this.Yet hot-headed attempts to link specific weather disasters to the greenhouse effect are scientific bunk.

In fact, disappointment appeared to be far from the spirit of either man at the start of a summit meeting whose opening formalities seemed surprisingly relaxed, exceeding the expectations of many people, including perhaps those of the principals themselves.

In other developments: Iran called for dialogue between the government and opposition, at the start of a summit on the crisis in Tehran at which no Western states are present.

September 4: At the start of a Nato summit in Wales, leaders of the Western alliance show a united front in response to terror threats.

David Cameron has urged "small island states" that are vulnerable to climate change to get on "on board" a deal to tackle global warming at the start of a Commonwealth summit.

The police opened fire on demonstrators who broke into the presidential compound, killing two people and wounding six during a protest at the start of a Caribbean summit meeting.

Diplomats at the United Nations finally reached agreement last night on a watered-down document to reform the organisation and tackle poverty just hours before leaders arrived for the start of a world summit.

Speaking in Brussels last week before the start of a European Union summit meeting, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov of Bulgaria complained that he was fed up with so much time being spent on Greece's need for bailout funds to pay its bills when other countries had so many problems of their own.

Monday will see the start of a United Nations summit for refugees and migrants, in New York, so this protest – called by the group Solidarity with Refugees – functioned as a stirring precursor.

(See 11.25am). He made the comment in a Q&A after his speech to the CBI three days before the start of an EU summit intended to fix the EU's budget.

The Iranian reactions to Mr. Obama's revised policy, which was issued last Tuesday in Washington in what is known as the presidential Nuclear Posture Review, appeared timed to coincide with the start of an international summit meeting hosted by Mr. Obama starting Monday, during which other world leaders will be talking about curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.