21.   The United States and China agreed today to restart negotiations on Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization, brightening the atmosphere before the presidential summit.

22.   They also prepared plans for a Group of Rio presidential summit scheduled for September in the same city.

23.   He earlier said that he could not envision a presidential summit while Wu is in jail.

24.   He said the political atmosphere for military relations had improved since a Sino-US presidential summit in October.

25.   Instead of the presidential summit planned for Friday, Argentina will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the Mercosur trade bloc that day instead.

26.   A decision on the Sino-US presidential summit is expected to be announced then.

27.   Beijing announced the release of eight political prisoners Sunday in an apparent gesture to the international community just days ahead of a Sino-US presidential summit in Indonesia.

28.   Bolivia will host a presidential summit on sustainable development in the Americas in December which grew out of accords signed at the summit Clinton hosted.

29.   Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen held talks with his Russian counterpart Yevgeny Primakov on Tuesday to discuss plans for a presidential summit next month between the former communist rivals.

30.   Every high-level contact between the two sides, including in presidential summits, USCIRF said.