What does bilat mean?
Bilat means (informal) A bilateral meeting..
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/baɪˈlæt/ · noun
(informal) A bilateral meeting..
The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos[…]
The club is “a place to see and be seen,” as its Web site says — that is, unless you are a visiting president who after a day and a half of blinis, beluga and bilats (the diplo term for “bilateral meetings”) just wants to hang out with the clan.
BILATERAL (or “bilat,” for short): Private meetings between leaders of one country and another. Some argue the real value of UNGA lies in these tête-à-têtes and other personal, off-camera encounters among decision-makers.
Use bilat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bilat means (informal) A bilateral meeting..
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The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos[…]
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