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Meaning of bilat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/baɪˈlæt/

Definitions

A bilateral meeting.

informal

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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