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Definition of 'bilat'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (informal) A bilateral meeting.
  • * 2004 , Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy (page 12)
  • The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos
  • * {{quote-news|year=2009|date=July 8|author=Peter Baker|title=Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=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. }} ----