bilat

plural bilats

1. informalA bilateral meeting.

   The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos[…]

   2004, Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy, page 12

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   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.

   2009 July 8, Peter Baker, “Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow”, in New York Times

   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.

   2024 September 24, Jennifer Peltz, “Your short glossary to UN General Assembly meeting lingo”, in PBS NewsHour, PBS, retrieved 25 Sep 2024