Sentence examples for bilateral format from inspiring English sources

But Israeli officials also emphasized that, unlike the Saudis, the Israelis believe that the core issues of the conflict should be discussed in a bilateral format with the Palestinians, rather than in an international framework that might make them more difficult to solve.

Mr. Bosworth's trip would represent the beginning of bilateral talks, a format that North Korea has coveted, and would be the Obama administration's first direct dialogue with North Korea.

At the same time, a bilateral U.S.-Iranian format should be established to deal with issues such as Iran's policies toward Israel, terrorism, frozen Iranian assets in the U.S. and diplomatic relations.

Some Israelis who back a two-state settlement want to shift the format from bilateral to multinational talks, so that regional powers might lessen Israel's bargaining strength over the Palestinians.

The format – and formality – of preliminary bilateral trade talks is a highly sensitive issue.

In Geneva at the weekend and a fortnight ago, the format was a dizzying array of "bilaterals", separate meetings between the Iranians and each of the six other countries as well as countless sessions between any two of the six countries.

This is so because India and Pakistan are already engaged in a structured bilateral dialogue covering the whole gamut of bilateral issues whose format and the agenda were agreed after tough negotiations.

Since a split-mouth design was not feasible and the defects being corrected by the mucosa particularly in the vestibular portion of the study are not usually symmetrical or bilateral, the use of paired subjects was not a reliable format.

In a column in Haaretz on Friday, Shtayyeh suggested turning to the Geneva format that has proven useful regarding Iran and Syria, thus "exchanging the bilateral situation for a multinational forum".

This week Katsuya Okada, the foreign minister, said that he would be happy with bilateral talks so long as the outcomes were approved in the six-party format.

Bilateral tours matter, and most supporters want to see India do well across formats.