high-level talk

With all the high-level talk from Moscow, Washington and Kyiv about atomic threats, Ukrainians’ conversations these days are studded with phrases like “strategic and tactical nuclear weapons,” “ potassium iodide pills,” “radiation masks,” “plastic raincoats,” and “hermetically sealed food.”

Do we have a high-level talk with our son about what some people believe and what we believe?

"This high-level talk doesn't seem to stack up with what's going on," said Sharon Bowles, an influential member of the European Parliament from Britain's junior coalition Liberal Democrat party.

Like an insistent musical theme, the phrase recurs in high-level talk that the Government may have to restore wage and price controls to keep down inflation.