Letter to His Excellency António Guterres

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced the acting agency leadership across the administration to assist in the next phase of the transition of government. These individuals, nearly all of whom are career civil servants, will temporarily lead federal agencies while Cabinet nominees continue moving through the confirmation process.

The President held a meeting, via videoconference, with permanent members of the Russian Federation Security Council.

Head of the Udmurt Republic Alexander Brechalov briefed the President, via videoconference, on the region’s socioeconomic development.

Florin CîĹŁu: Good afternoon. On today’s Cabinet meeting, we started the preparation for the 2021 budget. In this respect, I notified every Ministry asking through a note several things. First of all, I asked an analysis of the current pieces of legislation in force and which have a budgetary impact, but cannot be fully covered by 2021's budget, and other pieces of legislation in force, but which cannot be enforced this year because of some legislative inconsistencies. Therefore, all pieces of legislation, for each ministry, with a budgetary impact, we will see where we will place them. I asked of course, each Minister to come up with a note of presentation and solutions for these legislative documents.

Statement by Prime Minister Florin CîČ’u at the videoconference with prefects

President Andrzej Duda has sent a condolence message to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo in connection with a tragic air disaster and two landslides in that country.

Outgoing US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher has been decorated by President Andrzej Duda with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Prime Minister Ingrida ŠimonytÄ— has had a remote conversation with Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Mirella Marin, and has discussed the situation related to COVID-19 in both countries, as well as decisions at the national and European Union level regarding vaccination of the people against the pandemic, while stressing the importance of accelerating the process at the European and national level.

Prime Minister Ingrida ŠimonytÄ— has had a remote meeting with Ambassador of the United States to Lithuania Robert Gilchrist, and has discussed further consolidation of the strategic partnership in the fields of security, defence, economic relations, energy, and other areas.