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On Friday, February 26, 2021, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will convene a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine due to  the need to take operational decisions on topical issues of state security.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva had a phone conversation with Head of the Agency of Diplomatic Advisers to the President of Switzerland Térence Billeter.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, heads of parliamentary committees and government representatives.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the First Lady Olena Zelenska visited the exhibition "Lesya Ukrainka: 150 Names", which is part of an art project dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the prominent Ukrainian writer and public figure.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Decree № 75/2021 on the appointment of Oksana Markarova to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America.

In furtherance of the agreements reached during the official visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Arab Emirates, a meeting of the Ukrainian-Emirati Coordination Council was held in the format of a video conference. Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak is convinced that the work of the Council will contribute to the further development and deepening of bilateral relations between the states.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the creation of a Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, which should promote the establishment of qualitatively new relations between central and local authorities.

To complete decentralization, it is necessary to amend the Constitution of Ukraine on relations between central and local authorities, as well as to adopt legislation on local referendums and on self-government in urban communities. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the meeting of the Communities and Territories Development Council within the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30".

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed topical issues related to the implementation of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic course and the possibility of deepening practical cooperation with the Alliance.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of a prominent Ukrainian writer and public figure Lesya Ukrainka, a basket of flowers was laid at the monument to the writer in Kyiv on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.