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The Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and the delegation that visited Kyiv arrived in Bucharest yesterday on a flight from Warsaw.

In the Romanian capital, the prime minister met with Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciuca, President Klaus Iohannis and EU Transport Commissioner Adina Valean.

The talks focused on the war in Ukraine and gas supplies to Bulgaria and Romania.

Turkey has welcomed the decision by Baku and Yerevan to start talks for the establishment of permanent peace.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev recently exchanged a phone conversation to discuss the latest developments in the Caucasus following the latter's meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Ankara extended condolences to victims of an explosion that occurred early on April 3 in a nightclub in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

"We share their pain with our Azerbaijani brothers," a statement released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

An explosion struck a nightclub in Baku and set off a fire, killing one person and injuring 31, officials said.

Ankara extended condolences to victims of an explosion that occurred early on April 3 in a nightclub in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

"We share their pain with our Azerbaijani brothers," a statement released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

An explosion struck a nightclub in Baku and set off a fire, killing one person and injuring 31, officials said.

In Britain, thousands of people gathered again for demonstrations and marches in support of Ukraine in various cities across the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow's offer to start peace negotiations in Belarus, instead, pointing at Istanbul, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest or Baku for talks.

"Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said on Feb. 27 in an address posted online.

Street fighting raged in Ukraine's second-biggest city on Sunday after Russian forces pierced through Ukrainian lines, as both sides said they were ready for talks to halt a conflict that has forced an estimated 260,000 people to flee their homes.

The Ukrainian president prefers Constantinople, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest or Baku

A Russian delegation has arrived in Belarus for talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters, citing the Interfax news agency.

Peskov said the delegation included representatives of Russia's foreign and defense ministries, as well as representatives of President Vladimir Putin's administration.

Teknofest, one of the world's biggest aviation, space and technology festivals, will hold its first edition abroad in the Azerbaijani capital Baku in May.

The four-day event that is scheduled to take place between May 26 and May 29 will feature 10 technology competitions in fields such as rockets, agriculture, and unmanned aerial vehicles.