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Austria said on Monday it will deploy about 2,200 troops to help deal with a massive migrant influx across its border with Hungary.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told reporters in Vienna that the military would be mainly tasked with helping deliver humanitarian aid inside Austria but they "will also assist in a strengthening of border controls where necessary," AFP reported.

A Russian tourist has drowned in a storm near the Black Sea city of Varna, media outlets quote Russia's Vice Consul as saying.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will have a working lunch with China's Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao on Friday, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated.

Chao will lead a Chinese delegation to political consultations between the foreign ministers of Serbia and China, and a meeting of national coordinators for the Chine-CEE cooperation mechanism.

VIENNA - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday he looked forward to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Vienna on Wednesday, stressing that it was very significant that Vucic's agenda included meetings with Austrian companies, and not just politicians.