Politicians

In accordance with the regular rotation, Russia will begin presiding over this UN body in April, and as announced by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first session under Russian leadership will be chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that no decision had been taken on whether President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey in April for the inauguration of a reactor built by Russia's state nuclear energy company.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was possible Putin could visit for the ceremony on April 27. [Reuters]

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met on Thursday in Belgrade with Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Majlinda Bregu, who thanked the Serbian government for supporting the work of the RCC.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the inauguration of the country's first nuclear power reactor built by Russia's state nuclear energy company Rosatom.

Mexican prosecutors announced a homicide investigation Wednesday into the recent deaths of 39 migrants in a detention center fire, accusing the people in charge of doing nothing to evacuate them.

Authorities faced mounting scrutiny of their handling of the disaster after video surveillance footage appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed a cell with migrants locked inside.

Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is returning home Thursday to reenter politics -- complicating life for his successor and nemesis, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Russian President Vladimir Putin may travel to Türkiye on April 27 to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

Speaking on a joint TV broadcast on March 29, Erdoğan said Türkiye is determined to proceed with the nuclear power plant project, despite objection from the opposition.

BELGRADE - At the invitation of US President Joseph Biden, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is attending this year's online Summit for Democracy, said a post on Vucic's buducnostsrbijeav Instagram profile.

The virtual summit has brought together leaders from 120 countries, as well as civil groups and tech companies.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Wednesday, a stop on her way to firm up ties with Guatemala and Belize after China snapped up another of the self-ruled island's few diplomatic allies last week.

BELGRADE - Serbia is on the European path and wants to become an EU member state, but it knows that does not always depend only on us, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday, noting that Serbia's objective was to accelerate its progress on the European path, but also to strengthen its economy and advance its democracy.