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The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, fueling drought and record wildfires across South America, experts have said.

The world's biggest jungle, spanning nine countries, is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its ability to absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that there were multiple areas in which the two countries could cooperate to boost bilateral ties.

At a joint press conference, Dacic said he was pleased to be able to discuss important national affairs of the two countries with Ramdin.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss directions for further development of the friendly relations between Serbia and Suriname and advancement of bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual importance.

By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. Instead, a punishing drought has kept the rains at bay, creating dry conditions for fires that have engulfed hundreds of square miles of the rainforest that do not usually burn.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be in the US from September 18 through 22 for the 78th UN General Assembly session in New York.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin on Monday, and noted that Serbia highly valued Suriname for its decision to de-recognise the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo.

This confirms Suriname's friendship with Serbia and a commitment to the fundamental principles of international law and the UN Charter, he said.

BELGRADE - Serbia and Suriname are working together on improving their bilateral cooperation, the Serbian government said in a statement after PM Ana Brnabic received Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin on Monday.

In a friendly and cordial conversation, Brnabic noted that Serbia and Suriname were connected by close diplomatic and political ties, the government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic received Surinamese counterpart Albert Ramdin on Monday.

He said Suriname was extremely friendly to Serbia and noted that the two countries had expressed readiness to develop cooperation at the highest level in all fields.

The President of India will stay in Serbia until June 9.
The President of Serbia presented the guest with a bouquet of flowers as a sign of welcome.

"I welcomed Droupadi Murmu. I am looking forward to this historic meeting that will further strengthen the friendship between Serbia and India," Vui wrote on Instagram.

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As of Thursday, February 17, the list of countries by color zones is updated, according to which the order of entry into Bulgaria is determined.

The red zone will include France, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Cyprus, the Maldives, Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Japan and others.