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Panorama, ArmeniaMarch 15 2019 Commissioner Hahn calls for end to Turkey’s EU accession talksJohannes Hahn, EU’s Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, called on Friday for an end to accession negotiations with Turkey. “The most ideal option would be the agreement with Turkey to quit the membership talks,” Hahn told at a press conference ahead of the 54th meeting of the Turkey-EU Association Council in Brussels. The meeting of the highest decision-making body between Turkey and the EU took place after an interval of almost four years. On March 13, the European Parliament has called for the suspension of EU accession talks with Turkey in a nonbinding vote, citing violations of human rights and the rule of law. Lawmakers passed the symbolic nonbinding resolution with 370 votes in favor, 109 against, and 143 abstentions. https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/03/15/Commissioner-Hahn/2086661

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, ARMENPRESS. The first ceremonies in the Forty Martyrs Armenian Cathedral of Aleppo after restoration will be held in March-April, RIA Novosti reported. The Church has been destroyed by the Islamic State militants in April 2015. “Large-scale works have been carried out. We had to completely reconstruct the destroyed corridor. We have used the ancient stones which were maintained, collected them and put on the new ones. This was the most difficult work”, engineer Gabris Tamasyan said. The restoration works will be completed soon. New doors, windows and benches have already been installed in the Cathedral. The Church is being restored by the donations of the believer Armenian community of Aleppo.