GERMAN BUNDESTAG SET TO PASS GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ON THURSDAY
"The German Bundestag will discuss and pass a Genocide Resolution on Thursday [16 June]," journalist Ashot Manucharian, who lives and works in Germany, told RFE/RL.
According to Manucharian, the resolution will use the word "genocide". At the same time, it points out that "numerous independent historians, parliaments and international organizations call the massacre of Armenians 'a genocide.'"
"That is, the Bundestag, on the one hand, does not want Turkey to be subjected to harsh criticism, on the other hand it does not want to conceal historical truth," said Manucharian.
It is mentioned in the resolution that "the Bundestag feels for the tragedy experienced by the Armenian people, pays homage to the victims of the massacre and asks forgiveness that the German Empire undertook nothing to preclude that massacre."
The preliminary discussions concerning the passage of a special resolution on the Armenian Genocide took place at the Bundestag on April 21. Despite pressure from the Turkish Government, the Turkish Embassy in Germany and lobbyist groups, all parties represented in the Bundestag have decided to adopt before September a special document related to the Armenian Genocide. However, because of Federal Chancellor Gerhardt Schroeder's announcement of pre-term parliamentary elections, the Bundestag, in its turn, intends to complete the process before the original September deadline.
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"The German Bundestag will discuss and pass a Genocide Resolution on Thursday [16 June]," journalist Ashot Manucharian, who lives and works in Germany, told RFE/RL.
According to Manucharian, the resolution will use the word "genocide". At the same time, it points out that "numerous independent historians, parliaments and international organizations call the massacre of Armenians 'a genocide.'"
"That is, the Bundestag, on the one hand, does not want Turkey to be subjected to harsh criticism, on the other hand it does not want to conceal historical truth," said Manucharian.
It is mentioned in the resolution that "the Bundestag feels for the tragedy experienced by the Armenian people, pays homage to the victims of the massacre and asks forgiveness that the German Empire undertook nothing to preclude that massacre."
The preliminary discussions concerning the passage of a special resolution on the Armenian Genocide took place at the Bundestag on April 21. Despite pressure from the Turkish Government, the Turkish Embassy in Germany and lobbyist groups, all parties represented in the Bundestag have decided to adopt before September a special document related to the Armenian Genocide. However, because of Federal Chancellor Gerhardt Schroeder's announcement of pre-term parliamentary elections, the Bundestag, in its turn, intends to complete the process before the original September deadline.
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