OSKANIAN CALLED ADOPTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION BY BUNDESTAG TURNING POINT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia positively evaluates the German Bundestag passing the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said. In his words, it is a very important step on the way of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. It spite the resolution language does not include the term «genocide,» as the Bundestag does not consider itself competent to estimate the events taken place in 1915, however the word «genocide» is included in the descriptive part of the document and the term «massacre of Armenians» is used in the part of the decision, the Armenian FM remarked. Taking into account the circumstance that Germany has avoided discussion of the issue for many years and rather tended to silence or denial, the Bundestag Resolution is a turning point. Specifically, Germany recognizes its complicity to events in 1915 and urges Turkey to put off with its past. As noted by V. Oskanian, the Bundestag Resolution is another step to inclusion of Armenian issues in the agenda of talks on Turkey's accession to the EU, reported the Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.