Germany officially recognizes Armenian Genocide

The Bundestag passed the resolution, proposed by lawmakers from the ruling coalition of Conservatives and Socialists together with the Green party, after an hour-long debate, with the majority of votes.

The bill debated today notes that “the German Bundestag bows to the victims of forced displacement and massacre of the Armenians and other Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire, which began 100 years ago”.

Besides recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the bill refers to the role of German Empire. “The German Empire bears complicity for what happened”.