Sargsyan urges German lawmakers to go ahead with Armenian genocide resolution
01.06.2016,
14:01
‘It is not fair when the Armenian Genocide can not be called by its name only because the head of another state will be outraged by this,’ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told German mass-selling daily Bild in an interview published on Wednesday.
YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. ‘It is not fair when the Armenian Genocide can not be called by its name only because the head of another state will be outraged by this,’ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told German mass-selling daily Bild in an interview published on Wednesday.
German lawmakers are expected to approve a resolution on Thursday that labels the killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians "genocide".
"For us, it is a memory of the Armenians who became victims of the violent crime in 1915. The fact that the Bundestag now wants to adopt this resolution is very important to our country,’ Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan expressed hope that the "common values are more important to German politicians than short-term political interests", recalling also that the German archives contain numerous documents confirming the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, according to TASS.
Sargsyan also said that a possible failure in the implementation of the EU agreement with Turkey on refugees "has nothing to do" with the Bundestag’s plan to adopt the Armenian Genocide resolution.
He said the EU refugee deal with Turkey does not have a solid foundation and he EU must itself find ways out of the migration crisis.
"I have the feeling that this deal is anyway built on sand and, with a partner like Turkey, will be difficult to implement over time," Sargsyan said.
"In my view, Europe should not blindly trust Erdogan; it should find its own solutions, including the refugee problem", said Sargsyan.
According to Bild, Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who support the document. During a test vote in the parliamentary faction of the CDU / CSU she voted in favor of it. Bild also learned that she will be absent on Thursday in Bundestag when it will vote for the resolution.
Drawn up by the ruling left-right coalition and the opposition Greens, the resolution entitled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916″ also carries the contested word throughout the text.
The vote comes just over a year after President Joachim Gauck became Germany’s highest ranking official to describe the massacre as a genocide, drawing a fierce response from Turkey M.V.0-
German lawmakers are expected to approve a resolution on Thursday that labels the killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians "genocide".
"For us, it is a memory of the Armenians who became victims of the violent crime in 1915. The fact that the Bundestag now wants to adopt this resolution is very important to our country,’ Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan expressed hope that the "common values are more important to German politicians than short-term political interests", recalling also that the German archives contain numerous documents confirming the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, according to TASS.
Sargsyan also said that a possible failure in the implementation of the EU agreement with Turkey on refugees "has nothing to do" with the Bundestag’s plan to adopt the Armenian Genocide resolution.
He said the EU refugee deal with Turkey does not have a solid foundation and he EU must itself find ways out of the migration crisis.
"I have the feeling that this deal is anyway built on sand and, with a partner like Turkey, will be difficult to implement over time," Sargsyan said.
"In my view, Europe should not blindly trust Erdogan; it should find its own solutions, including the refugee problem", said Sargsyan.
According to Bild, Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who support the document. During a test vote in the parliamentary faction of the CDU / CSU she voted in favor of it. Bild also learned that she will be absent on Thursday in Bundestag when it will vote for the resolution.
Drawn up by the ruling left-right coalition and the opposition Greens, the resolution entitled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916″ also carries the contested word throughout the text.
The vote comes just over a year after President Joachim Gauck became Germany’s highest ranking official to describe the massacre as a genocide, drawing a fierce response from Turkey M.V.0-
