YEREVAN, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish side tries to take every possible measures to prevent the discussion of the resolution of the Armenian Genocide which is going to be held in the German Bundestag on June 2, “Armenpress” informs, reports Turkish T24 news agency.

Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Parliament issued a statement condemning the discussion of the Genocide resolution in the German Bundestag. The statement was signed by the “Justice and Development”, opposition“Republican People’s” and “Nationalist Movement” parties.

It is important to state that Kurdish “People’s Democratic” party did not sign the document.  

The statement says the parties strictly condemn and reject “the resolution that distorts the historical truth of 1915 events”.

They threatened that the adoption of the resolution “will damage the Turkish-German friendly and allied relations”.

The heated discussion of the Armenian Genocide on February 25 at Bundestag did not terminate with voting in 2016. It was decided to withdraw the resolution for amendments as a result of opposing positions and assessments between the ruling coalition and the Alliance 90/The Greens.

In 2005, Germany's parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. However, in the Bundestag’s decision, the term Armenian Genocide was avoided, and instead "massacres of Armenians" was used.

On April 24, before the Bundestag hearings, Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced that he supports those MPs, who are in favor of calling the mass killings of Armenians “Genocide”. On April 23, during the ceremony in the Berlin Cathedral dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide, German President Joachim Gauck used the term “Genocide” in his speech.

In March of 2015, the President of the German Parliament Norbert Lammert said: "what happened in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War in front of the whole world, was genocide. And it was not the last genocide of the 20th century”. During the session the leaders of various party fractions also came with their pro-Armenian statements admitting what had happened. However, the discussion of the resolution indefinitely postponed.