Armenian President urges Bundestag MPs not to be intimidated by Erdogan

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. In an interview with the German BILD, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has urged German lawmakers not to be intimidated by Turkish President Erdogan's warnings of damage to Berlin-Ankara relations and to go ahead with a motion declaring the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces genocide.

"I am sure: the politicians in the Bundestag see it the same way and will not allow themselves to be intimidated. If one makes compromises for short-term political interests, then one ends up doing so again and again. And that is bad for Germany, that is bad for Europe and the world”, he said.

"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 regarding the EU-Turkey migrant deal.