Armenians express gratitude to Germany in Bundestag

YEREVAN, JUNE 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenians, attending the Bundestag discussions, expressed gratitude with posters for the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution, reports “Armenpress”.

They also raised the Armenian flag in the Bundestag.

Upon hearing the news that the Bundestag has adopted the resolution, the Armenians started celebrating by dancing.

The joy was shared by Kurds, who also gathered and proclaimed: “Long Live the brotherhood of peoples” in Turkish.

The German Bundestag adopted the Armenian Genocide recognition resolution, which is entitled "Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916".

Only one MP voted against the adoption, and one abstained.

Speakers were unanimously stressing the need of facing the past, also for contributing the reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey.

The Bundestag voiced the crime of the Ottoman Turkey, and stressed this step is neither an accusation nor a claim, but a tribute to the memory of the victims.