Germany will not yield to Turkey's pressure and will not change its decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The statement came from Kiro Manoyan, yhe Head of ARFD Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office, in a press conference in Yerevan, on April 29.
He said both President of Germany Joachim Gauck and the Bundestag parties have repeatedly called the massacre of Armenians as genocide. Consequently, the voting on the resolution was postponed to make it indisputable and invulnerable. There is a situation in Germany when a step back is impossible, as parties support the resolution. Furthermore, the evangelic church and the Jewish community came out with special statements calling for the Armenian Genocide, he said.
Turkologist Hakob Chakryan, in turn, said Bundestag postponed the voting on the resolution as U.S. President Obama avoided the word "genocide" in his speech. He said the multi-million Turkish community in Germany may also influence the Germany parliament's decision.
On April 24, German Bundestag postponed the final debate on the Armenian Genocide resolution till April 30. Earlier on the same day, the German Bundestag held a debate on the Armenian Genocide. Chancellor Angela Merkel was present at the debates. Merkel said she does not mind against the term "genocide" in the resolution, but warned that the relations with Ankara may deteriorate.