Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the Federal government are ready to define the 1915 massacres against the Armenians as genocide.
Die Welt reports that press secretary of the German government Steffen Seibert has said that the German state is in favour of adopting a resolution on the massacres against the Armenians in the early 20th century. "The resolution particularly states that the fate of the Armenians during WWI is an example of mass extermination, ethnic cleansing, deportations and, yes, a genocide of the 20th century", said Seibert. According to him, the Federal state is the author of the resolution.
Seibert has also added that Joachim Gauck has played a significant role. On April 23 he is to participate in the commemorative prayer in Berlin monastery. The newspaper reports that Gauck is supposed to utter the word "genocide" during his speech.
Die Welt also reports that big coalition is quite likely to pay less attention to its partner Turkey and that the 100-year-old massacre is to be characterized as "genocide".