DIE WELT: GERMAN CHANCELLOR TO DEFINE 1915 MASSACRES AS GENOCIDE

by Marianna Lazarian

Monday, April 20, 21:50

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”.