ARMENIA WELCOMES GERMAN PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
11:32, 24 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Armenia has welcomed the statement of German President Joachim Gauck
on the occasion of the 100tha anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
“With this step Germany pays tribute to the memory of the innocent
victims of the Armenians killed in the Ottoman Empire under the cover
of the World War First,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
said in a statement.
“President Gauck’s statement is important not only from the point
of view of recognition and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide,
but is also a contribution to the joint efforts of the international
community to prevent crimes against humanity.
In his speech at the Berlin Cathedral, Gauck said “Germany condemns
the massacre a century ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman
forces as a genocide,” adding that Germany bore partial blame for
the bloodletting.”