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DEUTSCHE WELLE: MERKEL COMES OUT FOR USING "GENOCIDE" TERM
by Marianna Lazarian
Wednesday, April 22, 15:30
German Chancellor Angela Merkel supports the stand advocating the
use of the "genocide" term when describing the mass killings of the
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago. Deutsche Welle reports
that Angela Merkel made such a statement at the meeting of the CDU/CSU
on April 21.
In the meantime, the source says that Merkel thinks Berlin's use of
the term may have a negative impact on normalization between Armenia
and Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire.
Deutsche Welle reports that the CDU/CSU alliance and the Social
Democratic Party of Germany are going to adopt a resolution on the
occasion of the centenary of the mass killings of Armenians under the
Ottoman rule. The resolution says that "the fate of the Armenians
during World War One serves as an example of the history of mass
murders, ethnic cleansings, expulsions and genocides during the 20th
century." So, the ruling coalition links the Armenians' fate with
the "genocide" term but fails to directly describe the killings of
Armenians 100 years ago as genocide.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=0669BA50-E8E3-11E4-BA460EB7C0D21663
by Marianna Lazarian
Wednesday, April 22, 15:30
German Chancellor Angela Merkel supports the stand advocating the
use of the "genocide" term when describing the mass killings of the
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago. Deutsche Welle reports
that Angela Merkel made such a statement at the meeting of the CDU/CSU
on April 21.
In the meantime, the source says that Merkel thinks Berlin's use of
the term may have a negative impact on normalization between Armenia
and Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire.
Deutsche Welle reports that the CDU/CSU alliance and the Social
Democratic Party of Germany are going to adopt a resolution on the
occasion of the centenary of the mass killings of Armenians under the
Ottoman rule. The resolution says that "the fate of the Armenians
during World War One serves as an example of the history of mass
murders, ethnic cleansings, expulsions and genocides during the 20th
century." So, the ruling coalition links the Armenians' fate with
the "genocide" term but fails to directly describe the killings of
Armenians 100 years ago as genocide.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=0669BA50-E8E3-11E4-BA460EB7C0D21663