Sharmazanov: All Parliamentary Groups of Bundestag Share the Opinion that Events of 1915 was Genocide

All parliamentary groups of Bundestag share the opinion that what happened in Ottoman Turkey a century ago was genocide and which must be condemned. Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, who had attended the discussion of the bill condemning the Armenian Genocide at Bundestag, told the journalists about this on March 9. “I had a meeting with Cem Özdemir, chairman of the Green Party, who assured during that meeting that they will do everything in order the Armenian Genocide is condemned by the German Bundestag in 2016. After that I had a meeting with Mrs. Bulmahn, Vice-President of the Bundestag, who also clearly mentioned that the events of 1915 is genocide and must be condemned”, Sharmazanov saying.

He added that all the parliamentary groups of the Bundestag share the opinion that the Armenian Genocide must be condemned. He stated that there are currently 3 bills submitted to the Bundestag by different parliamentary groups that condemn the Armenian Genocide. “Those groups expressed readiness to join their bills and achieve condemnation of the Armenian Genocide by the Bundestag in 2016”, he said.

Eduard Sharmazanov mentioned that the Armenian Embassy in Germany and the Foreign Ministry of Armenia have a huge role in this process.