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Germany can never take such issues as Armenian Genocide lightly, German official said during his visit to Yerevan.
Andreas Peschke, Germany’s Federal Foreign Office Director for Eastern Europe, said he cannot anticipate results of the discussion at Bundestag, since it is an independent parliament and “will certainly act in the spirit of responsibility.”
“I cannot tell details now, as it is for the parliament to decide. There have been many discussions earlier this year, I think the spirit of the discussion will follow the discussions we had before,” Mr. Peschke said.
Asked about Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Turkey and its impact on the Armenian Genocide issue, the German official said the trip was related to another issue, while “historical responsibility is a separate discussion.”
“Historical responsibility is very important and the German people are very sensitive to historical responsibility,” Mr. Peschke said, adding that they can never take such issues lightly. “Issue of refugees, migration is a different discussion, it is important too, but it is an entirely different discussion.”