Netanyahu puts off Israel Knesset debates on Armenian Genocide recognition bill

June 4, 2018 By administrator

Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) recommendation to postpone a Knesset debate on a law recognizing Armenian Genocide, and until after the elections to be held in Turkey on June 24.

The aforesaid is noted in a statement released by the press service of the Israel MFA.

“(…) as the debate on its original schedule might serve the election campaign of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,” the statement also reads.

According to the Israeli state-run Kan radio, the Knesset debates on this bill were slated for Sunday.

Der Spiegel: Bundestag postpones Armenian Genocide resolution debates

October 16, 2015 By administrator

The final discussion of the Armenian Genocide resolution at Bundestag has been postponed for an indefinite period of timе, Der Spiegel reported quoting its sources.

According to the daily, Christian Democratic Union and German Social Democratic Union have agreed to postpone final discussion of the resolution for an indefinite period of time.

Speaking in Yerevan on Thursday, Germany’s Ambassador to Armenia Matthias Kiesler said Bundestag is busy with the problem of refugees, and it is difficult to say when new discussion on Armenian Genocide resolution can take place.