Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government agree to describe the 1915 events as “genocide”.
The ruling coalition decided not to take into account Turkey's pressure, Die Welt reported.
Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said the government would support a resolution containing a term “genocide”.
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, yes, the genocides during the 20th century.”
He said President of Germany Joachim Gauck made his contribution to the process.