Turkey has cautioned the German Bundestag (parliament) not to use the word “genocide” in its resolution regarding the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Rheinische Post daily newspaper of Germany reported the aforesaid citing Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu, the Ambassador of Turkey to Germany.

“This is not a matter for the national parliament to decide,” the Turkish ambassador said. “Giving assessments to history is not the task of the Bundestag.”  

Also, he warned that the use of the term “genocide” in this resolution may jeopardize the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process.

“Genocide is clearly defined by the Geneva Convention; only the international court can make a decision on it,” said Karslıoğlu. “Politicians work with political or religious motives.”