YEREVAN. – The Armenian Genocide draft resolution, which will be submitted to the German Bundestag, will also mention Germany’s complicity, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

 The resolution clearly uses the term “genocide.” 

The resolution, entitled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916,” will be put to a vote in the lower house of the German parliament next week.

Referring to the atrocities against the Armenians, the draft text says: “Their fate exemplifies the mass exterminations, the ethnic cleansing, the expulsions and indeed the genocides that marked the 20th century in such a terrible way.”

The resolution also states that the German Empire bears partial responsibility for the events.

The Bundestag recognises the special historical responsibility of Germany. That includes giving Turkey and Armenia the support they need to put the past behind them, and to seek ways of understanding and reconciliation,” says the draft text.