WASHINGTON, DC – The German Bundestag's historic vote earlier today officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide shines a global spotlight on U.S. President Obama’s continued complicity in Turkey’s denial of this still unpunished crime, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

“The Bundestag's recognition of the Armenian Genocide - made all the more powerful by its honest reckoning with Germany's own role in this still unpunished crime - further isolates Turkey, while shining a global spotlight on the Obama Administration as the leading international enabler of Ankara's campaign of genocide denial,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “There is still time for President Obama to follow Germany's lead, reject Turkey's gag-rule, and speak honestly about the Armenian Genocide.”

With German affirmation of the crime, over 25 countries have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide. The Bundestag vote was nearly unanimous with only one opposed and two abstentions.  For over an hour leading up to the historic vote, German parliamentarians spoke in favor of the measure, which affirms the Armenian Genocide and crimes committed against other Christian minorities.