After Bundestag’s adoption of the resolution on Armenian Genocide recognition, the Turkish PM Binali Yildirim for the third time touched on that topic.   

The Turkish PM announced that the adoption of the resolution by Bundestag harmed the relations between Turkey and Germany. “But let nobody expect them to completely worsen,” he said.  

The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, on Thursday formally recognized the Armenian Genocide, with the aforesaid resolution and with only one vote against and one abstention. The resolution also notes that the Bundestag regrets that the German government at the time did nothing to stop this crime against humanity, and therefore the Bundestag also acknowledges the respective historical accountability of Germany.