“It is inappropriate for us to make hasty decisions,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated after the German Bundestag’s passing of the resolution on Armenian Genocide recognition.

The Turkish president said he saw an “intent” in the Bundestag decision, and with respect to carrying out some actions through Turkey, according to T24.com website of the country.

Erdoğan noted that Turkey seeks to increase the number of its friendship countries, but if the opposite part is resisting becoming a friend, it will lose its friend.

“The Bundestag decision has no value,” noted the Turkish president. “Our [i.e. the Turkish government] approach toward 1915 is known to all. They don’t understand that they can lose a friend like Turkey. After this decision [by the Bundestag], we will examine it and give a conclusion.”

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.