YEREVAN. - Several dozens of youth gathered in front of the German Embassy in Armenia to thank Germany for the Bundestag resolution on Armenian Genocide.

The event participants scanned “Thank you” in Armenian and German, Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent reports. They had brought with them posters reading “Thank you” and Armenian flags.

“We have gathered to express our gratitude to Germany and Germans. In 1915, Germany was one of the allies of Turkey and the fact that the then ally of Turkey adopts a resolution against the genocide is a historic step,” an event participant, Hayk Bejanyan, told Armenian News – NEWS.am.   

The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, on Thursday formally recognized the Armenian Genocide.