Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said she respects parliament’s “enthusiasm” to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

However, Kaag said she will not comment on the government’s stance on the matter until she's debated the matter with parliament next week, NOS   reports.

A motion recognizing the Armenian Genocide has been presented in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, on Thursday.The motion is authored by ChristenUnie parliamentarian Joel Voordewind.

The minister said the government always refers to this matter as “the issue of the Armenian genocide” and that is still the case. She added that she respects the relatives’ grief about the terrible things that happened in 1915.

“It can be important what a thing is called, but we will decide that in the debate with the Kamer”, she said to NOS.

NOS also said that the minister did not comment whether a member of the government will attend the commemoration in April, but “sources in The Hague told NOS that someone will be there.”