German president says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide

German president says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide

German President Joachim Gauck called the massacre of the Armenians 100 years ago genocide, Armenpress reports citing German DPA News Agency.

“The fate of the Armenians is an example of mass destruction, ethnic cleansing, deportation, genocide” Gauck said at an ecumenical memorial service in Berlin Cathedral.

Concerning the German responsibility for what happened in 1915, Gauck also spoke directly of Genocide: the Germans would have to “cooperate, namely when it comes to co-responsibility, perhaps even complicity in the Genocide of the Armenians”.

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