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Merkel says she will not 'distance herself' from Armenian Genocide resolution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Head of the Christian Democrats in parliament, Volker Kauder, that she is not going to distance herself from a Bundestag resolution on the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces that has strained ties with Turkey, Reuters reports. During a meeting with his party members, Kauder said Merkel had voted to support the resolution during a party meeting before the vote, although she was not present when the vote took place in June. On July 2, the German Bundestag adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Turkey recalled its ambassador from Berlin after German MPs approved the motion describing the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide.
