Germany Summons Turkish charge ’affaires Over Armenian Genocide Vote
June 8, 2016
Germany summons Turkish charge d’affaires over Armenian Genocide vote (Source: ArmRadio)
BERLIN (ArmRadio)””Germany’s foreign ministry on Tuesday asked in the Turkish charge d’affaires over the row sparked by a German parliamentary vote declaring the Ottomans’ World War I massacre of Armenians a genocide, Agence France Presse reports.
German parliamentarians of Turkish origin have received death threats over the vote, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused them of backing “terrorism.”
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