There were big words in the resolution of the German Bundestag in 2016: Against the background of the knowledge and the considerable participation of the German Empire in the Genocide of the Armenians by the Turks Parliament highlighted Germany’s special responsibility.
The German Bundestag (...) deplores the actions of the then Young Turk government, which led to the almost complete extermination of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. (...) The German Reich bears some of the blame for these events. The Bundestag acknowledges Germany's special historical responsibility.
Resolution of the German Bundestag
Now one might think that part of Germany’s “special historical responsibility” would be to cry out if Turkish President Erdogan were to kill one of the main perpetrators of the genocide. publicly celebratedOr when Azerbaijani President Aliyev calls Armenians “how dogs hunt“ and even their capital Yerevan for him to Azerbaijan for a trip to the Winterlude.
But Foreign Minister Baerbock did not recent massacre to over 200 people only deafening silenceChancellor Scholz spoke of a tension that “doesn’t make sense.” This is how one can counter the impending Genocide of up to 3 million people of course also describe.
Or you can do it like the German Press Agency (dpa), which likes to use its PR service ots to State propaganda of a dictatorship spread, with warnings of a Genocide but is difficult:
You submitted an order to distribute a text through our network today. After internal consultation, we inform you that we are not accepting your order. (…) This decision is final and non-negotiable.
Response from news aktuell GmbH, part of the dpa group
In the picture of absurd equidistance This unfortunately fits only too well with the German media, which often still prefer to tell the fairy tale of a conflict solely over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which under international law supposedly belongs to the oil dictatorship of Azerbaijan, instead of reporting on the ongoing attack on the democratically governed Republic of Armenia.
It would be the dpa group's dealings with the Aliyev regime It would also certainly be detrimental if she published the following press release:
Azerbaijan's attack on Armenia: Author of genocide documentary criticizes German government and media
Journalist and author Eike Christian Petering, who produced the documentary “The Forgotten Genocide” for ZDF in 2015, criticizes the attitude of the German government and the inadequate reporting of many media outlets on Azerbaijan’s recent attack on Armenia in a recent statement:
"Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has remained silent for over a week about another massacre with over 200 dead and 7.000 displaced people, as well as about the worst atrocities such as the dismemberment of women. Is this the value-based and feminist foreign policy of the trained international lawyer?"
The joint appearance of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with Azerbaijan's ruler Ilham Aliyev shortly before the attack also speaks volumes. "Compare the current silence in Berlin and Brussels with the clear words of Nancy Pelosi," Petering said.
The sparse reporting in Germany does not do justice to the importance of the issue: "We are dealing with the looming continuation of the 1915 genocide, with over 1,5 million victims," Petering warns. For example, Turkish President Erdogan celebrated one of the main perpetrators of the genocide at the "victory celebration" in Baku in 2020. Azerbaijani President Aliyev calls Armenians "dogs" and considers the Armenian capital Yerevan to be part of his country.
In Germany, however, the questionable narrative of a conflict solely over the Nagorno-Karabakh region and of Nagorno-Karabakh's "international legal" affiliation with Azerbaijan is being promoted, a narrative that is controversial among constitutional lawyers. Even in Kosovo, the right of peoples to self-determination was given greater weight.
Petering: "Especially compared to the moral principles cited by government members today in support of the Ukraine war, the silence on the most serious human rights violations in the Caucasus completely undermines the credibility of Germany and the EU. In Armenia, genocide threatens up to 3 million people."
press release from Dipl.-Journ. Eike Christian Petering. on 23.09.22
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