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Baku has announced that a so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ resolution adopted by the German Bundestag on June 2 is prejudiced and biased.

“Falsification of history and using it for political aims is unacceptable,” said Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry.

The controversial resolution was submitted by the parliamentary groups of the ruling Christian Democrats, its coalition partner Social Democrats, and the opposition, Green Party. The Left party also backed the resolution. Angela Merkel, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and senior ministers did not attend the vote.

Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey's predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, committed the so-called genocide against Armenians living in Anatolia in 1915. While strengthening the propaganda of "genocide" in the world, Armenians achieved its recognition by parliaments of some countries.

Hajiyev has reminded that the Bundestag remained negligent to Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani lands, Khojaly genocide, bloody ethnic cleansing against more than one million Azerbaijanis in the occupied territories of the country and Armenia.

“The German parliament adopted a resolution on falsified historical issue that allegedly took place more than a century ago. This is a vivid example of double standards. This step is aimed at confusing the German society and the international community,” Hajiyev said.

The resolution recognizing the deaths of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 as genocide drew a fierce reaction from Ankara.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced the recall of Turkey ambassador to Berlin. “We do not hesitate to take necessary steps, not even a second after seeing the resolution text comprehensively,” he said at an event in Ankara.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu posted: “The way [for those] to close dark pages in their histories is not to defame the history of other countries through parliamentary resolution”.

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