Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a news conference after talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has public commitments that mean she will miss a disputed vote in Germany's parliament on Thursday on a resolution that labels the killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a spokeswoman said.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said earlier on Wednesday the resolution, which German lawmakers are expected to approve, was "ridiculous" and would damage relations between the two countries.
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