Germany urges calm over Turkey-Armenian genocide bill

(AGI) Istanbul, June 2 - German Foreign Minister Wolfgang Steinmeier has commented on Turkey's harsh reaction on the decision of Germany's parliament to approve a motion calling the killing of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 a genocide. The Turkish government said the genocide bill was "null and void" and recalled its ambassador from Berlin. "We expected this discontent from the part of Ankara. We will work in the coming weeks to prevent disproportionate reactions," Mr Steinmeier said from Buenos Aires. (AGI). .