Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks following the opening a new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu on June 3, 2016 | Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP via Getty images Erdoğan: Germany’s Armenian genocide resolution ‘has no value’ Turkish president is wondering, how will German officials ‘be able to face me in person.’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that the resolution the German parliament passed, declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians an act of genocide, "has no value" and will not change Turkey's position on the killings.

"Now I am wondering: How will the German officials, after such a decision, be able to face me in person and our prime minister," Erdoğan said, adding he wished German Chancellor Angela Merkel had taken part in the debate "and cast her vote" in the parliament.

Erdoğan's comments were published in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.

Following the adoption of the resolution Thursday, Ankara recalled its ambassador to Berlin. Erdoğan said on Saturday that the development in Berlin should not be a factor in Turkey's relationship with the European Union and that it is "too early" to talk of any economic measures against Germany.