Claim: Though the Armenian reform package was introduced due to the desire of France, Italy, and Britain to limit the influence of Germany though Germany still had a huge say in the final policy.
Evidence: The French, British and Italians were anxious to limit German influence in the Ottoman Empire, while the Russian government encouraged the Catholicos of Armenia to appeal through the viceroy of the Caucasus to the Ottoman government for intervention in favor of reforms in Armenian-inhabited vilayets. The Armenian reform package was a reform plan devised by the European powers in 1912-14 that envisaged the creation of two provinces in Turkish Armenia placed under the supervision of two European inspectors general, who would be appointed to oversee matters related to the Armenian issues. Germany opposed the project and succeeded in obtaining significant modifications, including splitting the region into two provinces.