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Serj Tankian Thanks President Biden for Recognizing Armenian Genocide: ‘This Is Extremely Important’ Billboard 4 hrs ago System Of A Down
Serj Tankian is expressing his gratitude to President Joe Biden for officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
On Saturday (April 24), the Armenian-American System of a Down frontman thanked the president on social media for officially recognizing the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during the early 20th century as “genocide,” something past American leaders have shied away from over fears of straining U.S. ties with Turkey.
“Thank you to President Joe Biden for properly recognizing the #ArmenianGenocide today,” Tankian wrote on Instagram. “This is extremely important but only a milestone towards the long road of justice ahead with Turkey and its imminent need to do the same and make amends towards the descendants of 1.5 Million Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians systematically slaughtered by its
Biden says U.S. recognizes century-old mass killings of Armenians as genocide
U.S. President Joe Biden has formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were genocide using a term for the atrocities that his White House predecessors have avoided.
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Posted: Apr 24, 2021 1:35 PM ET | Last Updated: April 24
U.S. President Joe Biden, shown on March 31, said on Saturday that the mass killings of Armenians in the final years of the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide.(Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Matthew Lee Associated Press
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President Joe Biden has formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were “genocide” – using a term for the atrocities that his White House predecessors have avoided for decades over concerns of alienating Turkey.
With the acknowledgement, Mr. Biden followed through on a campaign promise he made a year ago Saturday – the annual commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day – to recognize that the events of 1915 to 1923 were a deliberate effort to wipe out Armenians.
While previous presidents have offered somber reflections of the dark moment in history via remembrance day proclamations, they have studiously avoided using the term genocide out of concern that it would complicate relations with Turkey – a NATO ally and important power in the Middle East.
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