Turkish defense minister responds to US president’s naming of 1915 incidents as ‘genocide’ Muhammed Boztepe | 26.04.2021
ANKARA
Turkey s national defense minister on Monday criticized US President Joe Biden’s naming of the 1915 incidents as genocide.
In a statement, Hulusi Akar said that Biden’s remarks are nothing but rejection and distortion of historical facts.
“Extracting animosities from history and creating new hostilities are unacceptable and futile,” he said.
He added that the politicization of history could have significant negative effects on bilateral relations and regional security.
Reinstating that Turkey has always advocated for addressing the 1915 incidents by historians, not politicians, Akar noted that the US administration did not consult historical documents and archives on the matter under the pressure of certain political powerhouses and Armenian diaspora.
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