Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians were genocide
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In historic move, Joe Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey entirely rejects the U.S. decision which he said was based solely on populism .
In his statement, Biden said the American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today.
For decades, measures recognizing the Armenian genocide stalled in the U.S. Congress and U.S. presidents.
Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and is set to further strain frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
Saturday, 24 April, 2021 - 18:00
US President Joe Biden. (AP) Asharq Al-Awsat
US President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and is set to further strain frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
The largely symbolic move, breaking away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House, will likely to be celebrated by the Armenian diaspora in the United States, but comes at a time when Ankara and Washington have deep policy disagreements over a host of issues.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey “entirely rejects” the US decision which he said was based “solely on populism”.