US President Joe Biden preparing to formally recognize Armenian Genocide | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
09:54, 22 April, 2021
YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. United States President Joe Biden is preparing to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide on April 24, the New York Times reported citing “officials familiar with the internal debate.”
“The action would signal that the American commitment to human rights outweighs the risk of further fraying the U.S. alliance with Turkey,” the New York Times reported. “A U.S. official with knowledge of the administration’s discussions said Mr. Biden had decided to issue the declaration, and others across the government and in foreign embassies said it was widely expected.”
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Mr Biden spoke out after a jury in the Midwestern city of Minneapolis found Derek Chauvin guilty of intentionally suffocating handcuffed Mr George Floyd as he lay defenseless, with the officer’s knee pressing on his neck for more than nine minutes.
The president called for “confronting head on systemic racism and the racial disparities that exist in policing and our criminal justice system” – but pleaded for protesters to steer clear of violence.
“There are those who will seek to exploit the raw emotions in the moment – agitators and extremists who have no interest in social justice,” he warned. “We can’t let them succeed.”
Putin warns West not to provoke Russia 1 minute read
Moscow, Apr 21 (EFE).- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the West would “regret” any provocation against Moscow’s interests.
In his annual state of the nation address, Putin said the Kremlin’s “good intentions” should not be mistaken for weakness and said Russia was capable of responding to threats in an “asymmetrical, rapid and harsh” manner.
“They will regret it like never before,” he added. “Unfriendly acts against Russia are incessant. Attempts to accuse Russia for whatever motive, or no motive at all, has become a kind of sport for some countries.”