Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, signaling a willingness to test an increasingly frayed relationship with Turkey, long a key regional ally and an important partner within NATO. Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring, Biden said in a statement issued on the 106th anniversary of the beginning of a brutal campaign by the former Ottoman Empire that killed 1.5 million people. And we remember so that we remain ever vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms.
Biden recognizes century-old atrocities against Armenians were genocide
By Katie Rogers and Carlotta Gall New York Times,Updated April 24, 2021, 12:12 p.m.
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WASHINGTON â President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, signaling a willingness to test an increasingly frayed relationship with Turkey, long a key regional ally and an important partner within NATO.
âEach year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring,â Biden said in a statement issued on the 106th anniversary of the beginning of a brutal campaign by the former Ottoman Empire that killed 1.5 million people. âAnd we remember so that we remain ever vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms.â
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Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide
The Turkish government, as well as human rights activists and ethnic Armenians, had a muted response to the news, describing the move as largely symbolic.
A torchlight procession in Yerevan on Friday to mark the 106th anniversary of the massacres in which about 1.5 million ethnic Armenians were killed during World War I.Credit.Karen Minasyan/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
April 24, 2021Updated 2:53 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON President Biden on Saturday recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, signaling a willingness to test an increasingly frayed relationship with Turkey, long a key regional ally and an important partner within NATO.
Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.