Biden expected to label 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide
22 April 2021By AFP
2 min 15Approximate reading time US President Joe Biden’s reported plan to formally recognize as genocide the World War I-era killings of 1.5 million Christian Armenians by the Muslim Ottoman Empire risks plunging relations with Turkey into deep crisis. The White House has not commented on the reports, but top lawmakers in Biden’s Democratic Party voiced strong support for the move expected on Saturday, the annual day of remembrance for the victims of the 1915 massacre. Despite decades of pressure from the US Armenian community, successive US presidents have skirted the genocide controversy due to worries about a rupture with NATO ally Turkey, which has steadfastly rejected the assertion.
Biden expected to label 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide
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