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Armenians take part in a torchlight procession in Yerevan to mark the 106th anniversary of World War I-era mass killings. AFP
Biden recognises Armenian ‘genocide’, defying Turkey in watershed
Mon, 26 April 2021
US President Joe Biden on April 24 recognised the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as “genocide”, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as he defied decades of pressure by Turkey.
Biden became the first US president to use the word “genocide” in a statement on the anniversary, a day after informing Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the decision and seeking to limit the furore from the NATO ally.
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Biden recognizes killing of Armenians as genocide
AFP, WASHINGTON
US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as he defied decades of pressure by Turkey.
Biden became the first US president to use the word genocide in a statement on the anniversary, a day after informing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the decision and seeking to limit the furor from the NATO ally.
“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. “We affirm the history. We do this not to cast blame, but to ensure that what happened is never repeated.”
US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds o
Joe Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Defying Turkey In Historic Move As many as 1.5 million Armenians are estimated to have been killed from 1915 to 1917 during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, which suspected the Christian minority of conspiring with adversary Russia in World War I.
Updated: April 25, 2021 2:57 am IST
Joe Biden became the first US president to use the word genocide for 1915 killings of Armenians. (File)
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US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as he defied decades of pressure by Turkey.