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Armenian genocide: What happened, and why Bidenâs recognition matters
By Kelly Hayes
House votes overwhelmingly to recognize Armenian genocide
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed around World War I, and many scholars see it as the 20th century s first genocide.
WASHINGTON - The massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I is observed each year on April 24. The events are widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century.
Armenians have long pushed for the deaths to be recognized as genocide, a term that Turkey rejects.
This year, as many commemorate the annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Saturday, President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in modern-day Turkey was, in fact, an act of genocide, according to the Associated Press, citing anonymous U.S. officials.
Joe Biden to recognise atrocities against Armenians as genocide
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Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 11:02 AM IST
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Friday s call between the two leaders was their first since Biden took office more than three months ago. The delay had become a worrying sign in Ankara; Erdogan had good rapport with former President Donald Trump and had been hoping for a reset despite past friction with Biden.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday plans to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago in modern-day Turkey were genocide, according to U.S. officials familiar with the president s deliberations.
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Armenian honor guards attend a memorial service at the monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the massacre, in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, April 24, 2021. Armenians marked the anniversary of the death of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, an event widely viewed by scholars as genocide, though Turkey refutes the claim. (Grigor Yepremyan/PAN Photo via AP) April 24, 2021 - 7:09 AM
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Saturday plans to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago in modern-day Turkey were genocide, according to U.S. officials.
President Joe Biden spoke with Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday as Biden prepared to move forward with a campaign pledge to formally recognise that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago were genocide.
The U.S. and Turkish governments, in separate statements on the call, made no mention of the looming decision on the Armenian genocide recognition. But the White House said Biden told Erdogan he wants to improve the two countries relationship and find “effective management of disagreements.” The two also agreed to hold a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Brussels in June.