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Originally published on April 23, 2021 8:37 am
Editor s note: A previous version of this story, written by Krishnadev Calamur in Washington, was published on April 24, 2015, with the headline:
. Peter Kenyon, reporting from Istanbul, wrote this update to reflect developments including the first U.S. president to formally recognize the massacres as genocide.
For decades, United States presidents have avoided calling the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces an act of genocide.
Now, U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to make that declaration on Saturday as Armenians mark the anniversary of the atrocities in 1915, adding the U.S. to a list of countries including Canada, France and Argentina that officially call the incidents genocide. News reports indicate that while the move is likely, Biden has not made a final decision.
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Armenian refugees on the deck of the French cruiser that rescued them in 1915 during the massacre of the Armenian populations in the Ottoman Empire. Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty
Editor s note: A previous version of this story, written by Krishnadev Calamur in Washington, was published on April 24, 2015, with the headline:
. Peter Kenyon, reporting from Istanbul, wrote this update to reflect developments including the first U.S. president to formally recognize the massacres as genocide.
For decades, United States presidents have avoided calling the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces an act of genocide.
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Originally published on April 23, 2021 10:39 am
For decades, United States presidents have avoided calling the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces an act of genocide.
Now, U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to make that declaration on Saturday as Armenians mark the anniversary of the atrocities. News reports indicate that while the move is likely, Biden has not made a final decision.
The possible declaration would be hailed by Armenian communities, lawmakers and human rights advocates who have lobbied for it. But it would also damage already strained ties with Turkey.
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