President Biden is poised to formally declare that the massacres of Armenians in the early 20th century constituted genocide, U.S. officials said, a rare step that would further inflame ties with Turkey.
Mr. Biden is expected to describe as genocide the deportation, starvation and massacres of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks beginning in 1915, the officials said.
The language would come as part of an annual statement coinciding with a day of remembrance on Saturday. Officials added no final decisions or briefings have taken place and that Mr. Biden could opt to issue the symbolic statement without describing the killings as genocide, as have other presidents.Turkey denies the killings constituted genocide, saying that Armenians rose up against the government. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu… (απαιτείται συνδρομή για την ανάγνωση ολόκληρου του κειμένου)
The Wall Street Journal, 21η Απριλίου 2021
https://hellasjournal.com/2021/04/o-tzo-bainten-tha-anagnorisi-episima-ti-genoktonia-ton-armenion-dimosievma-tis-the-wall-street-journal/
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