US President Joe Biden intends to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Wall Street Journal reports, citing American officials.
In March of this year, the Foreign Relations Committee of the American Senate called for the deportation and massacres of Armenians on the territory of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 to be recognized as genocide..
Biden called these events genocide last year - before taking office as president..
Mass deportations and murders of Armenians recognized as genocide in Germany, France, Canada and several other countries of the world. Turkey protests against this interpretation.
Former US President Donald Trump, like his predecessor Barack Obama, did not use the word "
In the fall of 2019, the US House of Representatives adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The document was of a recommendatory nature and did not reflect the official position of the White House.