2 hours agoTurkey warns Biden against recognising Armenian genocide
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that any step by US President Joe Biden to recognise the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 would damage even more strained ties between the two countries. Turkey acknowledges that many Armenians living [...]
Turkey acknowledges that many Armenians living in territories of the Ottoman Empire have been killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War I, but counters the death figure and denies that the killings have been continuously orchestrated and that they constitute genocide.
The commemoration of these murders is recorded in various parts of the world for every 24 April, Reuters writes, broadcast Gazeta Express.
For decades, measures for recognising Armenian genocide have stalled in the United States Congress, while the American presidents have been reluctant to call genocide killings, hampered by concerns about reports with Turkey and Ankara's intensive lobby.
Asked in an interview with a Turkish media medium about whether Joe Biden will recognise the Armenian genocide after reporting that he will be the first US president to do so, the Turkish top diplomat said: “The United States must respect international law. ”
The statements that do not have legal commitment will not benefit, but will hurt ties. If the United States wants to exacerbate ties, the decision is their”, Cavusoglu said.
In 2019 the United States Senate adopted a non-binding resolution that identified the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide. The move had angered Turkey.
