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Armenian Genocide

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Religious leaders at a ceremony remembering the victims of the Armenian genocide, which the US now formally recognises.

Biden declares mass killings of Armenians a genocide

Successive presidents have been reluctant to anger a country of strategic importance and were wary of driving it towards US adversaries Russia or Iran.

  • Katie Rogers and Carlotta Gall
During last year’s presidential campaign, Biden promised to “recognise the Armenian Genocide and make universal human rights a top priority”.

Biden tells Erdogan he’ll call Armenian massacre a genocide

President Joe Biden would be the first US president in 40 years to publicly recognise the 1915 mass killings as a genocide.

  • Onur Ant, Jennifer Jacobs and Gregory Korte

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