From New Nation:
“Turkey summons US Ambassador
over genocide announcement”
(People lineup to lay flowers at
the monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, to commemorate
the 106th anniversary of the massacre, in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, April 24,
2021.)
Turkey’s foreign ministry has
summoned the U.S. Ambassador in Ankara to protest the U.S. decision to mark the
deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as “genocide.” Deputy
Foreign Minister Sedat Onal met with David Satterfield late Saturday to express
Ankara’a strong condemnation. “The statement does not have legal ground in
terms of international law and has hurt the Turkish people, opening a wound
that’s hard to fix in our relations,” the ministry said. On Saturday, U.S.
President Joe Biden followed through on a campaign promise to recognize the
events that began in 1915 and killed an estimated 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians
as genocide. The White House proclamation immediately prompted statements of
condemnation from Turkish officials, although Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan is yet to address the issue. Turkey rejects the use of the word, saying
both Turks and Armenians were killed, and has called for a joint history
commission to investigate.
^ This was to be expected from
Turkey, but the US and Biden still needed to officially declared the Armenian
murders as a Genocide. ^
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/turkey-summons-us-ambassador-over-genocide-announcement/
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