He provoked anger in Turkey the statement of the American president yesterday, Joe Biden, for the 107th anniversary of Armenian genocidewhich he officially acknowledged last year, as all his predecessors limited themselves to using the Armenian term Meds Yeghern (Great Destruction) in order not to disrupt their relations with Turkey.
The answer was immediate from Anchorwhich in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that there has been no genocide and the US is distorting history.
«Statements that are inconsistent with historical facts and international law regarding the events of 1915 have no force. These include today’s unfortunate statement by US President Joe Biden, which is a repetition of the mistake he made in 2021“, He stated characteristically.
You add that “we reject such statements and decisions, which distort historical facts for political reasons and condemn those who insist on making this mistake. Unilateral and selective approaches that serve no purpose other than to draw hostility from history“They are morally problematic and politically malicious.”
It is pointed out that yesterday White House statement on the Armenian genocide he mentioned that “Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul. Thus began the Armenian genocide – one of worst mass atrocities of the 20th century. Today, we remember 1.5 million Armenians who displaced, slaughtered or killed to death in an extermination campaign and we mourn the tragic loss of so many lives».
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