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Joe Biden has become the first US president to recognise the killing of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Reuters
Joe Biden has become the first US president to recognise the killing of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Reuters
Joe Biden recognises Armenian genocide despite Turkey's opposition
US president's move meets a long-held Armenian demand for recognition of 1915 killings by Ottoman forces as genocide
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25 April, 2021