CNN: President Biden told Turkish President Erdoğan he's planning to recognize Armenian genocide
(CNN)President Joe Biden told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday he plans to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, according to a person familiar with the conversation.
Readouts from the White House and Turkish presidency did not mention the issue.
The call was described by the person familiar as "tense." Bloomberg was first to report that Biden told Erdoğan of his intentions.
CNN previously reported Biden was preparing to recognize the century-old atrocities against Armenians as a genocide, fulfilling a campaign promise.
Biden's predecessors in the White House had stopped short of using the word, wary of damaging ties with a key regional ally.
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Update #1: Biden tells Erdogan he’ll recognize the Armenian Genocide – Bloomberg (Public Radio Of Armenia)
Update #2: Biden Informs Incensed Erdogan Of Armenian Genocide Recognition In Friday Phone Call (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Both leaders are meeting in June .... Biden, Erdogan to hold meeting in June: White House (Anadolu News Agency).
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not in biden's shoes at present.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think Biden could care less what he says or what exec order he signs. He says and signs whatever his handlers put in front of him. He dodders on from one foreign policy failure/Domestic Authoritarian fiat to the next.
As for recognizing the Armenian Genocide - which did happen - I guess we'll see what fallout happens when it happens. I just wonder what sort ransom was paid to Erdogan for him to keep his mouth shut over this. This is one issue that makes the average Turk go berserk.
PRESIDENTS FOR 40 YEARS HAVE SAID THEY WOULD DO WHAT BIDEN NOW HAS THE GUTS TO DO...AND THE GIRLS HERE ARE PISSING?
ReplyDeleteGuts my ass. He is an animal near death in a corner
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