Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
by Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in B from US news | The Guardian on (#5H0XQ)
President called Recep Tayyip Erdoan on Friday to inform him US would make designation on 106th anniversary of the genocide
Joe Biden has become the first US president declare formal recognition of the Armenian genocide, more than a century after the mass killings by Ottoman troops and opening a rift between the new US administration and Ankara.
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