Iran Press/ Asia: US President Joe Biden described the killings of Ottoman Armenians during World War I as 'genocide' in a statement released Saturday, becoming the first US president to use the controversial term.
According to Daily Sabah, Biden said: "We remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring, and we remember so that we remain ever-vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms."
The Foreign Ministry also said that the US statement will open a deep wound that undermines our mutual trust and friendship.
“We call on the US President to correct this grave mistake, which serves no purpose other than to satisfy certain political circles and to support the efforts aiming to establish a practice of peaceful coexistence in the region, especially among the Turkish and Armenian nations, instead of serving the agenda of those circles that try to foment enmity from history,” it said.
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