US Congress recognises Armenian genocide
The US Congress on Thursday formally recognized the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. The Senate’s passage of the repeatedly stalled resolution is expected to anger Turkey, which denies there was a genocidal mass murder, insisting the Armenians died as a result of World War I. In passing the resolution, the United States joined 30 other countries recognizing Armenia’s claim of genocide, which took place in the final years of the Ottoman empire that was centred in Istanbul. “It is fitting and appropriate that the Senate stands on the right side of history,” said Senator Robert Menendez, who pushed the resolution through. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the Senate move “a victory of justice and truth.”
Comments