President Joe Biden is expected to officially recognize the Armenian genocide despite opposition from Turkey, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who said the administration will release more details in the coming days, the Christian Post website reports today (April 23, 2021).
April 24, 2021 will mark the 106th anniversary of when the Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey) began to massacre its Armenian Christian minority, resulting in 1.5 million deaths.
At a press briefing this week, Psaki was asked if the Biden administration would observe the anniversary as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
"I expect we will have more to say about Remembrance Day on Saturday (April 24). But I don's have anything to get ahead of that at this point in time," responded Psaki. Turkey continues to deny its Armenian genocide to this day,
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