“He fiercely criticized the ruling party for entering the war, and for committing ‘war crimes and massacres’ against its own Armenian citizens”
Armenian Genocide
His reaction was at least provocative as one day before the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey
The action follows a motion that was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives on 29th November 2021 calling on the Government to formally recognise these genocides
Artsakhi Armenians in Stepanakert illuminated their town hall with the Greek flag
The statement arrives days after the POTUS Joe Biden recognized as genocide the killings of 1.5 million Armenians of the Ottoman Empire during WWI
Turkey has threatened for years that it would move to sanction the US & ally with Iran, China & Russia if the US would recognize the Armenian Genocide
Prussian officers laid the "ideological foundations" for the massacre
Raphael Lemkin's struggle for the need for an international law punishing the wholesale annihilation of groups of people
Armenians rejoice
It would further fray US relations with Turkey but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights officials said