US President Joe Biden on Saturday called the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as “genocide”, a move that promises to increase tensions with Turkey. In a statement to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the start of this massacre, which takes place this Saturday, Biden became the first sitting US president to formally recognize what happened as genocide, which his predecessors avoided in order to do not put the crucial alliance. with Turkey. “We remember the lives of all who died in the Armenian genocide of the Ottoman era and we reiterate our commitment to preventing such an atrocity from happening again,” Biden said in a statement. We affirm history. We don’t do it to blame, but to make sure what happened never happens again. ▶ ️ Stay informed on our Google News channel A US official reiterated that the intention was not to blame modern Turkey, which the official called a “key NATO ally”. “La intención de la declaración -la intención del presidente- es hacer esto de una manera ejemplar centrada en los meritos de los derechos humanos, y no por ninguna razón más allá de eso, incluida la de echar la culpa”, dijo el funcionario a the journalists.
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