Trump administration will not back Senate measure recognizing Armenian genocide

Published December 17, 2019 2:16pm ET



The State Department released a statement reaffirming that the Trump administration doesn’t recognize the Turkish slaughter and expulsion of more than a million Armenians as a “genocide.”

The news comes a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that lawmakers in his country may recognize the deaths of Native Americans as a genocide. Erdogan made the threat after Congress approved recognition and condemnation of the genocide.

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