US House Overwhelmingly Votes To Recognize The Armenian Genocide

BBC: US House says Armenian mass killing was genocide

The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognising the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as a genocide.

The issue is highly sensitive and comes amid deteriorating US-Turkey relations.

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said the vote honoured the memory of victims.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the "worthless" vote, which was held on Turkey's National Day, was the "biggest insult" to Turkish people.

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WNU Editor: Armenia is praising this U.S. vote .... Armenia hails U.S. move to recognize Armenian 'genocide' a century ago (Reuters). Turkey has responded .... 'Shameful': Turkey rejects US resolution on 'Armenian genocide' (Al Jazeera). More here .... Turkey's Erdogan slams Washington's condemnation of the Armenian genocide as 'worthless' and tells the US 'your history is full of the stain of slavery' (Daily Mail).

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US lawmakers recognize killing of Armenians as genocide -- DW

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