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As a first step toward reconciliation, charter flights between Armenia's capital Yerevan and Turkey's biggest centre, Istanbul, resumed earlier this year.View on euronews
The United States’ decision to recognise the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as a "genocide" has revived a long-running debate in the European Union.
Dozens of protesters gather outside the American consulate in Istanbul after Joe Biden became the first US president to recognise the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. The landmark move has drawn praise from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and condemnation from Turkey's ally Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- With the White House release Saturday of a statement describing the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as a result of the policies of Turkey's then rulers as "genocide," Joe Biden became the first president of the United States willing to offend the current Turkish government by using the highly freighted word for that horrible episode of World War I. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT)SHOST LIST: PROTESTERS COMMEMORATE THE 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS KILLED IN THE OTTOMAN-ERA SLAUGHTER NEAR THE TURKISH CONSULATE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Armenian Americans rally in Los Angeles on the 106th anniversary of the killings of Armenians by Ottoman troops. Earlier on Saturday, Joe Biden became the first US president to recognize the 1915 killings as genocide. It's a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as Biden defied decades of pressure by Turkey. IMAGES
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