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US State Department about Armenian Genocide: Position of the Administration Hasn't Changed

The State Department said Tuesday that recent congressional action to recognize the Armenian genocide does not reflect Trump administration policy, The New York Times reports. 

In a short statement likely to please Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the department said the administration's position on the matter is unchanged.

The Senate voted unanimously last week to recognize the mass killings of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as a genocide. The House had previously adopted a similar bill over major protests from NATO ally Turkey.

''The position of the Administration has not changed,” department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a terse two-sentence statement. “Our views are reflected in the president’s definitive statement on this issue from last April.''


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