Biden Poised to Recognize Armenian Genocide, Red Line for Turkey
- Saturday marks anniversary of massacres of Armenians in 1915
- U.S. Relations with Turkey already tense over Russian missiles
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President Joe Biden is poised to became the first U.S. president in 40 years to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as genocide, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that risks upsetting an already tenuous relationship with Turkey, a NATO ally.
Biden’s pronouncement, the person said on condition of anonymity, will likely coincide with Saturday’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The declaration would make good on a promise by Biden in his successful campaign for office.