CNN: President Biden told Turkish President Erdoğan he's planning to recognize Armenian genocide
(CNN)President Joe Biden told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday he plans to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, according to a person familiar with the conversation.
Readouts from the White House and Turkish presidency did not mention the issue.
The call was described by the person familiar as "tense." Bloomberg was first to report that Biden told Erdoğan of his intentions.
CNN previously reported Biden was preparing to recognize the century-old atrocities against Armenians as a genocide, fulfilling a campaign promise.
Biden's predecessors in the White House had stopped short of using the word, wary of damaging ties with a key regional ally.
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Update #1: Biden tells Erdogan he’ll recognize the Armenian Genocide – Bloomberg (Public Radio Of Armenia)
Update #2: Biden Informs Incensed Erdogan Of Armenian Genocide Recognition In Friday Phone Call (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Both leaders are meeting in June .... Biden, Erdogan to hold meeting in June: White House (Anadolu News Agency).
