
Turkish Foreign Ministry Summons U.S. Ambassador Following Biden's Armenian Genocide Statement
Following U.S. President Joe Biden’s recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield to express its displeasure.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said that Biden’s remarks undermine relations between Washington and Ankara, and called on the US President to “correct this serious mistake.”
"Words cannot change or rewrite history," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu tweeted moments after Biden announced his decision.
"We reject and denounce in the strongest terms the statement of the president of the US regarding the events of 1915 made under the pressure of radical Armenian circles and anti-Turkey groups," the foreign ministry said in a separate statement.
Ankara claims the death of the Armenians was not the result of a purposeful government policy, but a consequence of the civil war in the Ottoman Empire, in which Turks also perished.
Citing security risks, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara announced it and U.S. Consulates in Turkey will be closed for routine American citizen and visa services on Monday, April 26 and Tuesday, April 27.
“Demonstrations or protests may occur following the April 24 White House statement remembering the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide,” reads the embassy’s alert.
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