Unanimously: US Senate adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide
On Thursday, December 12, the US Senate unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing the genocide of the 1915 year.
“This is a moment of truth that has been delayed too long,” Senator Ted Cruz said after the resolution was adopted, reports “Interfax«.
Earlier, Senator Bob Menendez repeatedly submitted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, but it was constantly blocked.
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In particular, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said in November that he blocked the vote on the Armenian genocide resolution in the Senate at the request of the White House. That same month, the resolution was blocked by another Republican senator, David Perdue.
“Senator Perdue objected due to concerns that the resolution would jeopardize sensitive negotiations taking place in the region with Turkey and other allies,” a Perdue spokesman said.
In late October, US House of Representatives adopted a resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
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405 congressmen voted for the resolution, only 11 voted against it. The document was submitted to the House of Representatives by Democrat Adam Schiff.
The move was criticized by Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan.
“Historians, not politicians, should judge the wartime events of 104 years ago,” Erdogan said during a joint news conference with US President Donald Trump in November.
What happened in 1915 year
Most historians agree that during the First World War (1914 — 1918), hundreds of thousands of Armenians died during the mass deportation from Anatolia, writes Air force.
According to the International Association of Genocide Researchers (IAGS), more than a million people died. Many historians call the figure 1,5 million victims.
Turkish historian Taner Akçam, a professor at Clark University in the United States, has published documents that prove that the massacres of Armenians were carried out by order of the authorities of the Ottoman Empire.
Russia, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Brazil and other countries officially recognize these events as genocide, as well as the European Parliament.
Pope Francis called the massacre of Armenians the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Turkish authorities insist that the total number of dead Armenians does not exceed 300 thousand. They do not recognize that the targeted killing of Armenians was carried out by order of the Ottoman government.
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