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October 30, 2019

House Votes for Resolution to Recognize Armenian Genocide
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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to approve a
resolution recognizing the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey from
1915 to 1923 as a genocide. The 405-11 vote declares that it is now U.S.
policy to commemorate the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the
Ottoman Empire as genocide. The issue has long triggered tensions
between Turkey and Armenia, which to this day do not have a diplomatic
relationship.


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