FACT CHECK: Azerbaijan’s False Shot at Biden on the Armenian Genocide

On April 24, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry protested remarks made by U.S. President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day.

Biden issued a statement commemorating the 107th anniversary of the start of the genocide, in which between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians died though various atrocities during World War I, including executions, forced migration and abuse and neglect in concentration camps.

More than 20 countries worldwide officially recognize the Armenian genocide, including the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany and Russia.

In 2019, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution “affirming the historical facts of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and honoring the memories of its 1,500,000 victims.”

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said the White House distorted history.

“The attempts to misrepresent the events that happened a century ago and politicize the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ are unacceptable.”

That is false. There is no misrepresentation.

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