Turkey Summons U.S. Envoy After Biden’s ‘Genocide’ Statement
- Ties already tense over Turkey’s purchase of Russian missiles
- In response, Turkey says Biden has opened a ‘deep wound’
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President Joe Biden commemorated the 106th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by twice calling it a “genocide” -- a word no U.S. leader since Ronald Reagan has used to describe the event for fear of alienating NATO ally Turkey.
In response, a spokesman for Turkey’s president suggested the U.S. look at its own history.