House Approves Resolution Formally Recognizing Armenian Genocide

The US has officially recognized the mass killings of Armenians during World War One as genocide, with lawmakers voting 405 to 11 in favor of the legislation. The resolution acknowledges the Ottoman Empire's killing of approximately 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide and rejects any association of the US government with denial efforts. Historically, US lawmakers avoided such legislation to maintain relations with Turkey, which denies the genocide. Following the vote, Turkey's foreign ministry dismissed the resolution as meaningless and void.

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