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23 Apr, 5 tweets, 3 min read
#BREAKING President Joe Biden spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he reportedly prepares to brush aside Turkish objections and recognize the Armenian genocide, the White House said
#BREAKING US State Dept says announcement Saturday on 'Armenian genocide'
Thousands of Armenians marched in Yerevan Friday in an annual torch-lit event to commemorate WWI-era mass killings of their kin by Ottoman forces

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#BREAKING Erdogan, Biden agree 'to build greater cooperation': Turkish presidency
#UPDATE The White House did not mention the expected US recognition of the Armenian genocide in the Biden-Erdogan phone call, saying only that the US president urged a "constructive bilateral relationship ... and effective management of disagreements"
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