An influential Jewish-American lobby group has criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to again avoid publicly using the word genocide to honor some 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Turks.
In that regard, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) also commended Pope Francis and the European Parliament for reaffirming their recognition of the Armenian genocide last week.
"We regret that the U.S. has indicated, at least as of now, that it will not recognize the Armenian genocide during commemoration events this week," the AJC executive director, David Harris, said in a statement on Wednesday. "This decision is particularly troubling in light of President Obama's remarks (as a senator) in 2008, when he spoke poignantly about the Armenian genocide."
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