After a reportedly heated debate within his administration, U.S. President Barack Obama has decided to again refrain from calling the 1915 Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey a genocide in an annual statement expected later this week.
Obama will at the same time send a high-level U.S. delegation to Friday's official ceremonies in Yerevan that will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
The White House announced late on Tuesday that the delegation will be headed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and comprise four members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Armenian News
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