Armenian organizations were outraged by President Joe Biden’s Armenian Remembrance Day statement on Wednesday because he did not mention modern genocide against Armenian Christians of the Nagorno-Karabakh region completed this year by the conquering armies of Muslim Azerbaijan.
Some Armenian American leaders accused Biden of actively supporting the Azerbaijani conquest, while others said he used Armenian Remembrance Day as a convenient excuse to avoid mentioning it. Armenians and their supporters marched outside the White House on Wednesday to demand “justice” for both the 1915 and 2023 genocides:
AYF March for Justice for the Armenian Genocide (1915) and Artsakh Genocide (2023) at the White House https://t.co/qH9vNOnBt0
— ANCA (@ANCA_DC) April 24, 2024
Armenian Remembrance Day is commemorated on April 24 each year, the
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