‘Biden’s remarks contradict science and law,’ says Parliamentary Speaker

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After US President Joe Biden formally recognized the Armenian genocide in a statement on the occasion of Genocide Remembrance Day on Saturday (April 24), Turkey's Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has commented on this latest development. As reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), Şentop has slammed his remarks, briefly stating the following:

"As the speaker of the Turkish parliament, I reject this great slander against our state, nation and history.

"I want to remind the officials of the countries, especially those with a criminal record of crimes against humanity, racism and genocide in their history, to be very careful when talking about Turkey."

Speaking at a photo exhibition held by the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission in Ankara and titled "Second Karabakh War and Armenia's War Crimes Panel and War Crimes", he has noted that "there is no new scientific and historic finding or new evaluation on the 1915 events." 

"The only thing that changes is the political decision," he has said.

"The US president's so-called 'genocide' statement is a statement that disregards the judicial, political and historical backgrounds. As it revealed the US contradictions of science and international law, the statement can also damage the relations between Turkey and the US based on human rights, the superiority of law and mutual friendship," he has added.

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