Erdogan's visit hinders a decision that recognizes the annihilation of Armenians by US elders

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham blocked the passage of a US Senate resolution that would have formally recognized that the events of 1915 were genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman army.

Graham's position came hours after he met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, as part of a delegation of Republican senators.

Graham, who is close to President Donald Trump, told the Senate General Assembly that deputies should not camouflage and rewrite history, and he hoped Turkey and Armenia would meet to discuss the issue.

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez asked the Senate General Assembly Wednesday to vote on legislation that would have officially recognized the Armenian genocide before Sen. Graham blocked it.

The laws of the Senate require the right of every member to put a resolution to a vote, and any member can block the passage of any bill.

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The US House of Representatives voted at the end of last month on a draft resolution to recognize the so-called "massacres of Armenians", and then Senator Graham praised the passage of the House of Representatives, and said he expected the Senate to adopt the issue.

The decision by the lawmakers in the House of Representatives angered the Turkish authorities, which summoned the US ambassador to Ankara David Satterfield to express their protest, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu responded by describing the US bill as "a shameful decision by people who exploit history in politics," adding that this decision "nullified And void "for Turkey.

Spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Ibrahim Kalein said that the Armenian bill is one of the shameful examples of using history as a machine in politics.

The Armenians consider what they say is the mass murder of their people between 1915 and 1917 amounting to genocide, a claim recognized by only about 30 countries, which Turkey strongly denies.

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It is noteworthy that Turkey stresses the possibility of calling the "genocide" on the events of 1915, but describes it as "tragedy" for both parties as a result of the repercussions of the First World War, and calls for addressing the file away from political conflicts, and resolve the issue through the perspective of "fair memory", which means Abandoning a unilateral view of history, understanding each other's experiences, and mutual respect for each other's memory of the past.

Turkey proposes to carry out research on the events of 1915 in the archives of other countries, in addition to the archives of Turkey and Armenia, and the establishment of a joint historical committee comprising historians from Turkey and Armenia and international experts.