“We have opened over a million documents about the events of 1915. Come, study. We are talking with documents in hand. We also need to oppose you with the same decisions of our parliament. And we will do it. Is it possible to remain silent about the Indians, speaking of America? This is a shameful page in the USA, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, US senators unanimously adopted a resolution that recognizes the genocide of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry later issued a statement stating that the resolution has no legal basis.