ArmInfo. The Turkish Embassy in Washington has reacted to the use of the term "Armenian Genocide" by White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany.
So, in a statement, in particular, it is noted: "We believe that the statement of the spokesperson [Kayleigh McEnany] was an annoying reservation ... In any case, these expressions cannot be accepted." At the same time, the Turkish diplomatic mission was reminded that official Washington does not recognize the fact of genocide.
It should be noted that earlier the White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnanyused the term "Armenian genocide" during a briefing, referring to the desecration of the Armenian khachkar in the USA. "It seems that there is a lack of perception and historical knowledge when the memorial complex of the Armenian Genocide, which is a tribute to all crimes committed against humanity, including slavery, is subjected to vandalism," Kayleigh McEnany said.
At the end of May this year, during a protest in the US in the center of Denver, a khachkar was desecrated with aerosol paint on the Armenian Genocide and the victims of all crimes against humanity. This khachkar is a copy of one of the three thousand medieval khachkars of the legendary Julf cemetery, destroyed by the Azerbaijani government in 2005 as part of a plan to destroy the Armenian heritage in Nakhichevan.
Recall that the United States does not officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, and this despite the fact that almost all states have adopted resolutions that recognize and condemn this crime against humanity. US Presidents use the Armenian term "Metz Egern" (the great massacre) during the annual messages to the Armenian Diaspora on April 24, in qualifying those events, evading the use of the term "Armenian genocide".