Turkey's Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian 'genocide' comments

Reuters

27 April 2015 at 9:02 am

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a "genocide". "It's not the first time Russia used the word genocide on this issue. I'm personally sad that Putin took such a step. What is happening in Ukraine and Crimea is evident. They should firstly explain these before calling it genocide," he told a news conference in Ankara. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by Nick Tattersall)

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