State Department rejects Senate recognition of Armenian genocide

The State Department on Tuesday rebuked the Senate’s latest move to recognize the mass killing and deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the first half of the 20th century as genocide.

“The position of the Administration has not changed,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement quoted by The Hill. “Our views are reflected in the President’s definitive statement on this issue from last April.”