ArmInfo. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, trt.net reports, citing the Turkish Foreign Ministry. It is noted that Cavusoglu and Blinken discussed the details of a telephone conversation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden.
Earlier it was reported that the President of the United States may publicly recognize what happened in 1915 as Genocide on the day of commemoration of these events. This was one of his campaign promises. Turkey said that this would complicate its relations with the United States. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with Haberturk, "if the United States wants to worsen relations, the decision remains with them." According to Bloomberg, US President Joe Biden, during telephone conversations with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that he intends to recognize the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.